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Jayden Short#15

Age: 30 years
Career Games: 205
Debut: 2016
Height: 177cm
Weight: 72kg
41High Risk

Quick Stats

205
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
15
Season Games
2026 AFL season
8
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
1
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 9 July 2026 (7d) ยท Cork/Thigh Contusion โ€” Richmond team news names a corked quad (thigh contusion).

Current Status

Possible

Cork/Thigh Contusion

Est. return: Round 19 (19 July)

Road to Recovery

Clinical progress for this injury โ€” fitness tests, setbacks, and reassessments as they were recorded.

Cork/Thigh ContusionView full detail
  1. R189 July

    Occurred

    Cork/Thigh Contusion โ€” Richmond team news names a corked quad (thigh contusion).

  2. 14 July

    Reassessment

    Progress update

    Richmond team news names a corked quad (thigh contusion). Jayden Short โ€” corked quad

    Richmond FC
  3. 15 July

    Reassessment

    Auto-promoted to POSSIBLE for Round 19 (expected return 2026-07-19)

Risk Profile

5 factors identified
Recent injury

Carrying an ongoing injury from the last 2 weeks โ€” the most recent setbacks weigh heaviest.

Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 4 recorded injuries โ€” more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Recurrence

2 flagged recurrences within 24 months โ€” same body region, repeat injury.

Injury volume

4 injuries in the scoring window โ€” frequent injuries compound risk.

Age

Age 30 โ€” injury risk rises ~1 point per year past 28 (capped at +10).

Note:Risk factors are derived from a heuristic (injury history, age, workload, recurrence) โ€” a placeholder while the ML model is pending. Bars show each driver's relative contribution, not an exact running total.

Career Durability

48
Moderateโ†’
Rank: 537 (33th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)โ†’

Games Played15 / 23
Goals1

On pace for 19.2 games (on track)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency82/100
Age Factor75/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)โ†’

Weighted Average16.9 games
Recent TierModerate

Career: 11 seasons, 190 games (17.3 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20150
201616
201716
201824
201915
202021
202122
202223
202316
202422
202515
Durability calculated from 11 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 13 July 2026

Injury Patterns

Body regions injured more than once โ€” the multi-season recurrence view.

Plus 3 body regions with a single recorded injury.

Grouped by OSIICS body region. OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Injury Profile

8
Total Injuries
31
Games Missed
6
Soft Tissue
2
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue6 (75%)

20 games missed ยท Last: May 2025

Structural2 (25%)

11 games missed ยท Last: July 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-30 pts
Injury Frequency Score85/100

6 soft tissue injuries ร— 5 points = -30 penalty

โš ๏ธ1 injury in the past 12 months
๐Ÿ”„Recurring injury history detected
OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

7.40k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
5
Trips
Out of 15 games played
493.7
km / game
Average per appearance

Interstate flights only. Same-state and home-venue games count as 0 travel. Excludes games the player did not feature in.

Season Availability

Every round of the season โ€” played, missed to injury, and what's ahead.

2026: played 15 ยท missed 1 to injury

R0
R7
R13
R18
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

8 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
9 July 2026R18
Minor (1)
Possible return
10 May 2025
Minor (3)
Returned
27 Apr 2024
Minor (2)
Returned
22 Apr 2023
Minor (4)
Returned
6 Apr 2019
Severe (10)
Returned
15 Nov 2017
Minor
Returned
20 Aug 2016
Minor (2)
Returned
28 June 2015
Moderate (9)
Returned