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Jack Higgins#1

Age: 27 years
Career Games: 161
Debut: 2018
Height: 178cm
27Medium Risk

Quick Stats

161
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
16
Season Games
2026 AFL season
6
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
7
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 15 Aug 2026 (60d) ยท Lower leg injury โ€” ruled out of the Round 24 game against Gold Coast.

Current Status

Injured
Season over

Lower Leg Injury (General)

Targeting Round 1, 2027

Road to Recovery

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

Lower Leg Injury (General)View full detail
  1. R2315 Aug

    Occurred

    Lower leg injury โ€” ruled out of the Round 24 game against Gold Coast.

No recovery updates recorded yet.

Risk Profile

3 factors identified
Injury severity load

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

Injury volume

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

Recent injury

Carrying an ongoing injury from the last 3 months โ€” the most recent setbacks weigh heaviest.

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

80
Reliableโ†—
Rank: 199 (75th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)โ†˜๏ธ

Games Played16 / 23
Goals3

On pace for 12.7 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency78/100
Age Factor100/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)โ†—

Weighted Average21.9 games
Recent TierReliable

Up 4.3 games/season from career average

Career: 8 seasons, 145 games (18.1 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
201820
201913
202010
202119
202218
202322
202420
202523
Durability calculated from 8 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 12 Oct 2026

Injury Patterns

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

Plus 2 body regions with a single recorded injury.

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

Injury Profile

6
Total Injuries
22
Games Missed
2
Soft Tissue
2
Structural
2
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Structural2 (33%)

11 games missed ยท Last: Aug 2026

Contact/Concussion2 (33%)

8 games missed ยท Last: May 2026

Soft Tissue2 (33%)

3 games missed ยท Last: July 2024

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-10 pts
Injury Frequency Score85/100

2 soft tissue injuries ร— 5 points = -10 penalty

โš ๏ธ3 injuries in the past 12 months
OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

2.01k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
3
Trips
Out of 16 games played
125.9
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 14 ยท missed 7 to injury

R4
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
R10
R15
R16
R24
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

6 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
15 Aug 2026R23
Minor (7)
Injured
21 May 2026R11
Moderate (4)
Returned
2 May 2026R81ร— ยท 653.6 km
Concussion3 updates
HDCO
Minor (2)
Returned
27 July 2024
Minor (3)
Returned
20 Sept 2020
Minor (0)
Returned
15 July 2019
Moderate (6)
Returned