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Archer Reid#22

Age: 20 years
Career Games: 20
Debut: 2025
Height: 203cm
Weight: 94kg
15Low Risk

Quick Stats

20
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
6
Season Games
2026 AFL season
1
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
11
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 19 Apr 2026 (88d) ยท Knee injury โ€” AFL official R7 injury list (April 21, 2026): Knee | TBC.

Current Status

Injured
Season-ending

Knee Injury (General)

Est. return: 27 Sept 2026

Road to Recovery

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

Knee Injury (General)View full detail
  1. R619 Apr

    Occurred

    Knee injury โ€” AFL official R7 injury list (April 21, 2026): Knee | TBC.

  2. 6 May

    Progress update

    Archer knee has settled clinically and he is now in a reload phase. Expected to return in 2-4 weeks.

    West Coast Eagles
  3. R1014 May

    Reassessment

    enum normalisation โ€” discover-recoveries Step 0A

  4. R1016 May

    Setback

    NOT named in Round 10 squad โ€” fitness test for R10 not passed. Reverted POSSIBLE โ†’ ACTIVE; re-targeting Round 11.

  5. R1124 May

    Reassessment

    Overdue return date re-targeted to Round 12 โ€” Phase 1 backfill

    Return revised: 23 May โ†’ 31 May

  6. 25 May

    Progress update

  7. R1231 May

    Setback

    Team played Round 12 โ€” player absent from lineups. Lineup-confirmed revert (Phase 1.82E).

  8. 2 June

    Progress update

    Tall forward Archer Reid is expected to return from a knee injury this week after a strong week of conditioning.

    espn.com
  9. R136 June

    Setback

    Team played Round 13 โ€” player absent from the lineup.

  10. R137 June

    Progress update

    Cleared after completing game-like loading session; club had him set to return Round 12.

    West Coast Eagles
  11. R137 June

    Setback

    Team played Round 13 โ€” player absent from the lineup (not named, auto-promoted return did not eventuate).

  12. R137 June

    Progress update

    Cleared after completing game-like loading session; club had him set to return Round 12. He completed a game-like loading session and is well set up now for a successful return. Set to return this weekend (Round 12).

    West Coast Eagles
  13. R1411 June

    Progress update

    Progress update

    West Coast indicated Reid set to return from knee injury (club list, imminent) Reid is set to return; got a really good game-like loading session in, well set up for a successful return.

    West Coast Eagles
  14. R1412 June

    Setback

    NOT named in the Round 14 squad (full team + emergencies published) โ€” fitness test for R14 not passed. Reverted POSSIBLE โ†’ ACTIVE, re-targeting next fixture.

  15. R174 July

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    West Coast confirmed a minor knee procedure last week - expected to get going again in a couple of weeks, targeting late July. Archer, along with our doctors, made the decision to have a small procedure on his knee last week ... hopefully get going in a couple of weeks

    Return revised: 27 June โ†’ 18 July

    West Coast Eagles
  16. 14 July

    Progress update

    Knee โ€” out for season; too much risk to push a return this year.

    Return revised: 18 July โ†’ 27 Sept

    West Coast Eagles
  17. 14 July

    Progress update

    Club confirmed season-ending injury (scans) โ€” coupled LTI + severity with the season-end ERD refresh.

Risk Profile

2 factors identified
Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 1 recorded injury โ€” more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

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

68
Injury-proneโ†’
Rank: 368 (54th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)โ†˜๏ธ

Games Played6 / 23
Goals1

On pace for 7.7 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency80/100
Age Factor85/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)โ†’

Weighted Average10.0 games
Recent TierInjury-prone

Career: 2 seasons, 14 games (7.0 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20240
202514
Durability calculated from 2 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 13 July 2026

Injury Profile

1
Total Injuries
11
Games Missed
0
Soft Tissue
1
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Structural1 (100%)

11 games missed ยท Last: Apr 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue PenaltyNone
Injury Frequency Score90/100
โš ๏ธ1 injury in the past 12 months
OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

7.88k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
3
Trips
Out of 6 games played
1,312.9
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 6 ยท missed 11 to injury ยท 6 rounds at risk

R0
R15
R16
R17
R18
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

1 injury recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
19 Apr 2026R61ร— ยท 2.13k km
KNXX
Long-term (11)
Injured