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Tom Edwards#45

Age: 26 years
Career Games: 9
Debut: 2025
Height: 191cm
Weight: 80kg
26Medium Risk

Quick Stats

9
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
7
Season Games
2026 AFL season
2
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
5
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 2 July 2026 (14d) ยท Hamstring strain โ€” suffered in Round 14 of the VFL season; added to Essendon AFL injury list, 3-4 weeks away. AFL incident context unverified against player_games. Source: essendonfc.com.au injury list.

Current Status

Injured

Hamstring Strain

Est. return: Round 21 (30 July)

Road to Recovery

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

Hamstring StrainView full detail
  1. R172 July

    Occurred

    Hamstring strain โ€” suffered in Round 14 of the VFL season; added to Essendon AFL injury list, 3-4 weeks away. AFL incident context unverified against player_games. Source: essendonfc.com.au injury list.

No recovery updates recorded yet.

Risk Profile

2 factors identified
Recent injury

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

Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 2 recorded injuries โ€” more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

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

โš ๏ธInsufficient Data

This player has fewer than 3 AFL seasons. Durability classification requires more career history for accuracy.

Career Timeline

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20252

Injury Profile

2
Total Injuries
8
Games Missed
1
Soft Tissue
1
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue1 (50%)

5 games missed ยท Last: July 2026

Structural1 (50%)

3 games missed ยท Last: Mar 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-5 pts
Injury Frequency Score60/100

1 soft tissue injuries ร— 5 points = -5 penalty

โš ๏ธ2 injuries in the past 12 months
OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

4.71k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
3
Trips
Out of 7 games played
673.5
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 5 to injury ยท 2 rounds at risk

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R1
R2
R3
R4
R9
R10
R11
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R14
R15
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R17
R18
R19
R20
R21
R22
R23
R24
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

2 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
2 July 2026R17
Minor (5)
Injured
1 Mar 2026
Minor (3)
Returned