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Luke Pedlar#10

Age: 24 years
Career Games: 49
Debut: 2021
Height: 183cm
Weight: 80kg
41High Risk

Quick Stats

49
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
10
Season Games
2026 AFL season
7
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
7
Games Missed
2026 season · injury-related

Currently injured — out since 11 June 2026 (35d) · Hamstring injury sustained in-game vs Western Bulldogs (R14); ruled out before half-time

Current Status

Injured

Hamstring Strain

Est. return: Round 19 (17 July)

Road to Recovery

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

Hamstring StrainView full detail
  1. R1411 June

    Occurred

    Hamstring injury sustained in-game vs Western Bulldogs (R14); ruled out before half-time

  2. R1625 June

    Reassessment

    Auto-promoted to POSSIBLE for Round 16 (expected return 2026-06-27)

  3. R1627 June

    Setback

    NOT named in the Round 16 team selections — fitness test for R16 not passed. Reverted POSSIBLE → ACTIVE;.

  4. R174 July

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    Adelaide's injury report confirms a moderate hamstring strain with a 3-4 week timeline from June 11 - targeting Round 18. Scans confirmed a moderate grade hamstring strain ... will miss the next three to four weeks

    Return revised: 4 July → 11 July

    Adelaide FC
  5. 7 July

    Progress update

    Progress update

    AFL R18 Medical Room (updated 7 July) lists him as a Test for this round. Luke Pedlar | Hamstring | Test

    AFL.com.au
  6. R189 July

    Setback

    Not named in the Round 18 squad — the fitness test for Round 18 was not passed.; re-targeting the club's Round 19 fixture.

Risk Profile

3 factors identified
Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 7 recorded injuries — more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Injury volume

7 injuries in the scoring window — frequent injuries compound risk.

Recent injury

Carrying an ongoing injury from the last 2 months — the most recent setbacks weigh heaviest.

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

Career Durability

43
Injury-prone
Rank: 551 (32th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)↗️

Games Played10 / 23
Goals1

On pace for 12.8 games (above career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency64/100
Age Factor100/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)

Weighted Average9.9 games
Recent TierInjury-prone

Career: 5 seasons, 39 games (7.8 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20212
20223
202321
20244
20259
Durability calculated from 5 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 13 July 2026

Injury Profile

7
Total Injuries
36
Games Missed
4
Soft Tissue
2
Structural
1
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue4 (57%)

28 games missed · Last: June 2026

Structural2 (29%)

6 games missed · Last: May 2026

Contact/Concussion1 (14%)

2 games missed · Last: Apr 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-20 pts
Injury Frequency Score72/100

4 soft tissue injuries × 5 points = -20 penalty

⚠️3 injuries in the past 12 months
OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

4.20k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
5
Trips
Out of 10 games played
419.5
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 — played, missed to injury, and what's ahead.

2026: played 8 · missed 7 to injury

R0
R5
R6
R11
R12
R13
R14
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

7 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
11 June 2026R141× · 653.6 km
MTMJ
Moderate (7)
Injured
21 May 2026R111× · 656.6 km
Minor (2)
Returned
3 Apr 2026R41× · 628 km
Concussion3 updates
HTMJ
Minor (2)
Returned
14 June 2025
Minor (0)
Returned
27 Apr 2024
Minor (4)
Returned
1 June 2022
Minor (2)
Returned
2 Apr 2022
Long-term (19)
Returned