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Luke Pedlar#10

Age: 24 years
Career Games: 49
Debut: 2021
Height: 183cm
36Medium Risk

Quick Stats

49
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
10
Season Games
2026 AFL season
7
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
13
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 11 June 2026 (125d) ยท Hamstring injury sustained in-game vs Western Bulldogs (R14); ruled out before half-time

Current Status

Injured
Season over

Hamstring Strain

Targeting Round 1, 2027

Road to Recovery

Clinical progress for this injury โ€” 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 โ€” fitness test for R16 not passed. Reverted POSSIBLE โ†’ 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 โ†’ 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 โ€” the fitness test for Round 18 was not passed.; re-targeting the club's Round 19 fixture.

  7. 28 July

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    AFL Round 21 Medical Room (28 July) updated the return guidance to 2026-09-06. Luke Pedlar โ€” Hamstring โ€” 6 weeks

    Return revised: 17 July โ†’ 6 Sept

    AFL.com.au
  8. 1 Sept

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    Not available for the elimination final โ€” 1-2 week timeline points at semi-final week, pending Adelaide's result. Luke Pedlar | Hamstring | 1-2 weeks

    Return revised: 6 Sept โ†’ 11 Sept

    AFL.com.au
  9. 20 Sept

    Progress update

    The club's 2026 season is over and no fixture remains, so the lapsed return forecast is retired to the 2027 pre-season; the next possible return is pre-season training.

    Return revised: 11 Sept โ†’ 1 Mar

Risk Profile

2 factors identified
Injury severity load

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

Injury volume

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

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

43
Injury-proneโ†’
Rank: 538 (32th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)โ†’

Games Played10 / 23
Goals1

On pace for 7.9 games (on track)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency64/100
Age Factor100/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)โ†’

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: 12 Oct 2026

Injury Profile

7
Total Injuries
41
Games Missed
4
Soft Tissue
2
Structural
1
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue4 (57%)

34 games missed ยท Last: June 2026

Structural2 (29%)

6 games missed ยท Last: May 2026

Contact/Concussion1 (14%)

1 games missed ยท Last: Apr 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-20 pts
Injury Frequency Score72/100

4 soft tissue injuries ร— 5 points = -20 penalty

โš ๏ธ3 injuries in the past 12 months
OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” 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 โ€” played, missed to injury, and what's ahead.

2026: played 8 ยท missed 15 to injury

R0
R5
R6
R11
R12
R13
R14
R25
R26
R27
R28
R29
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

7 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
11 June 2026R141ร— ยท 653.6 km
MTMJ
Moderate (13)
Injured
21 May 2026R111ร— ยท 656.6 km
Minor (2)
Returned
3 Apr 2026R41ร— ยท 628 km
Concussion5 updates
HTMJ
Minor (1)
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