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Adam Saad#42

CAR - Carlton
DEF
Age: 32 years
Career Games: 219
Debut: 2015
Height: 178cm
42High Risk

Quick Stats

219
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
3
Season Games
2026 AFL season
6
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
11
Games Missed
2026 season · injury-related

Last injury: Concussion — in the 12-day protocols, listed 'Test' for Round 19 on Carlton's official injury list. No AFL appearance since Round 9, so the incident occurred at training or in the VFL; injury date is protocol-inferred (onset unverified). — 6 July 2026 · 100d ago

Current Status

Available
Season over

Available for selection

Risk Profile

5 factors identified
Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 5 recorded injuries — more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Recurrence

3 flagged recurrences within 24 months — same body region, repeat injury.

Injury volume

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

Age

Age 32 — injury risk rises ~1 point per year past 28 (capped at +10).

Multi-season pattern

1 body region injured across both recent and earlier seasons — a long-running vulnerability.

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

60
Reliable↗
Rank: 469 (40th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)↘️

Games Played3 / 23
Goals0

On pace for 2.4 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency79/100
Age Factor75/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)↗

Weighted Average20.9 games
Recent TierReliable

Up 2.5 games/season from career average

Career: 11 seasons, 216 games (19.6 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
201516
201610
201722
201822
201922
202017
202122
202221
202325
202418
202521
Durability calculated from 11 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 12 Oct 2026

Injury Patterns

Body regions injured more than once — the multi-season recurrence view.

Plus 1 body region with a single recorded injury.

Grouped by OSIICS body region. OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Injury Profile

6
Total Injuries
22
Games Missed
5
Soft Tissue
0
Structural
1
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue5 (83%)

20 games missed · Last: May 2026

Contact/Concussion1 (17%)

2 games missed · Last: July 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-25 pts
Injury Frequency Score89/100

5 soft tissue injuries × 5 points = -25 penalty

⚠️3 injuries in the past 12 months
🔄Recurring injury history detected
OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

2.08k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
2
Trips
Out of 3 games played
695
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 2 · missed 10 to injury

R0
R1
R2
R8
R9
R10
R11
R12V
R13
R14
R15
R16
R17
R18
R19
R20V
R27
R28
R29
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

6 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus — all Returned
6 July 2026
Concussion3 updates
HDCO
Minor (2)
16 May 2026R101× · 1.37k km
Hamstring Strain5 updates
MTMJ
Minor (3)
5 Mar 2026R01× · 711.9 km
Hamstring Strain Grade I4 updates
MTMS
Moderate (6)
8 June 2024
Hamstring Strain
MTMJ
Minor (4)
20 May 2023
Hamstring Strain
MTMJ
Minor (3)
6 July 2019
Hamstring Strain
MTMJ
Minor (4)