Caleb Graham

Graham was born and raised in Cairns, Queensland.{{cite news|url=https://www.aflq.com.au/afl-round-22-caleb-graham/|title=AFL Round 22: Caleb Graham|date=16 August 2022|work=AFL Queensland|access-date=20 August 2022}} He began playing junior football for the North Cairns Tigers at five years of age.{{cite news|url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/afl/caleb-graham-describes-the-moment-he-was-drafted-by-the-gold-coast-suns/news-story/88aebfc70aa9f631f9f85b6ff06a9856|title=Caleb Graham describes the moment he was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns|date=23 November 2018|work=Gold Coast Bulletin|access-date=9 August 2019}} Graham later switched to the Cairns Saints and was placed in the Gold Coast Suns Academy as a teenager. At the start of 2016, he relocated with his family to the Gold Coast where he started playing locally for the Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club and attended Palm Beach Currumbin State High School.{{cite news|url=https://www.realestate.com.au/news/gold-coast-suns-caleb-graham-pays-tribute-to-palm-beach-currumbin-following-drafting/|title=Gold Coast Suns' Caleb Graham pays tribute to Palm Beach Currumbin following drafting|date=3 December 2018|work=Cairns Post|access-date=9 August 2019}} While at Palm Beach Currumbin he played in back-to-back QAFL senior premierships,{{cite news|url=http://aflcairns.com.au/caleb-continues-run-of-success-for-far-north/|title=Gold Coast Suns' Caleb continues run of success for Far North|date=26 November 2018|work=AFL Cairns|access-date=9 August 2019}} including playing on former AFL Premiership forward Barry Hall at 17 years and 10 days of age in the 2017 QAFL Grand Final.{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGbkYzvRXP0|title=2017 QAFL Grand Final Palm Beach Currumbin V Labrador|date=23 September 2017|work=AFL Queensland|access-date=9 August 2019}}

In November 2018, he was drafted by the Gold Coast Football Club with pick 71 in the AFL draft.{{cite news|url=https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/crab-to-become-fourth-cairns-sun/news-story/c80a2bb5bdc2cc05feb6bb2fcd6745ca|title=Crab in debut with Cairns crew|date=9 August 2019|work=Cairns Post|access-date=9 August 2019}}

Graham made his AFL debut at 18 years of age in Round 21 of the 2019 AFL season, which also happened to be QClash18 against the Brisbane Lions.{{cite news|url=https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/afl-cairns-product-rewarded-with-long-term-deal/news-story/882cf49d28174b8bc2cd41bb82fdbd11|title=Cairns Saints junior Caleb Graham signs long term deal with the Gold Coast Suns|date=15 August 2019|work=Cairns Post|access-date=21 January 2020}}

: 'Statistics are correct to the end of 2024{{cite web|title=Caleb Graham|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Caleb_Graham.html|work=AFLTables|access-date=5 April 2022}}

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| 2019 || {{AFL GC}} || 46

| 3 || 0 || 0 || 18 || 17 || 35 || 11 || 4 || 0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.0 || 5.7 || 11.7 || 3.7 || 1.3 || 0.0

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| 2020{{efn|The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.}} || {{AFL GC}} || 46

| 7 || 0 || 0 || 36 || 14 || 50 || 25 || 2 || 0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.1 || 2.0 || 7.1 || 3.6 || 0.3 || 0.0

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| 2021 || {{AFL GC}} || 46

| 12 || 0 || 1 || 52 || 33 || 85 || 42 || 8 || 82 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 4.3 || 2.8 || 7.1 || 3.5 || 0.7 || 6.8

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| 2022 || {{AFL GC}} || 46

| 15 || 1 || 0 || 95 || 38 || 133 || 52 || 14 || 2 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 6.3 || 2.5 || 8.9 || 3.5 || 0.9 || 0.1

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| 2023 || {{AFL GC}} || 46

| 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –

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| 2024 || {{AFL GC}} || 46

| 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –

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! colspan=3| Career

! 37 !! 1 !! 1 !! 201 !! 102 !! 303 !! 130 !! 28 !! 84 !! 0.0 !! 0.0 !! 5.4 !! 2.8 !! 8.2 !! 3.5 !! 0.8 !! 2.3

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