Jeff Garlett

Garlett played his early football for Burracoppin, before playing for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League in 2007. He lived with Anne and Maurice Embley (parents of many Swan Districts players, including {{AFL|WC}}'s Andrew Embley) and with Swans captain Shane Beros.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/jeff-garlett-didnt-look-for-trouble-it-found-him/story-e6frf9jf-1226034947318|date=7 April 2011|first=Sam|last=Edmund|access-date=16 December 2011|title=Jeff Garlett didn't look for trouble, it found him|newspaper=Herald Sun}} Altogether, Garlett played 21 league matches for Swans between 2007 and 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/1871|title=Jefferey Garlett (Swan Districts)|publisher=WAFLOnline|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305140358/http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/1871|url-status=dead}}

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Garlett was recruited to the AFL by the Carlton Football Club with the sixth pick in the 2009 Rookie Draft. He joined indigenous Swan Districts teammate Chris Yarran at Carlton, who was drafted in the 2008 AFL Draft at pick 6.

After playing in Carlton's 2009 NAB Cup series, he was elevated off the rookie list in place of injured ruckman Robert Warnock. He made his debut in Round 1, 2009 against Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, scoring a goal with his first kick.{{cite news|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/tardy-wa-youngster-suspended-20090825-exyx.html |title=Tardy WA youngster suspended |last=Clarke |first=Tim |date=25 August 2009 |publisher=WA Today |access-date=25 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325205506/http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/tardy-wa-youngster-suspended-20090825-exyx.html |archive-date=25 March 2012 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/with-huge-boots-to-fill-rookie-garlett-swoops-on-the-spills-20091124-j3ty.html |title=With huge boots to fill, rookie Garlett swoops on the spills |last=Petrie |first=Andrea |date=23 August 2009 |work=The Age |location=Australia |access-date=25 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604045215/http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/with-huge-boots-to-fill-rookie-garlett-swoops-on-the-spills-20091124-j3ty.html |archive-date= 4 June 2011 }} Garlett played ten games for Carlton in 2009, scoring twelve goals. Late in the season, he, as well as teammates Cameron Cloke and Eddie Betts, was internally suspended by Carlton for one game after failing to attend a recovery session.

Garlett was made a nominated rookie in 2010, and earned regular selection in the Carlton team. He scored a career-high six goals in Round 19 against Essendon and was subsequently rewarded for this by taking out the NAB Rising Star nomination for the round;[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/carltons-jeff-garlett-gets-rising-star-nod/story-e6frf9jf-1225903300613] Carlton's Jeff Garlett gets Rising Star nod, 10 Aug 2010, retrieved 10 August 2010 he ultimately polled five votes to finish sixth for the Rising Star Award.Holmesby L., [https://web.archive.org/web/20100903211538/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/101684/default.aspx Hannebery's victory], 1 September 2010, Retrieved 1 September 2010 He played twenty games for the year, and performed strongly in the club's best and fairest, finishing seventh.Carlton Football Club, [http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4311/newsid/103378/default.aspx Judd in John Nicholls Medal threepeat] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102532/http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4311/newsid/103378/default.aspx |date=6 July 2011 }}, retrieved 28 September 2010 Throughout the season, he formed part of a short-lived forward-line structure consisting of tall full-forward Setanta Ó hAilpín, and three small forwards (Garlett, Eddie Betts and Chris Yarran) who became known as "Setanta's Little Helpers".{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/setantas-little-helpers-on-march/story-e6freco3-1225865361865|title=Setanta's little helpers on march|first=Zac|last=Milbank|date=12 May 2010|access-date=1 August 2011|work=The Advertiser}}

Garlett signed a two-year contract extension with the Blues, and moved onto the senior list proper in 2011. He played every game in 2011, and kicked 50 goals for the year.AFL Tables, [http://afltables.com/afl/stats/2011.html#3 2011 Stats - Player Lists - Carlton], Retrieved 19 Sep 2011.

On 9 October 2014, Garlett was traded to the Melbourne Football Club after an off-field incident involving him and teammate Mitch Robinson.[http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-10-09/garlett-to-demons-confirmed Blue turns blue and red: Garlett moves to Demons] After a 78-game stint at Melbourne, which included a leading goalkicker award in 2017, Garlett was delisted at the conclusion of the 2019 season.[https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2019-08-27/garlett-and-keilty-depart Garlett and Keilty depart]

Garlett plays as a small crumbing forward, and his main attributes are his pace and tackling/defensive pressure, which is very effective in spite of his very light build.

: Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jeff_Garlett.html|title=Jeff Garlett|work=AFL Tables|access-date=23 April 2015}}

{{AFL player statistics legend}}

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009

|{{AFL Car}}

| 38 || 10 || 12 || 9 || 72 || 22 || 94 || 34 || 23 || 1.2 || 0.9 || 7.2 || 2.2 || 9.4 || 3.4 || 2.3

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010

|{{AFL Car}}

| 38 || 20 || 39 || 21 || 170 || 75 || 245 || 75 || 73 || 2.0 || 1.1 || 8.5 || 3.8 || 12.3 || 3.8 || 3.7

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2011

|{{AFL Car}}

| 38 || 24 || 48 || 32 || 216 || 78 || 294 || 84 || 96 || 2.0 || 1.3 || 9.0 || 3.3 || 12.3 || 3.5 || 4.0

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012

|{{AFL Car}}

| 38 || 22 || 29 || 27 || 195 || 69 || 264 || 78 || 72 || 1.3 || 1.2 || 8.9 || 3.1 || 12.0 || 3.5 || 3.3

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2013

|{{AFL Car}}

| 38 || 22 || 43 || 29 || 189 || 79 || 268 || 66 || 76 || 2.0 || 1.3 || 8.6 || 3.6 || 12.2 || 3.0 || 3.5

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014

|{{AFL Car}}

| 38 || 9 || 12 || 7 || 58 || 14 || 72 || 21 || 23 || 1.3 || 0.8 || 6.4 || 1.6 || 8.0 || 2.3 || 2.6

|-style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2015

|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 22 || 40 || 31 || 175 || 50 || 237 || 62 || 90 || 1.8 || 1.4 || 8.0 || 2.8 || 10.8 || 2.8 || 4.1

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2016

|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 17 || 29 || 14 || 124 || 53 || 177 || 34 || 54 || 1.7 || 0.8 || 7.3 || 3.1 || 10.4 || 2.0 || 3.2

|-style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2017

|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36/67 || 21 || 42 || 28 || 171 || 65 || 236 || 56 || 74 || 2.0 || 1.3 || 8.1 || 3.1 || 11.2 || 2.7 || 3.5

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2018

|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 11 || 18 || 11 || 76 || 56 || 132 || 26 || 32 || 1.6 || 1.0 || 6.9 || 5.1 || 12.0 || 2.4 || 2.9

|-style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019

|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 7 || 9 || 9 || 47 || 21 || 68 || 19 || 22 || 1.3 || 1.3 || 6.7 || 3.0 || 9.7 || 2.7 || 3.1

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! 635

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! 3.4

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Garlett has many relatives who are also Australian rules footballers. He is cousins with Lance Franklin, Cruize Garlett and Des Headland, and is the nephew of Leon Davis. He has a son, born in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2009-03-05/mike-dan-with-jeff-garlett|title=Mike & Dan with Jeff Garlett|work=carltonfc.com.au|date=5 March 2009|access-date=22 June 2013}}

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• [http://demonwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=Jeff+Garlett Jeff Garlett's profile] from DemonWiki

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