Jesse Hogan

Jesse Hogan, born 12 February 1995, is a professional Australian rules footballer and a key forward who has played in the Australian Football League for Melbourne, Fremantle, Greater Western Sydney and Collingwood. He grew up in Perth, Western Australia, played basketball and football as a teenager and represented his state in both, and came through the Claremont colts side and the AIS-AFL Academy. He earned All-Australian selection at the 2012 under-18 championships and was taken by Melbourne with the second pick of the 2012 mini-draft, which kept him out of the 2013 season. After a back injury cost him 2014 he debuted in 2015, won the AFL Rising Star award and led Melbourne's goalkicking in each of his first two playing years. A trade in October 2018 took him to Fremantle, and he was later traded to Greater Western Sydney before reaching Collingwood.