Brad Ottens

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**Brad Ottens**
Personal Info
Birth	25 January 1980, South Australia
Recruited from	Glenelg Football Club
Height/Weight	202cm / 104kg
Playing Career¹
Debut	Round 1, March 29, 1998, Richmond vs. Essendon, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Richmond (1998-2004) 129 games, 152 goals Geelong (2005-) 37 games, 49 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career Highlights
All-Australian 2001 International rules series 2001 AFL Mark of the Year 2006

Brad Ottens (born January 25, 1980) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Selected at pick 2 in the 1997 AFL Draft.

In search of a ruckman and key forward target, Geelong picked up Ottens in a trade for the 2005 season. He again struggled to have a major impact in the first year at his new club. He was the subject of the infamous "Leave him alone, all of you" post-match press conference by Mark Thompson in 2005.

Since then Ottens has been able to hold down a key spot in Geelong's line up. He has provided a vital key in the absence of Kent Kingsley. In 2006 Ottens showed signs of improvement, particularly in the ruck. He also took the AFL Mark of the Year in round 5 against Sydney. He played all 22 games in 2006.

The week after Geelong's exit from the 2006 AFL season, Ottens was involved in a drink driving incident. [1]