Nathan Jones (Australian rules footballer)

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**Nathan Jones**
Personal information

Birth	January 20, 1988 (1988-01-20) (age 20),
Recruited from	Mt. Eliza/Dandenong Stingrays (TAC)
Height and weight	180cm / 81kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 17, 2006, Melbourne Football Club vs. Kangaroos Football Club, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Melbourne (2006 -) 36 games, 18 goals
¹ Statistics to end of Round 7, 2008 season
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nomination, Round 20, 2006. AFL Rising Star nomination, Round 17, 2007. Runner-up Best and Fairest - Sid Anderson Trophy (2007)

Nathan Jones (born January 20, 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club.

He was recruited as the number 12 draft pick in the 2005 AFL Draft from the Dandenong Stingrays.

Playing the last eight games of the 2006 AFL Season, including Melbourne's two finals, Jones excelled, gathering numerous possessions, and showing much grunt and tenacity for someone in his debut season.

In his second year with the Demons (2007), Jones has further established himself as a very hard-nosed midfielder, capable of winning many possessions and setting up driving forward thrusts with his long kicks. Jones runs the lines and is a hard tackler.

In 2007, Jones operated as a beacon of hope for an otherwise disappointing season for the Melbourne Football Club. Averaging more than 17 possessions per game, and 5 tackles, Jones was a strong contender for the Rising Star Award, he ended up placing third, behind mercurial young gun Joel Selwood and Scott Pendlebury. To cap of his season, he finished second in the Club's Best and Fairest Award (the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal) with 190 votes, behind the eventual winner James McDonald (260 votes).