Leroy Jetta

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Leroy Jetta
Personal information
Full name	Leroy Jetta
Date of birth	(1988-07-06) 6 July 1988
Place of birth	Pingelly
Original team	South Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft	#18 (PP), 2006 National Draft, Essendon
Height/Weight	180cm / 78kg
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	7
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2007–	Essendon	91 (77)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.
Career highlights
2004 Kevin Sheehan Medallist 2005 Under 18 All-Australian 2006 Under 18 All-Australian

Leroy Jetta (born 6 July 1988) is an Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

The speedy forward was drafted by the Bombers with the priority selection (18th overall) in the 2006 AFL Draft from South Fremantle. He was drafted as a player renowned for outstanding pace, good foot skill and terrific vision on the ground.

An outstanding junior, Leroy was twice named in the Under 18 All-Australian Team as well as being adjudged the joint winner of the Kevin Sheehan Medal, awarded to the Best Player in Division 1 at the Under 16 National Championships. Leroy was also a Graduate of the AIS-AFL Academy in 2005.

He made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2007 season, along with another of the club's 2006 recruits, Alwyn Davey. Leroy went on to play the following 3 matches before being sidelined by a groin complaint. Despite returning to play with Essendon's VFL affiliate, the Bendigo Bombers, this injury ultimately ended Leroy's 2007 season.

The 2008 pre-season saw Leroy return to the club in excellent condition. Leroy equaled the then club record for the 20m sprint with a time of 2.75 seconds, and his skin folds were the lowest they had been. His strong performances in the NAB Cup reflected that increase in fitness. As a result of that good form, Leroy earned selection in Essendon's Round 1 encounter with North Melbourne in which he gathered 13 possessions and showcased his terrific tackling. Unfortunately, Leroy's good start to the season was interrupted by a hamstring injury sustained in Essendon's round 3 clash with Carlton. He returned in round 7, but had a subsequent dip in form. However, Essendon coach Matthew Knights persisted with Leroy and was paid back by Leroy's outstanding performance against Fremantle in round 14. Since, Leroy has quickly established himself as one of Essendon's first choice small forwards with hope of moving into the midfield in coming seasons.

The 2009 season shapes as another important year in Leroy's development. A few quiet performances in the pre-season led to Leroy's omission from the side for the opening two rounds of the season however, strong form for the Bendigo Bombers led to a recall for Essendon's vital round 3 encounter with Carlton.

He is contracted at Essendon until the end of the 2014 AFL season.

Leroy is a relation to Melbourne Demons forward Neville Jetta and his brother, Jerome, plays for the Bendigo Bombers.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of 2012 season.^[1]^[2]

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
2007	Essendon	7	4	3	1	16	10	26	9	7	0.8	0.2	4.0	2.5	6.5	2.2	1.8
2008	Essendon	7	18	11	9	98	68	166	26	54	0.6	0.5	5.4	3.8	9.2	1.4	3.0
2009	Essendon	7	6	1	3	35	38	73	12	15	0.2	0.5	5.8	6.3	12.2	2.0	2.5
2010	Essendon	7	11	9	9	93	97	190	38	43	0.8	0.8	8.4	8.8	17.3	3.4	3.9
2011	Essendon	7	23	27	9	196	151	347	57	88	1.2	0.4	8.5	6.6	15.1	2.5	3.8
2012	Essendon	7	21	22	22	178	120	298	61	67	1.0	1.0	8.5	5.7	14.2	2.9	3.2
Career			83	73	53	616	484	1100	203	274	0.9	0.6	7.4	5.8	13.3	2.4	3.3

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

References

↑ "Leroy Jetta statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
↑ "Leroy Jetta of the Essendon Bombers Career AFL Stats". footywire.com. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

External links

Leroy Jetta's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
Leroy Jetta's statistics from AFL Tables

Essendon Football Club – current squad

1 Hibberd
2 Bellchambers
3 Chapman
4 Watson (c)
5 Stanton
6 Daniher
7 Jetta
8 Winderlich
9 Goddard
10 O'Brien
11 Zaharakis
12 Baguley
14 Ashby
15 Dempsey
16 Pears
17 Melksham
18 Hurley
19 Edwards
20 J. Merrett
21 Heppell
22 Carlisle
23 Myers
24 Browne
25 Steinberg*
26 Hooker
27 Z. Merrett
28 Kavanagh
29 Dell'Olio*
30 Ryder
31 Fletcher
32 Colyer
33 Van Unen
34 Hardingham
35 Gleeson
36 Dalgleish
37 Gregory
38 Kommer
39 Hocking
40 Howlett
41 Hams
43 Aylett
44 Thurlow*
45 Rayner*
46 Fantasia
47 Ambrose*

Coach: Thompson

* denotes Rookie Listed players

v t e Australian squad – 2013 International Rules Series

Captain: Wells Armstrong D. Barry Betts Aaron Davey Alwyn Davey Edwards Ellis-Yolmen Franklin Harbrow J. Hill Leroy Jetta Lewis Jetta Lovett-Murray McGrath Motlop Neade Stokes Thomas Wellingham Yarran Coach: O'Loughlin

v t e 2006 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Bryce Gibbs 2. Scott Gumbleton 3. Lachlan Hansen 4. Matthew Leuenberger 5. Travis Boak 6. Mitch Thorp 7. Joel Selwood 8. Ben Reid 9. David Armitage 10. Nathan Brown 11. Andrejs Everitt 12. James Frawley 13. Jack Riewoldt 14. James Sellar 15. Daniel O'Keefe 16. Mitch Brown 17. Shaun Hampson (PP) 18. Leroy Jetta (PP)

Second round	19. Shaun Grigg 20. Tom Hislop 21. Gavin Urquhart 22. Albert Proud 23. Paul Stewart 24. Brent Renouf 25. Nathan Djerrkura 26. Shane Edwards 27. Brad Howard 28. Chris Dawes 29. Eric Mackenzie 30. Ricky Petterd 31. Clayton Collard 32. Kurt Tippett 33. Jarryd Morton 34. Chris Schmidt

Third round	35. Mark Austin 36. Alwyn Davey 37. Todd Goldstein 38. James Hawksley 39. Nathan Krakouer 40. Josh P. Kennedy (F/S) 41. Tom Hawkins (F/S) 42. Bachar Houli 43. Tim Houlihan 44. Brad Dick 45. Brennan Stack 46. Colin Garland 47. Kyle Reimers 48. David Mackay 49. Daniel Currie 50. Will Schofield

Fourth round	51. Clint Benjamin 52. Brock O'Brien 53. Lindsay Thomas 54. Matt Tyler 55. Robbie Gray 56. Garry Moss 57. Simon Hogan 58. Daniel Connors 59. Jarryd Allen 60. Carl Peterson 61. Josh Hill 62. Isaac Weetra 63. Tyson Goldsack 64. Nick Gill 65. Peter Faulks 66. Malcolm Lynch

Fifth round	67. Joe Anderson 69. Ben Warren 70. Sam Sheldon 71. Justin Westhoff 73. Andrew Collins 74. Matthew Ferguson 76. Paul O'Shea 77. Calib Mourish 78. Bryce Campbell 79. Jesse White 80. James Thomson

Sixth round	82. Aaron Edwards 83. Ryan Williams

Seventh round	86. David Rodan

Persondata
Name	Jetta, Leroy
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	6 July 1988
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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