Cooper Stephens

Cooper Stephens is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for Hawthorn in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been drafted to the Geelong Football Club in 2019. He was traded to Hawthorn after the 2022 AFL season.

Cooper Stephens
Personal information
Full name Cooper Stephens
Date of birth (2001-01-17) 17 January 2001
Original team(s) Colac, Geelong Falcons
Draft No. 16, 2019 national draft
Debut Round 8, 2022, Geelong vs. Greater Western Sydney, at Manuka Oval, Canberra
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 21
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2020–2022 Geelong 7 (0)
2023– Hawthorn 0 (0)
Total 7 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.

Early life

Stephens broke his leg at the start of his final underage year. Despite being disappointed he took the opportunity to train with the Geelong Falcons high performance manager and was in good shape for the combine testing at the end of the year.[1]

He was drafted with the 16th selection in the 2019 AFL draft from Geelong Falcons in the NAB League.

AFL career

Stephens had an interrupted start in the AFL, he was reduced to hub scratch matches in 2020 and in 2021 he suffered a ankle injury.[2] He managed to string enough games in the VFL to be considered for a promotion to the senior side. He made his debut in Canberra against the Greater Western Sydney in round 8 2022. He managed to play seven senior games in his debut season.

Cooper was traded to Hawthorn in a three way deal that saw Oliver Henry move to Geelong and Tom Mitchell move to Collingwood.

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2023 season.[3]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2020[lower-alpha 1]Geelong12 0——————————————0
2021Geelong12 0——————————————0
2022Geelong12 70036407614110.00.05.15.710.82.01.50
2023Hawthorn21 0——————————————0
Career 70036407614110.00.05.15.710.82.01.50

Honours and achievements

Team

Notes

  1. The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. "After breaking his leg, gun AFL draftee Cooper Stephens hit the gym – and got seriously ripped". Fox Sports. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. "Stephens Pushing Selection Case". geelongcats.com.au. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. "Cooper Stephens". AFLTables. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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