# Blake Acres

Blake Acres is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for St Kilda and Fremantle.

## AFL career

Acres was selected with the 19th pick in the 2013 AFL Draft by St Kilda. He made his debut in Round 7, 2014, against Hawthorn, in a game in which St Kilda were defeated by 145 points.
He earned the AFL Rising Star nomination following a breakout performance against Melbourne in Round 6, 2016.
At the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season, Acres was traded to Fremantle, along with a number of draft picks, as part of a trade to get Bradley Hill to St Kilda.
Acres made his debut for Fremantle during Round 4 of the 2020 AFL season in their clash against St Kilda. Acres played seven games during 2020 due to a hamstring injury, disrupting his start to the season. Acres returned during the latter half of the season with strong form, averaging almost 25 disposals a game. Acres played 18 games in 2021 and played in Fremantle's 2022 finals campaign.
Following the 2022 season, Acres sought to explore the trade market after being given a low-ball offer from Fremantle, and was traded to Carlton in exchange for a future third round draft pick. Acres immediately established a permanent wingman position in the Carlton team, and recorded career best numbers in disposals and rebounds.
Acres made a memorable impact in the 2023 finals series, which was Carlton's first finals series after a club record nine-year drought: in the final quarter of the six-point elimination final win against Sydney, Acres made two diving saves for rushed behinds, and kicked a steadying goal to put Carlton 14 points ahead in the 22nd minute; and in the two-point semi-final win against Melbourne, he kicked the go-ahead goal with less than a minute remaining.

## Statistics

    Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 season
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Votes |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | Votes |
| 2014 | St Kilda | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 2015 | St Kilda | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 39 | 83 | 18 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 11.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 2016 | St Kilda | 8 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 160 | 124 | 284 | 57 | 50 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 10.0 | 7.8 | 17.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 1 |
| 2017 | St Kilda | 8 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 178 | 88 | 366 | 81 | 51 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 20.3 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0 |
| 2018 | St Kilda | 8 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 129 | 129 | 258 | 47 | 43 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 21.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 1 |
| 2019 | St Kilda | 8 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 154 | 154 | 308 | 70 | 73 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 16.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2020 | Fremantle | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 59 | 134 | 40 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 8.4 | 19.1 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 2021 | Fremantle | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 184 | 138 | 322 | 67 | 45 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 17.9 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2022 | Fremantle | 9 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 287 | 147 | 434 | 115 | 54 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 14.4 | 7.4 | 21.7 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 3 |
| Career | Career | Career | 120 | 37 | 29 | 1222 | 993 | 2215 | 498 | 361 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 18.5 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 7 |