# Darcy Cameron

Darcy Cameron (born 18 July 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

## Early life

Originally from Albany, Western Australia, Cameron grew up as a West Coast Eagles fan. He is the nephew of radio personality and politician Eoin Cameron. He was a cricketer and swimmer in his youth and played football for North Albany. He attended Hale School as a boarder. Cameron played for Claremont in the West Australian Football League, averaging one goal, 11 disposals and 16 hitouts over 40 league matches. He wore number 18.

## AFL career
### Sydney Swans

Cameron was expected to be drafted by West Coast in the 2016 AFL draft, but was taken by Sydney with pick 48. He made a positive start, impressing coach John Longmire in his first pre-season. Cameron lacerated his finger during training in March. It was later infected in a North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) match against Sydney University, rendering him unavailable for one week. Shoulder surgery halfway through the year restricted him to nine NEAFL games. In April, Cameron signed a contract extension, tying him to Sydney until 2019.
In 2018, Sam Naismith's season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury, Kurt Tippett's retirement and a quadriceps injury to Sam Reid opened up senior opportunities for Cameron. He played both JLT Community Series matches and showed good form in the NEAFL, averaging 34 hitouts, 19 possessions and one goal over 13 matches. However, he did not make his AFL debut until round 18 against the Gold Coast Suns at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

### Collingwood

Cameron was traded to Collingwood at the end of the 2019 AFL season. He was a member of Collingwood's team that won the 2023 AFL Grand Final where he had 4 clearances and 19 hitouts.

## Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2024 season.
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | 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) | Averages (per game) | Votes |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | Votes |
| 2017 | Sydney | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | Sydney | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Sydney | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | Collingwood | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 30 | 76 | 36 | 14 | 57 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 7.6 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 2021 | Collingwood | 14 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 147 | 72 | 219 | 99 | 32 | 121 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 8.2 | 4.0 | 12.2 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 2022 | Collingwood | 14 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 204 | 108 | 312 | 91 | 80 | 423 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 13.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 17.6 | 4 |
| 2023$^#$ | Collingwood | 14 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 139 | 110 | 249 | 65 | 61 | 490 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 13.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 25.8 | 0 |
| 2024 | Collingwood | 14 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 230 | 129 | 359 | 106 | 65 | 673 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 10.0 | 5.6 | 15.6 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 29.3 | 0 |
| Career | Career | Career | 95 | 62 | 27 | 767 | 451 | 1218 | 399 | 254 | 1773 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 12.8 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 18.7 | 4 |
Notes
* ↑ 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.