| Connor Rozee | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Rozee tries to keep the ball in against Gold Coast, 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Connor Robert Rozee[1] | ||
| Born | (2000-01-22)22 January 2000 (age 25) Port Augusta,South Australia | ||
| Original team | North Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 5,2018 AFL draft (Port Adelaide) | ||
| Debut | 23 March 2019,Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne, at MCG | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Position | Midfielder /forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Port Adelaide | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2019– | Port Adelaide | 150 (124) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2025 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Connor Robert Rozee (born 22 January 2000) is a professionalAustralian rules footballer who is the current captain of thePort Adelaide Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by Port Adelaide with the fifth draft pick of the2018 AFL draft.[2]
Rozee was born inPort Augusta, South Australia. He participated in theAuskick program at Port Augusta[3] and played junior football withSpencer Gulf Football League (SGFL) club South Augusta.[4] After he finished primary school, Rozee's family moved to the suburbs of Adelaide where he attendedCedar College.[5] In 2016, he won the Kevin Sheehan Medal as the best player of the Under 16 AFL National Championship while also winning South Australia's Most Valuable Player award.[6] Rozee played for South Australia in theAFL Under 18 Championships but was not pleased with his performance. He averaged 13 disposals across the carnival, showed some flashes and his state claimed the title, but it wasn't the standout period he was hoping for.[7]
After the championship, Port Adelaide AFL premiership player andNorth Adelaide Football Club coachJosh Carr gave Rozee his seniorSouth Australian National Football League (SANFL) debut in 2018 and Rozee repaid his faith with an impressive campaign including a couple of vital performances in the Roosters’ successful finals series.[6] Rozee went on to feature in the club's SANFL premiership win, with his improved form at the back end of the season against senior players showing why he is in the elite group of prospects at the top end of the draft.[7] At theAFL Draft Combine, Rozee finished in the top 10 for the standing vertical jump and running vertical jump tests and agility test and was second overall in the 20m sprint (2.91 seconds).[6]Port Adelaide selected Rozee at pick 5 in the2018 AFL draft.[8]
Rozee's father Robert Rozee played for SANFL clubSouth Adelaide and was a premiership player, club champion and club coach at South Augusta.[4]
Rozee made his AFL debut in Port Adelaide's upset win overMelbourne in the opening round of the2019 AFL season.[9] In Round 2, He kicked his first AFL goal and his second only minutes later in a win overCarlton. In round 3, Rozee kicked five goals and had 21 disposals in Port's 17 point loss to theBrisbane Lions atthe Gabba, earning him theRising Star nomination.[10] Rozee became the youngest Port Adelaide player to kick 5 goals in an AFL match.[11] He also in 2019 went on to be Port Adelaide's youngest ever leading goalscorer and named into the AFL's 22under22 team.
After a promising first season, Rozee lacked a little bit of form to start the2020 AFL season with shaping into a midfield role and over unfortunate events, the season was postponed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Following hissecond consecutiveAll-Australian selection, Rozee was appointed Port Adelaide's captain in December 2023.[12]
Rozee married Maisie Packer on 26 October 2024.[13] The couple have a daughter, born in May 2024, and are expecting a son.[14][15]
Updated to the end of the 2025 season.[16]
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 | |||||
| 2019 | Port Adelaide | 20 | 22 | 29 | 22 | 168 | 168 | 336 | 76 | 88 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 15.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4 |
| 2020[a] | Port Adelaide | 20 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 106 | 100 | 206 | 40 | 52 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 12.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2021 | Port Adelaide | 20 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 176 | 159 | 335 | 71 | 60 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 16.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1 |
| 2022 | Port Adelaide | 20 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 248 | 262 | 510 | 89 | 84 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 23.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 14 |
| 2023 | Port Adelaide | 20 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 390 | 254 | 644 | 117 | 117 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 15.6 | 10.2 | 25.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 21 |
| 2024 | Port Adelaide | 1 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 335 | 208 | 543 | 98 | 102 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 14.6 | 9.0 | 23.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 12 |
| 2025 | Port Adelaide | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 378 | 198 | 576 | 102 | 79 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 18.0 | 9.4 | 27.4 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 16 |
| Career | 150 | 124 | 99 | 1801 | 1349 | 3150 | 593 | 583 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 21.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 68 | ||
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