| Sam Powell-Pepper | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Powell-Pepper playing for Port Adelaide in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Samuel Powell-Pepper | ||
| Born | (1998-01-08)8 January 1998 (age 27) Western Australia | ||
| Original team | East Perth (WAFL)/Wesley College (PSA) | ||
| Draft | No. 18,2016 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2017,Sydney vs.Port Adelaide, atSydney Cricket Ground | ||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward /midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Port Adelaide | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017– | Port Adelaide | 158 (124) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2025. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Samuel Powell-Pepper (born 8 January 1998) is a professionalAustralian rules footballer playing for thePort Adelaide Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL).
Powell-Pepper was born inPerth, the son of Maureen and Steven. His mother isAboriginal andTorres Strait Islander and his father is caucasian.[1][2][3] He has two full siblings and two half-brothers. His parents separated when he was young and he lived with his father until he was eight, then spent periods with his paternal grandmother, his mother, and friends' families.[4]
Powell-Pepper initially attendedMount Lawley Senior High School as an inaugural member of the school’s Aboriginal Excellence Program, before switching toWesley College on an indigenous scholarship.[5] He went to school withQuinton Narkle who is his second cousin. He also attended school with other future AFL playersShai Bolton andCameron Zurhaar.[6] He played junior football for the Mt Hawthorn Cardinals.[2]
In 2016, Powell-Pepper made his senior debut for theEast Perth Football Club during round 20 of the2016 WAFL season going on to play all the remaining games for the year.[7]
Powell-Pepper was drafted by the Port Adelaide Football Club with their second selection and eighteenth overall in the2016 national draft. He made his AFL debut in Port Adelaide's twenty-eight point win againstSydney in the opening round of the2017 season at theSydney Cricket Ground.[8] He was named that round'sAFL Rising Star nominee after kicking two goals in the match, the first with hisfirst kick in AFL football.[9] In a game against Melbourne, he recorded 17 tackles, beating the club's previous record which was 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 | |||||
| 2017 | Port Adelaide | 2 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 182 | 193 | 375 | 57 | 114 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 17.0 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 1 |
| Port Adelaide | 2 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 137 | 168 | 305 | 36 | 97 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 8.6 | 10.5 | 19.1 | 2.2 | 6.1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | Port Adelaide | 2 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 187 | 171 | 358 | 50 | 92 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 18.8 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 1 |
| 2020[a] | Port Adelaide | 2 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 123 | 157 | 280 | 36 | 77 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 14.7 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 3 |
| Port Adelaide | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 115 | 104 | 219 | 39 | 61 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 13.7 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Port Adelaide | 2 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 216 | 149 | 365 | 104 | 74 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 16.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 11 | |
| Port Adelaide | 2 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 202 | 141 | 343 | 64 | 78 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 13.7 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2 | |
| Port Adelaide | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 14 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 9.3 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Port Adelaide | 2 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 118 | 116 | 234 | 62 | 44 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 14.6 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2 | |
| Career | 158 | 124 | 140 | 1299 | 1207 | 2506 | 457 | 651 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 15.8 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 23 | ||
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