Lawson Humphries

Lawson Humphries (born 24 April 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early career Humphries is of Indigenous Australian heritage and grew up across northern Australia. He is Nyul Nyul, Oomiday and Worrora.

He started playing football in the Pilbara for the Wickham Wolves. Moving to Perth to attend boarding school at Hale and be part of the next generation academy, he played in Swan Districts West Australian Football League (WAFL) colts premiership in 2021, and in the club's 2023 WAFL reserves premiership victory, before entering the AFL draft for a third time. He was awarded Swan District's 2023 reserves best and fairest.

AFL career Drafted by in the 2023 AFL draft, Humphries started the 2024 season with the club's Victorian Football League (VFL) team. After a strong game against in June, he made his AFL debut for Geelong in round 16 of the 2024 AFL season against .

He received a Rising Star nomination after round 18 of the 2024 season.

Personal life Humphries is studying anthropology and sociology at Curtin University.

Statistics Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.

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