Lewis Young

Lewis Young (born 20 December 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Career Although he played his junior football as a key forward, Young has spent almost his entire senior career playing as a key backman. Standing at two metres tall, he is particularly in the defensive aspects of backline play, such as spoils and one percenters, although less prominent with rebound and attack. He is also a competent but occasional back-up ruck option.

After playing under-18s football for Sturt, Young was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with their third round selection (No. 49 overall) in the 2016 national draft. He made his debut in round 17, 2017. On the fringes of the Bulldogs team, Young played 24 matches over five developmental seasons with the club, his highest return being nine matches in 2021 which included two finals.

At the end of 2021, Young was traded to in a three-way trade which saw Carlton give up Sam Petrevski-Seton to . He immediately became a regular player in the Carlton backline, playing a career high 19 matches for Carlton in 2022, and set new club records of 217 one percenters for the season and 25 one percenters in a match; the latter tied and, as of 2025, still stands as the equal highest by any player in AFL history. Young returned to the fringe of selection from mid-2023.

Statistics Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.

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