Jordan Clark Biography

Jordan Clark's finals hopes have been dashed, with the young Cat sent for surgery on his troublesome elbow.

Jordan Clark describes the horrific moment he injured his elbow at training.

"It was in a marking contest. I got my top half of my body taken out and I landed sideways on the ground. I stuck my arm out for a bit of a base and it snapped in towards my body. I ripped all of the ligaments and two-thirds of the muscle off the bone," Clark described.

Clark will play full minutes in the club's VFL clash with Port Melbourne this week and says he remains optimistic he will be able to return ahead of the Cats' September campaign.

"It's not perfect. But hopefully, it'll do the job and hold up for the rest of the year," he said.

Jordan Clark's 2019 season is in doubt after he injured his left elbow in a training mishap.

Clark was taken straight to hospital for scans in obvious pain and with his arm in a sling, having landed awkwardly after a marking contest with ruckman Zac Smith.

Jordan Clark is the 2019 AFL Rising Star nominee after collecting a personal-best 23 possessions against Adelaide at GMHBA Stadium and also kicking a goal.

His teammates, including skipper and mentor Joel Selwood, are surprised he has performed so well given he is "a bit porky". The youngster doesn't sidestep the issue.

"My skinfolds are one of the highest at the club," Clark said.

"They're a work in progress. Joel tends to take the mickey a bit, as most of the boys do in a tongue-in-cheek way, but that's good because you need to have some fun."

Just three years into his career, Jordan Clark signs a new two-year extension with Geelong to remain at the club until the end of 2022.

"Jordan has embraced the Geelong football club over his short time here and we are pleased to have secured Jordan's services for a further two years," Geelong's general manager of football Simon Lloyd said.

"From the outset, Jordan has demonstrated a thirst to learn and a strong appetite for hard work. He is a highly creative player who constantly challenges himself to improve, and most importantly, he loves what he does."

Jordan Clark is just about in full training after overcoming a bout of glandular fever that required careful management in his first six weeks at the club.

The West Australian was diagnosed with glandular fever prior to November's draft, but the Cats had no hesitation in taking the attacking defender with their top selection.

"I didn't do too much before Christmas and I was on a pretty limited schedule in terms of running and conditioning and all of that sort of stuff," Clark said.

"I literally couldn't do much because they were worried it would turn into chronic fatigue or something like that.

"I struggled a little bit early on, just being tired and what not, so they cut back a little bit and it made it pretty easy for me."

Geelong select Jordan Clark with pick No.15 in the 2018 AFL Draft.

Clark was diagnosed with tonsillitis and glandular fever recently and will be eased into training.

"I'm fine, obviously it's not the best scenario to be in but I definitely wasn't knocked around too heavily from it," Clark said.

Potential top-10 draft pick Jordan Clark faces a delayed start to his first AFL pre-season after being recently diagnosed with glandular fever and tonsillitis.

Clubs were notified in recent days about the half-back's illness, with the potential he could spend some weeks at home before shifting interstate if drafted outside of Western Australia.