Campbell Chesser Biography

The Blues complete a deal for young Eagle Campbell Chesser, with the 22-year-old being traded to the Blues in exchange for pick No.41.

Chesser rejected a new two-year deal with West Coast to return home to Victoria.

"We are so pleased to have attracted Campbell to Ikon Park," Carlton head of list management Nick Austin said.

"The club is very optimistic about the future of Campbell at Carlton. Overcoming an ankle injury late in the year, the form he displayed at the end of the season showed us he has the quality and class to perform at the elite level."

Campbell Chesser requests a trade from the Eagles to Carlton.

Campbell Chesser makes his AFL debut for West Coast at Docklands Stadium with 5 disposals (4 kicks and a handball), 3 marks and 2 tackles in a 5-point loss to North Melbourne.

West Coast moves Campbell Chesser and Tom Cole to its inactive list as part of a plan to add desperately needed midfield reinforcements before the start of the 2022 season.

Chesser and Cole can be recalled to the main list later in the season with AFL permission as long as they are replaced on the inactive list by another player who is injured or unavailable at the time.

West Coast draftee Campbell Chesser has started the long drive across Australia to start his AFL career and will spend Christmas in quarantine to ensure he can join his new teammates in the new year.

Chesser was the only new Eagle drafted from outside Western Australia, with the club sliding down the order to pick No.14 before snaring the classy right-footer last month.

"Young Campbell is driving over as we speak and he's going to spend Christmas in quarantine, which is tough for a 17-year-old, but that shows you his commitment," Eagles coach Adam Simpson said.

West Coast select Campbell Chesser with pick No.14 in the 2021 National Draft.

Draft Report: An athletic rebounding defender or wingman, Chesser is considered to be one of the brightest prospects in this year's draft pool, despite an injury-interrupted campaign. The captain of Vic Country's under-16 side in 2019 and a former national level athletics ace, Chesser has a good mix of speed and endurance as well as good skills. Hailing from Albury, Chesser is boarding at Melbourne Grammar this year to complete his Year 12 studies, while playing for the Dragons in the NAB League. Chesser tore the meniscus in his knee in his second game of the season for the Dragons, which put him on the sidelines for the AFL Academy game against Geelong's VFL team in April and kept him off the track while he was supposed to be training at Hawthorn. But recruiters are well aware of his talent, as a player that loves to run and carry and has plenty of flair with his ball use.