Season in short
What a rise it’s been for Caleb Daniel.
Taken with pick 46 in the 2014 NAB AFL Draft, the 167-centimetre South Australian finished off his debut season with 10 games under his belt, including an appearance in the Club’s 2015 Elimination Final side.
Fast forward to the end of his second season and he averaged 22 touches per game, four marks, kicked 11 goals and finished second in the NAB Rising Star voting.
His clean ball use is a highlight and his composure under pressure is the stuff of a 134 game veteran, not 34.
Played in every final this season and produced a 33 touch, best on ground performance in the Bulldogs’ elimination final win over the West Coast Eagles in Perth.
The stat that mattered
Had a career high seven tackles against Sydney in round 15.
What they said
“I got to play a bit more midfield time this year, you know, try and run around and get a kick and see if I could help out the team in that respect this year.
“To be able to do that in such a successful team was pretty cool.
“There’s a lot to work on in my game. I’d love to be able to go inside and take some pressure of guys Luke Dahlhaus and Marcus Bontempelli in the midfield and I’ve always got to work on the tackling and that sort of stuff.”
Gram of the year
Kritter said he’d where a helmet to a game to support Caleb. Still waiting for that.
