26 Facts About Jake Carlisle

Jake Carlisle was born on 1 October 1991 and is a professional Australian rules footballer who played 66 games for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League until his retirement at the end of the 2021 season.

Jake Carlisle previously played 85 games for the Essendon Football Club from 2010 to 2015.

Jake Carlisle played with the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup and Craigieburn in the EDFL.

Jake Carlisle represented Vic Metro in the 2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships and was part of the 2009 Premiership team.

Jake Carlisle made his debut in Round 20 of the 2010 AFL season, against Collingwood, a game which the young team lost by 98 points.

Jake Carlisle had a break-out 2012, his consistency in the back-line did not go unnoticed, earning an AFL Rising Star nomination against Greater Western Sydney in Round 9.

In September 2015 Jake Carlisle requested a trade out of Essendon after delaying contract talks until the end of the season.

In October 2015, after much deliberation, Jake Carlisle nominated St Kilda over Carlton as the club he wished to be traded to from Essendon.

Jake Carlisle was suspended for two years which, with backdating, ended in November 2016; as a result, he served approximately fourteen months of his suspension and missed the entire 2016 AFL season.

Jake Carlisle had received a two-match internal suspension at St Kilda after footage emerged of him using recreational drugs, but the club later waived it, determining that it was served concurrently with the season-long ban.

Jake Carlisle played all 22 games in his first proper season at St Kilda in 2017, following the trade and suspension.

In 2018 Jake Carlisle played 17 matches with the Saints' rebuild taking a backwards step.

Jake Carlisle would have played more games, but was suspended for two matches for striking Richmond's Jack Riewoldt and suffered a punctured lung in another incident after a mistake by club doctors.

Jake Carlisle managed only 10 games for the 2019 season due to injury, requiring surgery on his back for a protruding disc prior to the commencement of the season.

Jake Carlisle eventually returned in round 14 and played 10 consecutive games as the Saints transitioned to new coach Brett Ratten.

Jake Carlisle triggered an automatic 1-year contract extension upon reaching a games clause.

Jake Carlisle played 13 of a possible 19 games in a Covid-interrupted season, including the Saints' elimination final win against the Western Bulldogs.

Jake Carlisle was unable to play in the Saints' semi final game against Richmond due to the birth of his third child.

Jake Carlisle signed a further 1-year contract at the end of the year to remain at the club for the 2021 season.

Jake Carlisle was not selected for the first two rounds of the year, despite being available.

Jake Carlisle eventually returned to the side in Round Three, and played four consecutive games including an influential game against Port Adelaide in Round Six.

In 2024, Jake Carlisle was named at Number 98 in Don The Stat's Top 100 Essendon players since 1980.

Jake Carlisle grew up in Craigieburn, a northern suburb of Melbourne.

Jake Carlisle is the second youngest of five children and has four sisters.

Jake Carlisle attended Willmott Park Primary School in Craigieburn before going to Niddrie Secondary College.

Jake Carlisle drew controversy when the Nine Network's television program A Current Affair broadcast footage on 21 October 2015, the same day he was traded to St Kilda, of a man suspected to be Jake Carlisle snorting a white substance.