Nathan Drummond

Nathan Drummond (born 19 January 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Drummond grew up in Mooroopna, a Victorian country town 181 kilometers north of Melbourne. He played junior football with the local Mooroopna Football Netball Club.

Drummond moved to Melbourne as a teenager to board at Melbourne Grammar on one of the school's Indigenous scholarships.

In 2013, Drummond played part time with the Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup. He also played for the Victorian Country side that year, representing the team at 2013 National Championships.

Despite strong form in his underage years, Drummond passed unselected through the 2013 national and rookie drafts.

In 2014, he returned to the family home in country Victoria, taking up a part-time job at a sports store and playing again for the Bushrangers. Drummond ultimately won the club's best and fairest award for his performances that season. In addition, he played three matches with the Richmond Football Club's VFL side that year.

Drummond impressed at the 2014 draft combine, recording top three results in the repeat sprint, beep test, standing vertical jump, goalkicking and clean hands tests.

Drummond was drafted by Richmond with the club's third pick and pick 52 overall in the 2014 AFL draft.

He made his debut in round 4, 2015 against the Melbourne Football Club. He was stretchered from the ground during the second quarter however, after injuring his knee in a marking contest. The subsequent diagnosis of a severe anterior cruciate ligament injury resulted in a season ending operation.

Drummond made his return to senior football in Round 18, 2016. He kicked his first career goal in the match, as well as recording 10 disposals. He was dropped from senior side following four consecutive matches and would play out the season in the club's reserves side in the VFL. Drummond finished the season with averages of 9.8 disposals and 4.5 tackles per game.

Drummond is of Indiginous Australian heritage.

He is the great-grandson of Tom Drummond, who played in two premierships for Collingwood and captained the club, and the great-great grandson of William Cooper, an Australian Aboriginal political activist and community leader.

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season