The 177cm small midfielder/forward from Western Australia impressed observers during this week’s NAB AFL Draft Combine in Melbourne, with solid performances in the beep test (15.2) and clean hands test (25 out of 30).
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This year, he played senior football for South Fremantle in the WAFL and excelled for his state in the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships.
This year, he played senior football for South Fremantle in the WAFL and excelled for his state in the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships.
Garlett said he is determined to not go down the same path as his 20-year-old cousin.
Dayle Garlett, a former Hawthorn-listed player, was last month charged with stealing a motor vehicle and aggravated burglary.
“(We) used to talk a lot about football, but once he started going downhill I just thought that I didn’t want to be like that,” Jarrod Garlett said on Friday.
“I just didn’t want to hang around those sort of people at all (and let it) distract me from my footy career.”
Garlett said he hopes his cousin can get his personal issues back in order.
“I’m hoping he does; I think he’s still in jail,” he said.
“Me and him were pretty close coming up through the footy ranks and I looked up to him a bit.
“I just hope he comes out and does a lot better than what he did.”
