TROUBLED ex-Melbourne forward Liam Jurrah hasn't given up hope of reviving his AFL career after his release from prison last month.

The 27-year-old has set his sights on taking the first step on a football comeback in an exhibition match for the Central Australian Redtails against Port Adelaide's SANFL team at Alberton Oval in February.

"It's something I'll have to discuss with whoever the coach is, but it's definitely something I'd be keen to do," Jurrah told News Corp.

"I've got to start training and get fit first, but I'd like to join the Redtails."

The Redtails are a club seeking full-time entry into the Northern Territory Football League that only allows players to join if they're employed, studying or in the Right Tracks Program – aimed at driving change in the Central Australian community.

President Rob Clarke said Jurrah joining the club was a possibility that needed to be discussed, while his uncle and mentor Darren Talbot believed joining the Redtails would be a positive move for his nephew.

"If we get him fully fit we are looking at him making the biggest comeback in AFL history," Talbot said.

"We have had a few talks about a comeback, he needs to get the love of football and passion for it back and then we will go from there.

"The Redtails would be a good start."

Jurrah was sentenced to nine months' jail, suspended after four months, for punching his ex-wife and threatening another woman with a broken bottle.

One of the provisions of his release from jail is Jurrah attending a drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation services centre until February.

He spent two separate stints in prison in 2013 and '14 for aggravated assault after his four-season and 36-game career at the Demons ended in 2012.