Jackson Mead has started on a wing most often in recent weeks, after spending most of his career in the front six with only occasional forays into midfield. Many teams rotate their flankers from either end through wings occasionally, but Mead is now more accurately thought as a midfielder who rotates forward. As such, the primary stat his coaches will be looking for is his delivery inside 50, as that is his one wood and you wouldn't expect him to compete in the air much at his size. On that score, his game is measured in quality not quantity, and thus not fantasy-relevant.
Jackson Mead has started on a wing most often in recent weeks, after spending most of his career in the front six with only occasional forays into midfield. Many teams rotate their flankers from either end through wings occasionally, but Mead is now more accurately thought as a midfielder who rotates forward. As such, the primary stat his coaches will be looking for is his delivery inside 50, as that is his one wood and you wouldn't expect him to compete in the air much at his size. On that score, his game is measured in quality not quantity, and thus not fantasy-relevant.
Jackson Mead is a small forward at Port Adelaide, which under long-time coach Ken Hinkley likes to rotate its smalls through midfield with centre bounce attendances. Not that Hinkley is alone on that score at this level, as there is always a need for more speed out of the contest rather than just plodding inside bulls, but Mead, Jed McEntee and even Willie Rioli last week are given more CBAs than their history suggests. His best work is done on the outside using his pace with and without the ball, but none of these Power rovers have enough quantity to excite fantasy interest.
Mead jacks in to Power grid
A rare father/son pick for Port, Jackson Mead has an impressive CV from a junior career that has extended all the way to the top level of the SANFL already. Amongst his age group at the Championships he averaged 21 touches and five tackles, though at higher levels his stat sheet has tended more towards marks on the outside. Port Adelaide have had a couple of good drafts in a row now, and in Mead they have a player of the future. His frame at this age is probably not conducive to the battering you get playing against fully-grown men in the engine room, so his role will start outside and gradually move in over time. 2020 is not the year to pick him in draft leagues.
