Tyler Brown has been thrown an AFL lifeline by Adelaidesigning a one-year rookie contract with the Crows.
The son of former Collingwood captain Gavin Brown, Tyler was delisted by the Magpies on the finish of final season after enjoying 27 AFL video games over 5 years for the Magpies.
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“I am very grateful for getting one other alternative to affix an AFL membership,” Brown stated in an announcement on Wednesday.
“I felt welcome right here as quickly as I walked within the door.”
Brown fills one in every of two vacant listing spots on the Crows after they positioned winger Paul Seedsman on their inactive listing as a consequence of ongoing concussion points, and Fischer McAsey’s decision to walk away from the sport.
Sadly for Seedsman, his AFL profession seems to be over.
He copped a knock to the pinnacle in a marking contest at coaching in December 2021 and has since been struggling with migraines and nausea.
“We’ve come to the conclusion that Paul won’t be able to play this yr given he’s nonetheless experiencing signs,” Adelaide’s head of soccer Adam Kelly not too long ago stated in an announcement.
“To Paul’s credit score, he got here ahead and acknowledged this now so the membership can determine somebody within the pre-season supplemental choice interval that we are able to present a possibility to.
“As an business we perceive concussion is a severe and complicated harm and whereas on the inactive listing Paul will proceed to work carefully with our docs and medical workers in addition to concussion consultants.”
Brown was signed as a pre-season supplemental choice after arriving in Adelaide this week for a trial coaching interval.
