Andy Otten is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 player for the Adelaide Football Club. The tall midfielder was Adelaide’s second selection in the 2007 National Draft, taken at pick 27, and recorded strong results at the 2007 NAB AFL Draft Camp ranking in the top 2% for the vertical leap (92 cm), top ten for agility and the top 20% for the beep test (14.2). He is also the brother of Sydney Swans

Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

 player Max Otten

Max Otten

Max Otten is a professional Australian rules football player who was listed as a rookie for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League Max Otten (born 10 November 1992) is a professional Australian rules football player who was listed as a rookie for the Sydney Swans in the Australian...

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Otten made his debut in round 12 against eventual premiers Hawthorn, and played one more game for the 2008 season. The next season he exploded onto the AFL scene, playing a consistent running role across half back and being likened to former defender Nathan Bassett

Nathan Bassett

Nathan "Fred" Bassett is a former Australian rules footballer for the Adelaide Football Club of the Australian Football League....

, although he is expected to move back into the midfield in later years. Otten won a NAB AFL Rising Star nomination in round 9 for his performance against Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

, in which he collected 23 possessions and kicked a brilliant running goal from beyond 50. On the 2nd of September 2009 Otten was named the runner-up NAB AFL Rising Star. He finished second to Daniel Rich who scored the maximum of 45 points. Otten scored 30 points. Later the same month Otten scored three votes in the 2009 Brownlow Medal

2009 Brownlow Medal

-Voting Procedure:The three field umpires confer after each match and award 3 votes, 2 votes and 1 vote to the players they regard as the best, second best and third best in the match respectively.-Ineligible players:As the award is for the Best and Fairest player in the league, players found guilty...

 count.

In his 2010 preseason training, Otten ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament

Anterior cruciate ligament

The anterior cruciate ligament is a cruciate ligament which is one of the four major ligaments of the human knee. In the quadruped stifle , based on its anatomical position, it is referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament.The ACL originates from deep within the notch of the distal femur...

. He missed the entire 2010 season as a result.

He attended Whitefriars College

Whitefriars College

Whitefriars College is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys located in the Melbourne suburb of Donvale. Established in 1961, the College reflects the tradition of the Carmelites, and is recognised for its uniform's brown blazer with the College Crest appearing on the breast pocket...

 in Donvale

Donvale, Victoria

Donvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Donvale had a population of 11,667...

graduating in 2007.