Ryan Willits

Ryan Willits
Personal information
Full name	Ryan Willits
Nickname(s)	Brucey
Date of birth	(1987-01-23) 23 January 1987
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	St Marys (VMFL) / Northern Knights
Height / weight	198 cm (6 ft 6 in) / 98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2005–06 2006–08 2007–12, 2015– 2013–14	Glenelg (SANFL) Port Adelaide (AFL) West Adelaide (SANFL) Montmorency (NFL)	25 (15) 3 (1) 102 (96) ? (?)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015.
Career highlights
SANFL debut with Glenelg in 2005 AFL debut with Port Adelaide on 18 August 2006 v Collingwood at AAMI Stadium West Adelaide Leading Goalkicker 2008 (30) West Adelaide Leading Goalkicker 2009 (29) West Adelaide Premiership player 2015

Ryan Willits (born 23 January 1987 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian Rules Football player who played with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for Glenelg and West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Career

Willits was recruited by Port Adelaide from St Marys (VMFL)/Northern U18 as Port's number 19 selection in the 2004 AFL Draft.

Standing at 198 cm and weighing 100 kg, Willits was one of the most powerful young players in the AFL in terms of strength and size.

He debuted for Port late in the 2006 AFL Season, playing three games and totalling 25 disposals.^[1] He has played in the ruck and as a key forward for Port. He has also played as a defender for SANFL club Glenelg. In 2007 Willits was de-listed by Port Adelaide, before being re-listed by Port as a rookie. He was de-listed again in 2008 and has played in the SANFL ever since.

Ryan Willits moved to West Adelaide in April 2007 to seek more opportunities to play in a forward role and led the Bloods goal kicking in both 2008 and 2009, though he has since proven to be one of the better ruckmen in the competition.^[2] At the close of the 2011 season Willits has played 116 games and kicked 96 goals in the SANFL.

Willits returned to Melbourne after West Adelaide's 2012 SANFL Grand Final loss to Norwood. He has signed to play for Northern Football League club Montmorency for the 2013 season.

At the end of the 2014 Northern Football League season Willits announced his intentions to return to Adelaide for work. His return to Adelaide also saw him return to West Adelaide for the 2015 SANFL season. Willits played in the ruck in West Adelaide's 11.12 (78) to 7.6 (48) win over Woodville-West Torrens in the 2015 SANFL Grand Final at the Adelaide Oval.

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2004 AFL national draft

First round	1. Brett Deledio (PP) 2. Jarryd Roughead (PP) 3. Ryan Griffen (PP) 4. Richard Tambling 5. Lance Franklin 6. Tom Williams 7. Jordan Lewis 8. John Meesen 9. Jordan Russell 10. Chris Egan 11. Adam Thomson 12. Danny Meyer 13. Matthew Bate 14. Angus Monfries 15. Lynden Dunn 16. Adam Pattison 17. Andrew McQualter 18. Cameron Wood 19. Ryan Willits

Second round	20. Dean Polo 21. Thomas Murphy 22. Jesse Wells 23. Sean Rusling 24. Nathan van Berlo 25. Adam Hartlett 26. Matthew Little 27. Pat Garner 28. Chad Gibson 29. Matt Rosa 30. Andrew Lee 31. Jarred Moore 32. Brent Prismall 33. Cain Ackland 34. James Ezard 35. Fabian Deluca

Third round	36. Luke McGuane 37. Mark LeCras 38. Damien McCormack 39. Travis Cloke (F/S) 40. Ivan Maric 41. Luke Blackwell (F/S) 42. Jesse W. Smith (F/S) 43. Michael Newton 44. Mitch Morton (F/S) 45. Justin Sherman 46. Henry Slattery 47. David Spriggs 48. Nathan Ablett (F/S) 49. Mark McGough 50. Jayden Attard 51. Ben Eckermann

Fourth round	52. Dean Limbach 53. Simon Taylor 54. Stephen Tiller 55. Adam Iacobucci 56. Chris Knights 57. Brad Smith 58. Brad Moran 59. Benet Copping 59. Paul Thomas 60. Heath James 61. Matthew Egan 62. James Gwilt 63. Luke Forsyth

Fifth round	65. Mark Graham 67. Toby Stribling 68. Ben Schwarze 69. Daniel Haines 73. Chris Bryan

Sixth round	74. Daniel Pratt 77. Anthony Raso

2008 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Clayton Collard 2. Aaron Joseph 3. Trent Zomer 4. James Mulligan 5. Rhys Magin 6. Brent Connelly 7. Phil Smith 8. Glenn Chivers 9. James Moss 10. Matthew O'Dwyer 11. Hugh Sandilands 12. Lewis Stevenson 13. Luke Casey-Leigh 14. Nathan Grima 15. Nick Salter 16. Brodie Moles

Second round	17. Jarrod Silvester 18. Lachlan Hill 19. Austin Wonaeamirri 20. Henry White 21. Jarrod Atkinson 22. Luke Pratt 23. Pat Garner 24. Luke Miles 25. Jared Petrenko 26. Brendan Murphy 27. Tim Walsh 28. Ashley Arrowsmith 29. Kevin Dyas 30. Cruize Garlett 31. Daniel Boyle 32. Jeremy Laidler

Third round	33. Tristan Cartledge 34. David Ellard 35. Jake Spencer 36. John Shaw 37. Calib Mourish 38. Pearce Hanley 39. Andrew McQualter 40. Ed Curnow 41. Jake Orreal 42. Alex Grima 43. Will Sullivan 44. Alan Obst 45. Ryan Willits 46. Chris Kangars

Fourth round	47. Cameron Howat 48. Michael Shields 49. Shane Valenti 50. Ryley Dunn 51. Khan Haretuku 52. Brodie Martin 53. Matthew Beckmans 54. Cameron Stokes 55. Callum Wilson 56. Michael Wundke 57. Shane Mumford

Fifth round	58. Aaron Bruce 59. Beau Wilkes

Sixth round	60. James Wilsen 61. Dean Terlich 62. Ryan Davis

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