Paddy Dangerfield didn’t do it.
Dustin Martin didn’t do it.
Scott Pendlebury didn’t do it.
Nor did Patrick Cripps, Marcus Bontempelli, Adam Treloar, Lachie Neale, Stephen Coniglio or Gary Ablett Jnr.
But James Worpel is set to do it this weekend.
Having not missed a match in 2019, Worpel will bring up his 500th possession of the season in just his second year.
None of the aforementioned players achieved this feat.
Put simply, the 20-year-old midfielder has had an outstanding campaign with his overall influence something to behold.
His 499 disposals in 2019 rank him 22nd league-wide in the statistic, while he sits inside the top 25 for another four different categories: clearances (13th), contested possessions (20th), inside 50s (22nd) and tackles (24th).
Arguably the most impressive number there is his standing as a clearance player, with no other player 20 years old or younger in the top 60.
Worpel has a way to go before truly joining the competition’s elite midfielders but he is showing strong signs as one of the Hawks’ key building blocks for the future.
