As a midfielder for Kangaroos, Harry Sheezel is ranked number 10 in the competition. His recent performance has been fantastic with an average of 32.4 over the last 5 rounds, playing . For the season he is averaging 32.4. His performance has been relatively consistent but largely trending in the wrong direction in recent rounds.
Harry Sheezel is an Australian rules footballer who was selected with the third selection in the 2022 AFL national draft by North Melbourne in the Australian Football League.
Sheezel is heavily involved in the Jewish community (particularly in Melbourne). Sheezel became the first Jewish player drafted into the AFL since 1999 with North Melbourne's third overall pick at the 2022 NAB AFL Draft. Sheezel was the subject of antisemitic online abuse on social media after The Age published coverage of Sheezel and his predicted selection. Radio host Neil Mitchell called on the AFL to condemn the comments. Sheezel went to school and graduated from Mount Scopus Memorial College.
Sheezel’s youth career started at AJAX Football Club he then moved to Sandringham Dragons for the final year of his youth. He currently represents North Melbourne in the AFL. Sheezel plays as a medium forward and been described as a "competitive, skilful, agile, clean, and driven" player. He considers himself "composed" and a "good decision-maker [with] good skills" with good goal sense. He was named in the Under 18 All-Australian team after kicking eight goals and averaging 15 disposals from four national championships. He also finished with the 36 goals in the 2022 NAB league season, the most in the league, including four or more in a game five times.
