Ben Davis Biography

Adelaide delists James Rowe, Ben Davis and Brett Turner.

“They are popular members of our playing group, James and Ben have become much-loved, hard-working and reliable players and while Brett has only been with us a short time, he also earnt the respect of his teammates and coaches by overcoming injury and playing an important role in our SANFL finals campaign," Crows list boss Justin Reid said.

“Each of them has made a valuable contribution to our Club over their respective journeys, and we wish them well with whatever comes next.”

Adelaide select Ben Davis with pick No.4 in the 2021 Rookie Draft.

Adelaide delist Ben Davis and Ronin O'Connor.

"At this time of year, there are always difficult decisions that need to be made at AFL clubs and in this case it unfortunately means saying goodbye to two quality people in Ben and Ronin," Adelaide's list manager Reid said.

"Both have overcome hurdles since arriving at the Club, whether it be injury or the limited opportunities that existed in the 2020 season which was affected by Covid-19."

Ben Davis makes his AFL debut for Adelaide at Kardinia Park with 7 disposals (3 kicks and 4 handballs), 2 marks and a tackle in a 27-point loss to Geelong.

Ben Davis signs a two-year contract extension with the Crows to remain at the club until the end of 2021.

“We know what Ben is capable of, but with a full pre-season under his belt he has made enormous strides and been rewarded with a well-deserved senior debut," Adelaide list manager Justin Reid said.

Ben Davis signs a new deal with Adelaide to remain with the club in 2019.

Adelaide's indigenous players have rallied around star forward Eddie Betts after he was racially abused at last weekend's Showdown.

Curtly Hampton, Charlie Cameron, Wayne Milera, Cam Ellis-Yolmen and Ben Davis sat down with Betts on Wednesday morning in a show of support.

"We had a catch-up with all of the brothers together for a coffee just to make sure he's all right," Hampton said.

"It was more about asking him face to face, how he's feeling and all that kind of stuff.

"He's feeling good and we're just going to move forward.

"People might think he's Eddie Betts, he's one of the best players to ever play the game, but at the end of the day, he's still human.

"We've got to make sure he's good in that aspect as well."

Ben Davis has had foot surgery to correct a pre-existing stress injury and has been placed on the Crows' long-term injury list.

Adelaide select Ben Davis with pick No.75 in the 2016 National Draft.

"We debated whether we'd have the last pick. We thought we'd probably finish at four but we had Benny pretty high on our list so we made a quick decision our table let's keep going," Crows National Recruiting Manager Hamish Ogilvie said.

"Ben's had some really high-level performances this year with the Allies and New South Wales … we just thought he was too good not to keep going and use the extra pick."

The Sydney Swans will not have first access to prospect Ben Davis under academy rules because the impressive forward didn't nominate for last year's NAB AFL Draft.

Davis, the younger brother of second-year Swan Abe Davis, did not nominate for last year's draft due to injury. Under the AFL's rules, a player has to have nominated for the draft in his 18th year to be eligible to join an academy in his over-age season.