Matt Owies Biography

A three-way trade involving pick swaps has resulted in Liam Baker from Richmond and Matt Owies from the Blues joining the Eagles.

Carlton received Picks 3, 63, and 68 while giving up Matt Owies's picks 12, 14, and 73.

West Coast received Liam Baker and Matt Owies, picks 12 and 73 while giving up picks 3, 63, and 68.

Richmond received pick 14 while giving up Liam Baker.

Matt Owies makes his AFL debut for Carlton with 5 disposals (3 kicks and 2 handballs), a mark and a tackle in a 5-point win over Sydney.

Former Australian basketballer Matt Owies will join Carlton as a Category B rookie ahead of the 2019 season.

The 183cm guard was a talented junior footballer, before travelling to the United States in 2016 after earning a four-year athletic college scholarship at the University of Hawaii.

The 21-year-old Owies appeared in 27 games for the University of Hawaii, averaging 11.6 minutes off the bench, before transferring to Seattle University in May last year.

He was redshirted throughout the entirety of the 2017/18 college season, before returning home to his native Victoria at the conclusion of the campaign.