Liam McMahon (footballer)

Liam McMahon
McMahon in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Liam McMahon
Date of birth	(2002-02-16) 16 February 2002 (age 23)
Original team(s)	Northern Knights(NAB League)/Eltham (NFNL) [1]
Draft	No. 31, 2020 AFL draft No. 18, 2025 mid-season rookie draft
Height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	48
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2021–2022	Collingwood	0 (0)
2025–	Essendon	7 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2025 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Liam McMahon (born 2 May 2002) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was previously on Collingwood's list after being selected with pick 31 in the 2020 AFL draft, but was delisted at the end of the 2022 season without playing a senior game.

Career

McMahon played for Greensborough and Eltham as a junior footballer in the Northern Football League (NFL, later NFNL). ^[2] He joined the Northern Knights in the NAB League in 2019, while also appearing for Vic Metro in under-17s matches. ^{[3] [4]}

Although the 2020 Victorian football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, McMahon was drafted by Collingwood at the end of the year with pick 31 in the 2020 AFL draft. ^[5] He kicked seven goals from his first seven Victorian Football League (VFL) games in the curtailed 2021 season. ^{[6] [7]} After playing in all possible 19 VFL games in 2022, he was delisted by Collingwood, having not played an AFL game. ^{[8] [9]}

Following his AFL delisting, McMahon joined Montmorency in the NFNL and Carlton in the VFL. ^{[10] [11]}

In 2025 McMahon was selected with the final selection in the 2025 mid-season rookie draft. He made his AFL debut for Essendon in round 19 of the 2025 season against Greater Western Sydney. ^[12]

References

1. "Players – Senior List 2025". Eltham Football Club. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
2. "The NFNL would like to congratulate Liam McMahon for being drafted by Essendon in the 2025 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft". Facebook. Northern Football Netball League. 28 May 2025. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
3. "SQUADS: U17 Futures games". AFL.com.au. 8 August 2019. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
4. "Liam McMahon". Rookie Me Central. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
5. Robertson, Tom (9 December 2020). "DRAFT: Pies select key forward". Collingwood Football Club. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
6. Rendell, Matthew (2 October 2021). "How your AFL team went in 2021 and what they should do this off-season". The Age. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
7. "Liam McMahon". Collingwood Football Club. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
8. "Liam McMahon". VFL Stats. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
9. Cotton, Ben; Laughton, Max; Waterworth, Ben; Zita, David (7 December 2022). "Jed Anderson becomes latest player to get AFL rookie lifeline as pre-season signings begin: Off-Season Central". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 15 May 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
10. Keating, Mitch (20 December 2022). "NFNL club Montmorency swoop on delisted Collingwood utility Liam McMahon". ZeroHanger. Archived from the original on 9 December 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
11. "McMahon makes the move to Carlton Reserves". Carlton Football Club. 22 December 2022. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
12. "McMahon's debut dream becomes reality". Essendon Football Club. 15 July 2025. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

External links

• Liam McMahon's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
• Liam McMahon at AustralianFootball.com
• Liam McMahon's playing statistics from AFL Tables