Thomas McDonald ( born 18 September 1992 ) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . A Full-forward , tall and weighing , McDonald is a key position Full Forward . He spent his final junior year playing in the TAC Cup for the North Ballarat Rebels and played top-level football when he played two matches for North Ballarat in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) . He was recruited by the Melbourne Football Club with the fifty-third overall selection in the 2010 AFL draft and made his AFL debut during the 2011 season . His second year saw him earn a Rising Star nomination playing in Melbourne 's backline , and finished sixth overall . He has since become Melbourne 's main key defender and has finished in the top ten of the club 's best and fairest in every season he 's played , apart from 2011 where he played just two matches
Rising Star
2012 AFL Rising Star
Tom McDonald (Australian footballer)