Melksham 's late surge in his draft year saw him recruited by the Essendon Football Club with the tenth selection in the 2009 AFL draft . He made his AFL debut in the 2010 season and was rewarded with an AFL Rising Star nomination . He spent six seasons with Essendon , which peaked with a fifth-place finish in the best and fairest , and after 114 games with the club , he was traded to the Melbourne Football Club during the 2015 trade period . Before he could play his first match with Melbourne , he was suspended for the 2016 season for his involvement in the Essendon Football Club supplements saga
AFL Rising Star
2010 AFL Rising Star
Jake Melksham