In just his third season , Cripps a now 195 cm/6 ft 5 in has established himself as a top inside midfielder , finishing 8th in the league for contested possessions and 11th for clearances , and earning strong acclaim for his attacking use of handball . He finished second in the 2015 AFL Rising Star award after holding favouritism with bookmakers for much of the year , and he won the John Nicholls Medal as Carlton 's best and fairest to become the second-youngest winner in the award 's history
2015 AFL Rising Star
2015 AFL Rising Star
Patrick Cripps