Jacob Koschitzke

Jacob Koschitzke (born 11 July 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Hawthorn Football Club

Early career
Jacob Koschitzke was born and raised in the New South Wales regional town of Albury and is the cousin of former forward Justin Koschitzke. He was a part of the Greater Western Sydney Giants' developmental academy until 2016 when Albury was removed from their zone.

Standing at 196cm tall, the youngster was used as swingman from the Murray Bushrangers, and was rated among the best key position prospects in the 2018 draft. He had an impressive national U18 championships for the Allies which resulted in an All-Australian selection in the position of fullback.

Koschitzke was drafted with selection Pick 52 in the 2018 AFL draft by.

AFL career
Koschitzke's AFL career started by playing with the Hawthorn affiliate Box Hill Hawks. Here, under the tutelage of Hawthorn aligned coaches, he spent his first year developing for the rigors of AFL football. A key position player with strong hands and a penetrating kick, he reads the game well. He is composed with the ball in hand and makes good decisions providing defensive rebound.

Koschitzke had to negotiate a difficult COVID-19 affected season. He showed promise during the pre-season games and with scratch matches against other AFL clubs. Later in the year he was moved to the forward line and seemed to thrived. A big pre-season in 2021 and a dominant game at full forward against in which he kicked six goals showed that he was ready for the big time.

Koschitzke played his first AFL game for Hawthorn as part of the trio that debuted in the opening round of the 2021 AFL season against Essendon at Marvel Stadium.

Koschitzke was traded to following the 2023 AFL season.

Statistics
Updated to the end of 2023.

! colspan=3| Career ! 48 !! 54 !! 37 !! 235 !! 156 !! 391 !! 152 !! 105 !! 1.1 !! 0.8 !! 4.9 !! 3.3 !! 8.1 !! 3.2 !! 2.2 !! 3
 * 2019 || || 34
 * 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0
 * 2020 || || 34
 * 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0
 * 2021 || || 34
 * 20 || 27 || 19 || 98 || 65 || 163 || 77 || 37 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 4.9 || 3.3 || 8.2 || 3.9 || 1.9 || 3
 * 2022 || || 23
 * 16 || 18 || 8 || 81 || 44 || 125 || 36 || 41 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 5.1 || 2.8 || 7.8 || 2.3 || 2.6 || 0
 * 2023 || || 23
 * 12 || 9 || 10 || 56 || 47 || 103 || 39 || 27 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 4.7 || 3.9 || 8.6 || 3.3 || 2.3 || 0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * 16 || 18 || 8 || 81 || 44 || 125 || 36 || 41 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 5.1 || 2.8 || 7.8 || 2.3 || 2.6 || 0
 * 2023 || || 23
 * 12 || 9 || 10 || 56 || 47 || 103 || 39 || 27 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 4.7 || 3.9 || 8.6 || 3.3 || 2.3 || 0
 * - class="sortbottom"
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 * }

Notes

Honours and achievements
Individual
 * AFL Rising Star nominee: 2021
 * best first year player (debut season): 2021
 * Under 18 All-Australian team: 2018