James Trezise

James Trezise (born 15 June 2002) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Richmond in the 2023 mid-season draft and made his AFL debut in round 24 of the 2023 season.

Early life, junior, country and state-league football
Trezise was raised in the outer south-east of Melbourne, playing junior football in Berwick and schooling at Casey Grammar School and St. Francis Xavier College. In he joined Tooradin-Dalmore in the West Gippsland Football Netball Competition, where he remained through the club's premiership winning 2022 season, playing as a goal-scoring half-forward. The following year he joined the reserves program as an exclusively VFL-listed player. During the early months of the 2023 VFL season he impressed scouts from multiple AFL clubs while playing predominately as a half-back.

2023 season
Trezise was selected 13th overall by the Richmond Football Club in the 2023 AFL mid-season rookie draft. He continued to play VFL football with the club over the months that followed, before being selected for his AFL debut in the final round of the 2023 season. In that round 24 loss to at Adelaide Oval he recorded 17 disposals.

Player profile
Trezise plays primarily as a rebounding half-back with impressive speed and acceleration.