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**Tayte** **Pears**
Personal information

Birth	24 March 1990 (1990-03-24) (age 19), Manjimup, Western Australia
Recruited from	East Perth
Height and weight	190cm / 92kg
Playing career¹
Debut	11-Apr-2008, Essendon vs. Western Bulldogs, at Docklands
Team(s)	Essendon (2007-present) 28 games, 3 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2009 season
Career highlights

Tayte Pears (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for Essendon in the Australian Football League. He played his first game in round 4, 2008. He played as a forward in his early days and eventually played centre-half back at the age of 16.^[1] So far in his 2009 season, he has played the role of a key position defender taking on big dominant forwards such as Daniel Bradshaw, Jarryd Roughead and Justin Koschitzke. In round 13, Pears was nominated for the AFL Rising Star award while playing on Brendan Fevola^[2]

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* denotes Rookie Listed players

v • d • e 2007 AFL Draft

First Round Matthew Kreuzer • Trent Cotchin • Chris Masten • Cale Morton • Jarrad Grant • David Myers • Rhys Palmer • Lachlan Henderson • Ben McEvoy • Patrick Dangerfield • Patrick Veszpremi • Cyril Rioli • Brad Ebert • Jack Grimes • Robbie Tarrant • Matthew Lobbe • Harry Taylor • Alex Rance (Priority Pick)

Second Round Callan Ward • Tony Notte • Addam Maric • Scott Selwood • Tayte Pears • Clayton Hinkley • Tom Collier • Brett Meredith • Andy Otten • Marlon Motlop • Brendan Whitecross • Jarrhan Jacky • John McCarthy • Levi Greenwood • Matthew Westhoff • Dawson Simpson

Third Round Sam Reid • Steven Browne • Scott Thompson • Myke Cook • Darcy Daniher (F/S) • Chris Mayne • James Polkinghorne • Jack Steven • Easton Wood • Scott Simpson • Stuart Dew • Dennis Armfield • Toby Thoolen • Jarrad Boumann • Mitchell Farmer • Dan McKenna

Later Rounds Dean Putt • Bradd Dalziell • Kyle Cheney • Cale Hooker • Mark Johnson • Matt Austin • Fraser Gehrig • Tony Armstrong • Craig Bird • Adam Donohue (F/S) • Jaxson Barham (F/S) • Josh Smith • Guy O'Keefe • Tom McNamara • Kepler Bradley • Eljay Connors • Aaron Kite • Blake Grima • Taylor Walker