Exciting key forward prospect Jye Amiss is the latest player to commit to Fremantle by signing a two-year contract extension that will see him at the Club until at least the end of the 2025 season.

The deal for the no.8 selection is on top of the two-year contract that each player receives when selected in the national draft.

He joins fellow top selections from the 2021 draft Neil Erasmus and Matthew Johnson, who signed on through to 2025 earlier in the year.

Amiss has only played one game at AFL level in his debut season, primarily due to sustaining an impact injury to his kidney while playing for Peel against South Fremantle on 21 May.

He kicked two goals in his AFL debut against North Melbourne and a further 11 goals from four WAFL games for Peel before sustaining the injury.

The 18-year-old was placed on the inactive list due to the likelihood he would not play again in 2022, however he is ahead of schedule in his recovery and returned to training last Tuesday with the hope of playing WAFL or AFL football late in the season.

“I’m excited and humbled to be signing on to the end of the 2025 season,” Amiss said. 

“The Club is in a good place at the moment and I’m excited to see what happens.

“I think I had a good start to the year and was able to play some good consistent games until the injury. I think I’m on the right track now.”

While the lure of playing football again in 2022 is his biggest motivator, the 195cm Amiss says his primary goal is to complete his recovery and to continue building his body.

“I was really excited the night before I returned to training, I was talking to (housemate) Nat Fyfe about it and I was eager to get back out there and around the boys,” Amiss said.

“I’ll just see how my recovery goes, I’m taking it day by day at the moment and we’ll see when the time comes.

“I want to build a good fitness base and get into the gym, put on some body mass, that will be the main two things, as well as working on my contested game as a key forward.”

One aspect that led to Amiss going in the top 10 was his accurate goalkicking in his draft year, kicking 51.15 in the Colts for East Perth in 2021.

He said one takeaway from his lone AFL appearance was seeing how he performed under the pressure of the big stage, kicking 2.0 for the evening.

“The main takeaway I had was probably just playing in front of a crowd,” Amiss said.

“Being under that pressure and trying to use your skills under that pressure was hard to do, but being able to execute that was the main thing I’ve taken out of it.”

Fremantle’s Head of Player Personnel David Walls said re-signing the trio of Amiss, Erasmus and Johnson until 2025 was crucial for Fremantle’s future. 

“It’s really exciting for the Club that Jye has joined ‘Johnno’ and Neil as our first three picks last year with a new deal,” Walls said.

“Jye’s had a pretty tough first year but showed enormous resilience and worked through his injury really well. 

“He’s been very diligent with his reconditioning. I think living with Fyfey has really helped him gain an understanding of the professionalism required to be an AFL player.

“He’s only played the one AFL game and it was evident he belonged at the level. He’s a natural forward with great forward craft. As he builds his body, fitness and conditioning, he’ll be a huge asset for us in the forward line.

“He sees where we’re going and what we’re about, so to have him commit so early is fantastic.”

Walls said he’s received great feedback on Amiss from Fremantle’s coaches, particularly from Senior Coach Justin Longmuir and Assistant Coach Jaymie Graham.

“Both Justin and Jaymie Graham, our forwards coach, have worked with key forwards before – particularly Josh Kennedy – and I think what has stood out from day one with Jye is his understanding of his forward craft,” Walls said. 

“There’s still huge scope with his physical development, and he still has a lot to learn as a player, but they see a lot of attributes in Jye that are very hard to coach. 

“He’s a natural forward. This ranges from the timing of his leads, he knows where the goals are, he knows how to finish, he understands the space really well and how to work with others in the forward line.

“He is a natural forward with a knack of kicking goals and leading at the right time.”

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