As revealed by The Advertiser last week and confirmed in a statement on Thursday, the Crows have locked in McAdam until the end of 2023.The 25-year-old, who was out of contract at season’s end, made his debut in Round 4, 2020, before finishing the campaign as the Crows’ second-highest goalkicker with 12 majors from 13 games.He also placed seventh in the club’s best and fairest.Watch the 2021 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. Every match of every round Live on Kayo. New to Kayo? Try 14-Days Free Now >His extension follows Reilly O’Brien (2025), Rory Laird (2026), Josh Worrell (2023) and Andrew McPherson (2023) signing on last week.Brodie Smith (2024) and Harry Schoenberg (2023) committed to the club earlier in the year.Crows list manager Justin Reid said McAdam was a special talent.“Last year we got to see that at AFL level in 13 games and we are excited about what is still to come,” Reid said.“It’s great to have him buying into what we are building at the club as the latest player to extend his contract before the season starts.”McAdam joined Adelaide from Sturt as a mature-aged pre-draft access selection in 2018, as part of Mitch McGovern’s trade to Carlton.The high-flyer, who hails from Halls Creek, a remote town in the East Kimberley Region of WA, said he wanted to repay the Crows for giving him an AFL opportunity.“I feel like I’ve come a long way in three years,” McAdam said.“My first year was a big eye-opener and last year was good to get a regular taste of playing at AFL level and I feel like I’ve got a lot of improvement in me.“As a team we knew last year if we kept working then the improvement would come and it did towards the end of the season, now it’s about carrying that into 2021.”



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