[1] He returned in round 7 and played eleven games in 2009, including Round 14 against West Coast when he was awarded three Brownlow Medal votes and was nominated for the AFL Rising Star award.

[2] Jack Grimes suffered a season-ending injury in the round 7 match against the Adelaide Crows.

On 3 February 2012 he was named, alongside fellow youngster Jack Trengove as the co-captain of Melbourne Football Club.

[3] In 2014, Grimes continued on as co-captain, this time with Nathan Jones.

[5] Grimes was delisted at the conclusion of the 2016 season, during which he played his 100th and final AFL game.