[3] He did not play in his first AFL season, but showed good signs with South Australian National Football League (SANFL) side, Glenelg.

[4] Lyons made his AFL debut in round 5 of the 2012 season, against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in Showdown XXXII.

[7] In late 2014 Lyons was bitten on the leg while asleep and developed symptoms consistent with a white-tailed spider bite, leading to him being hospitalised.

[8] He recovered to play 13 games for the 2015 season, nine of them as Adelaide's starting substitute, in what was a trying year for the club, following the mid-season murder of their coach, Phil Walsh.

[16] On 12 September 2024, Lyons announced his retirement at the end of the club's season,[17] just prior to their semi-final clash with Greater Western Sydney.