[citation needed] At the start of the 2006–07 season Rhodes suffered numerous injuries including a dislocated shoulder and being knocked unconscious.

[citation needed] He signed his first professional contract in August 2007,[8] and made his debut for Ipswich in the 2007–08 season, coming on as a late substitute against Burnley on 22 December.

[11] He failed to score in his four league appearances and he was recalled from his loan spell on 6 November by Ipswich as he was required for their FA Youth Cup.

[12] With his playing time at Ipswich being limited, Rhodes joined League Two club Rochdale on 12 September 2008 to get more first team opportunities.

[13] On 23 January 2009, he joined Brentford on a one-month loan deal,[14] and made his debut the following day in a 2–0 defeat away at Macclesfield Town in a League Two fixture.

[21] Despite only playing for Brentford for three months, Rhodes was awarded the PFA Fans' Player of the Year accolade for League Two, in 2009.

[24] He made his debut coming off the bench in the 2–2 draw against Southend United at Roots Hall on 8 August 2009, where he scored Town's equaliser.

[28] On 10 October, he scored a hat-trick of headers within eight minutes in a 4–0 victory over Exeter City,[29] which beat the previous record set by Dixie Dean in the 1930s.

[citation needed] Rhodes celebrated this achievement with his 26th league goal of the season, a deft lob from an acute angle over Palace goalkeeper Julián Speroni.

[citation needed] By the turn of the year Rhodes had 15 league goals in 24 games, and scored the opener in a 2–1 away win at Leeds United.

[45] On 24 July 2015, Rhodes expressed his displeasure after Blackburn rejected an offer for him in excess of £10 million from Middlesbrough.

[51] Rhodes made his debut on 6 February 2016, against his previous club Blackburn Rovers, which ended in a 1–1 home draw.

[53] Rhodes recorded his final goal of the season in the second-from-last league match on 29 April 2016, which would result in a 2–2 away draw to Birmingham City.

[56] Following the signing of Álvaro Negredo on loan from Valencia, Rhodes' future with the club did not look certain, creating extra pressure for him to be in the first-team squad.

After a 1–1 aggregate score, Wednesday lost 3–4 on penalties to Huddersfield Town, thus confirming their stay in the second level of English football for the 2017–18 EFL Championship season.

[75] In July 2010, it was reported by The Scotsman newspaper that Rhodes was being considered for selection by the Scotland national under-21 football team.

[75] He received his first call-up to the Scotland under-21 squad in November 2010, but was immediately withdrawn because Huddersfield were due to play an FA Cup replay against Cambridge United on the day before the under-21 match.

[citation needed] He made his home debut on 10 August 2011, in the 3–0 win over Norway at St Mirren Park.

[citation needed] After scoring two goals against Bulgaria in only his eighth appearance for the team, he became the all-time leading scorer for the Scottish U21s.

[79][80] Rhodes was included in the full Scotland squad for their match against Cyprus at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca on 11 November 2011, as a reward for his October form for Huddersfield and the under-21s.

[81] He was an 87th-minute substitute for Jamie Mackie and had a stinging shot parried by the Cyprus goalkeeper in injury time.