In July 2011 Geelong announced that Drum had retired due to ongoing injury problems.
Drum played five games in the 2006 AFL season, and won Fremantle's Beacon Award for the best up-and-coming player at the club's Doig Medal dinner in October 2006.
[4] He did not play until round 16 in the 2007 AFL season, when new coach Mark Harvey chose him in the squad to take on Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.
2008 saw Drum play 9 games, his highest annual tally to date, including the final four matches.
[7] Due to a succession of injuries, including a detached retina and injuries to his Achilles tendon and hamstring, Drum struggled to play regularly for Geelong's side in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and never made his senior debut for Geelong in the AFL.