However he improved in his next match, a 27-point win over Port Adelaide in which he registered six disposals, 10 hit-outs and his first AFL goal.

Jamar only played three games in 2004, including an elimination final that the Demons lost in a five-point match against Essendon.

Melbourne finished the season seventh and played St Kilda in the elimination final, which the Demons won by 18 points.

Though Melbourne finished last and did not qualify for finals, Jamar had made himself known in the AFL, performing reliably in the ruck.

Once again the Demons finished bottom of the ladder, but Jamar's efforts as Melbourne's main big man did not go unnoticed.

He was ranked second in the AFL for hit-outs per game, was named as the second ruckman for the 2010 All-Australian squad[2] and finished third in Melbourne's Best and Fairest, behind Brad Green and James Frawley.

[3] He was informed in September 2015 that he would not be offered a contract from Melbourne for 2016, effectively ending his fourteen-year career with the club after 155 games.

In December 2015, Jamar announced that he had signed to play with St Kevin's Old Boys in premier division of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) for season 2016.