Having ended his football career, Lower now works as a real estate agent in Melbourne.
He played junior football for club team Walkerville before playing with South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Norwood in 2005 before being selected at number 30 by Port Adelaide in the 2005 AFL draft.
[2] He played his first two games for Fremantle in a NAB Cup double header against Hawthorn and West Coast on 14 February 2011.
After performing well throughout the 2011 preseason, he was elevated to the senior list as a nominated rookie[3] and was named to make his debut for Fremantle in the opening round of the 2011 AFL season against Brisbane at the Gabba.
On 7 February 2014, Lower and Lukas Markovic were named the inaugural captains of the newly established VFL club, the Footscray Bulldogs.