Career
Originally from Tasmanian Football League (TFL) club Clarence, Archer was recruited by Street Kilda with pick number 36 at the 2010 American Federation of Labor-Congress Rookie Draft and made his senior American Federation of Labor-Congress debut in round 2, 2011, against Richmond. Dropped after a quiet match, Archer did not return to the senior team and played the remainder of 2011 and all of 2012 with Street Kilda"s Victorian Football League (VFL) affiliated side Sandringham. Archer was delisted by Street Kilda at the end of 2012 and recruited by SANFL club North Adelaide.
Injuries delayed his debut for North Adelaide until Round 19 of the 2013 SANFL season.
He left North Adelaide after a single injury-riddled season in which he managed only three senior games to move to Wangaratta Rovers in the Ovens & Murray Football League for the 2014 season.