Education
He graduated from Corpus Christi College in 2005.
He graduated from Corpus Christi College in 2005.
Ibbotson mainly played soccer as a junior and only converted to Australian rules football at the age of 13. He was recruited as the number 26 draft pick in the 2005 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft from East Fremantle. Garrick made his debut for the Fremantle Football Club in round 11, 2007 against Richmond following some good form in the WAFL for East Fremantle.
Considered one of the quickest players in the Fremantle squad, he re-signed for a further two years in May 2007, before he had even made his debut.