McInnes plays primarily as a defender. Originally from Victoria, McInnes played junior football for the Devon Meadows Football Club in
Casey-Cardinia, and played
TAC Cup football for the
Dandenong Stingrays. He represented Vic Country at the 2010
AFL Under 18 Championships. He held his place in the team for the next two months, impressing with reliable performances in the backline, before suffering an
ACL injury in his eighth game. He returned in mid-2013, and played another eight games during the season, including both of Carlton's finals. McInnes was delisted at the end of the 2014 season after managing only a single senior game during the year. In 2015, McInnes played for
Norwood in the
South Australian National Football League. In 2016, he returned to Victoria and played for VFL club
Frankston. ==References==