2017 AFL draft
Draft for the Australian Football League
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The 2017 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) traded and recruited players following the completion of the 2017 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year.
27 November
| 2017 AFL draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Dates | 24 November 27 November |
| Time | 7:00 pm AEDT (24 November) 5:00 pm AEDT (27 November) |
| Location | Sydney Showground Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Network | Fox Footy |
| Sponsored by | National Australia Bank |
| Overview | |
| League | AFL |
| First selection | Cameron Rayner (Brisbane Lions) |
The key dates for the trading and drafting periods:[1]
- The free agency offer period, held between 6 October and 18 October. Three further free agency periods were held for delisted players, between 1 November and 8 November, 10 November to 17 November, and 25 November to 26 November,
- The trade period, held between 9 October and 19 October,
- The 2017 national draft, held on 24 November, at the Sydney Showground Exhibition Centre,[2] and included live bidding for academy and father-son selections.
- The 2018 pre-season draft, held on 27 November, and
- The 2018 rookie draft, also held on 27 November.
Player movements
The 2016 AFL draft included an initiative whereby clubs could trade future picks; through this scheme, twenty picks in the 2017 draft have already been traded.
Previous trades
Trades
- Note
- The numbering of the draft picks in this list may be different to the agreed draft picks at the time of the trade, due to adjustments from either the insertion of free agency compensation draft picks or clubs exiting the draft before later rounds.
Free agency
| Player | Date | Free agent type | Former club | New club | Compensation | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Trengove | 6 October 2017 | Restricted | Port Adelaide | Western Bulldogs | None[a] | [43] |
| Tom Rockliff | 11 October 2017 | Restricted | Brisbane Lions | Port Adelaide | End of first round | [44] |
| Steven Motlop | 14 October 2017 | Restricted | Geelong | Port Adelaide | End of first round | [45] |
| Alex Morgan | 1 November 2017 | Delisted | Essendon | North Melbourne | N/a | [46] |
| Aaron Mullett | 1 November 2017 | Delisted | North Melbourne | Carlton | N/a | [47] |
| Lachlan Keeffe | 2 November 2017 | Delisted | Collingwood | Greater Western Sydney | N/a | [48] |
| Trent McKenzie | 2 November 2017 | Delisted | Gold Coast | Port Adelaide | N/a | [49] |
| Jack Trengove | 3 November 2017 | Delisted | Melbourne | Port Adelaide | N/a | [50] |
Retirements and delistings
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2017 national draft
As the Greater Western Sydney Giants were penalised 1,000 draft points by the AFL for the club's handling of Lachie Whitfield's attempt to avoid a potential drug test, their first round pick (pick 15) was moved back to pick 65.[130]
- Indicative draft order as of 19 October 2017[131]
| ^ | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame |
| * | Denotes player who has been a premiership player and been selected for at least one All-Australian team |
| + | Denotes player who has been a premiership player at least once |
| x | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Australian team |
| # | Denotes player who has never played in a VFL/AFL home and away season or finals game |
| ~ | Denotes player who has been selected as Rising Star |
Rookie elevations
Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2017 to their 2018 primary playing list prior to the draft.
2018 pre-season draft
The 2018 pre-season draft was the first to be held since 2014[138]
| Round | Pick | Player | Drafted to | Recruited from | League | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | Cam O'Shea | Carlton | Northern Blues | VFL |
2018 rookie draft
Category B rookie selections
During the trade period, clubs could nominate category B rookies to join their club.
| Player | Club | Origin | Note | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cian Hanley | Brisbane Lions | Mayo GAA, Brisbane Lions | International selection (Ireland) | [139] |
| Cillian McDaid | Carlton | Galway GAA | International selection (Ireland) | [140] |
| Jack Madgen | Collingwood | Delta State University | 3-year non-registered player (basketball) | [141] |
| Luke Lavender | Essendon | Southern Redbacks | 3-year non-registered player (cricket) | [142] |
| Jacob Dawson | Gold Coast | Palm Beach Currumbin | Queensland zone selection | [138] |
| Jacob Heron | Gold Coast | Cairns Saints | Queensland zone selection | [138] |
| Jack Buckley | Greater Western Sydney | UWS Giants | NSW zone selection | [143] |
| Changkuoth Jiath | Hawthorn | Gippsland Power | Next Generation Academy zone selection (born in Ethiopia) | [144] |
| Tom Jeffries | North Melbourne | Werribee | 3-year non-registered player (rugby) | [145] |
| Derek Eggmolesse-Smith | Richmond | Richmond VFL | Next Generation Academy zone selection (Indigenous) | [138] |
| James Bell | Sydney | UNSW-Eastern Suburbs | NSW zone selection | [138] |
| Jake Brown | Sydney | St George | NSW zone selection | [138] |
See also
Footnotes
- a Port Adelaide initially received a second round compensation pick for losing Jackson Trengove through free agency, however, the compensation pick was withdrawn after the club signed Tom Rockliff as a free agent.