AFL Draft Number 2 Picks. From Rocca To Cook
Ranking The AFL Number 2 Picks
1994: Anthony Rocca (Sydney)
1993: Nigel Lappin (Brisbane)
1995: Matthew Primus (Fitzroy)
1987: Chris McDermott* (Brisbane)
2001: Luke Ball (St. Kilda)
2002: Daniel Wells (Kangaroos)
1991: Marcus Seecamp (Fitzroy)
2000: Justin Koschitzke (St. Kilda)
1996: Chris Heffernan (Essendon)
1997: Brad Ottens (Richmond)
1999: Paul Hasleby (Fremantle)
1998: Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
2005: Dale Thomas (Collingwood)
2003: Andrew Walker (Carlton)
2004: Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)
1992: Nathan Chapman (Brisbane)
1988: Todd Breman (West Coast)
1989: Mathew Croft (Footscray)
1986: Steven Sims (St. Kilda)
1990: James Cook (Carlton)
A lot of interesting names on this list. Lappin and Heffernan won premierships. Primus and Rocca came close to that. Ottens and Longmuir were possible top picks in their drafts but the team with the number 1 pick went with a small instead of them, Johnston and Headland.
The players listed here who were picked in the last 9 or so drafts have plenty of time to be moved up the list. Hasleby and Koschitzke need to be healthy, but they both have a chance at a Grand Final next year. Dale Thomas should also keep improving, this will be sped up next season as his role will be much greater with Tarrant gone and Didak injured.
Andrew Walker is another athletic prospect who is ready to step up, but he has already surpassed Carlton's other number 2 pick. James Cook had the hype after Carlton traded to get pick 2 to select him, but Cook never lived up to the expectations they had.
* McDermott was drafted by Brisbane in 1987, but like a lot of other players that the Bears picked, McDermott did not play for Brisbane. McDermott would wait for the Crows to enter the league.
1994: Anthony Rocca (Sydney)
1993: Nigel Lappin (Brisbane)
1995: Matthew Primus (Fitzroy)
1987: Chris McDermott* (Brisbane)
2001: Luke Ball (St. Kilda)
2002: Daniel Wells (Kangaroos)
1991: Marcus Seecamp (Fitzroy)
2000: Justin Koschitzke (St. Kilda)
1996: Chris Heffernan (Essendon)
1997: Brad Ottens (Richmond)
1999: Paul Hasleby (Fremantle)
1998: Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
2005: Dale Thomas (Collingwood)
2003: Andrew Walker (Carlton)
2004: Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)
1992: Nathan Chapman (Brisbane)
1989: Mathew Croft (Footscray)
1986: Steven Sims (St. Kilda)
1990: James Cook (Carlton)
A lot of interesting names on this list. Lappin and Heffernan won premierships. Primus and Rocca came close to that. Ottens and Longmuir were possible top picks in their drafts but the team with the number 1 pick went with a small instead of them, Johnston and Headland.
The players listed here who were picked in the last 9 or so drafts have plenty of time to be moved up the list. Hasleby and Koschitzke need to be healthy, but they both have a chance at a Grand Final next year. Dale Thomas should also keep improving, this will be sped up next season as his role will be much greater with Tarrant gone and Didak injured.
Andrew Walker is another athletic prospect who is ready to step up, but he has already surpassed Carlton's other number 2 pick. James Cook had the hype after Carlton traded to get pick 2 to select him, but Cook never lived up to the expectations they had.
* McDermott was drafted by Brisbane in 1987, but like a lot of other players that the Bears picked, McDermott did not play for Brisbane. McDermott would wait for the Crows to enter the league.
