AFL Had 46 Players For Their Top 30 Draft Prospects
It was interesting to hear AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan talk about the AFL's list of top draft prospects. Speaking on SEN radio, he said that there were 46 players who deserved to be part of the AFL prospects list, which only had 30 players. So let the guessing for the missing 16 begin.
Sheehan also said there were around 1700 players who nominated and that "200 to 250" were possibilities to be selected.
He also mentioned Queensland would provide a lot more players than in other years, and he expected "10 to 12 players" from Queensland to be drafted. It will probably be closer to 10 but that is still a big number, and they will be big players too as 3 or 4 ruck possibilities from Queensland could be drafted.
"A draft with great quality up front, and then enormous depth" was how he described the 2007 AFL national Draft. So a star up to pick 10 or even 20, and then a solid player available even past number 50.
As for the other 16 players who should have been in the top prospects list. We may never know but some of these players might have been the unlucky ones: Daniel Connors, Eric MacKenzie, Brock O’Brien, Shaun Grigg, Clayton Collard, Tom Hurley, Chris Smith, Shawn Colbung, Bachar Houli, Robert Eddy, Daniel Dzufer, Shaun Hampson, Clinton Benjamin, Todd Goldstein, Nathan Batsanis and Sam Jacobs.
Sheehan also said there were around 1700 players who nominated and that "200 to 250" were possibilities to be selected.
He also mentioned Queensland would provide a lot more players than in other years, and he expected "10 to 12 players" from Queensland to be drafted. It will probably be closer to 10 but that is still a big number, and they will be big players too as 3 or 4 ruck possibilities from Queensland could be drafted.
"A draft with great quality up front, and then enormous depth" was how he described the 2007 AFL national Draft. So a star up to pick 10 or even 20, and then a solid player available even past number 50.
As for the other 16 players who should have been in the top prospects list. We may never know but some of these players might have been the unlucky ones: Daniel Connors, Eric MacKenzie, Brock O’Brien, Shaun Grigg, Clayton Collard, Tom Hurley, Chris Smith, Shawn Colbung, Bachar Houli, Robert Eddy, Daniel Dzufer, Shaun Hampson, Clinton Benjamin, Todd Goldstein, Nathan Batsanis and Sam Jacobs.
