Priddis An Inspiration To Undrafted Players
Players who have just joined the West Coast Eagles via the rookie draft have plenty of reasons to think that they can make it in the AFL, all they have to do is look around and see players like Cox, Armstrong, Nicoski, Lynch, Fletcher and Priddis. They were just some of the players that the Eagles chose in past rookie drafts who would later be promoted to their list. Priddis went undrafted in the national draft, but he now plays like a former top 10 pick, and in a few years maybe Wilson or Arrowsmith will be doing the same thing.
As well as the thoughts of Callum Wilson on Priddis, the article here also mentions how important to the Eagles the drafting of Patrick McGinnity was. Maybe they thought about taking him at pick 20 or 22 of the national draft, and they would have been happily surprised that he was there at pick 7 of the preseason draft.
From The West Australian: Eagles recruit sees Priddis as the benchmark
The Wikipedia Matt Priddis page
As well as the thoughts of Callum Wilson on Priddis, the article here also mentions how important to the Eagles the drafting of Patrick McGinnity was. Maybe they thought about taking him at pick 20 or 22 of the national draft, and they would have been happily surprised that he was there at pick 7 of the preseason draft.
From The West Australian: Eagles recruit sees Priddis as the benchmark
“Dean Cox and Matt Priddis, those sort of stories are inspiring,” Wilson said. “For me, Matt Priddis being a bit older and getting picked up after having a bit more time to mature in the WAFL, and coming in and having an impact in his second year as an AFL player, I definitely look up to that and take inspiration out of it.”
The Wikipedia Matt Priddis page
