2016 AFL draft

2016 AFL draft
General information
Date	25 November 2016 28 November 2016
Time	7:00 pm AEDT (25 November) 4:00 pm AEDT (28 November)
Location	Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Broadcast	Fox Footy
First selection	Andrew McGrath (Essendon)
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The 2016 AFL draft consists of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2016 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year.

The key dates for the trading and drafting periods are:^[1]

• The free agency offer period; to be held between 7 October and 19 October. Three further free agency periods will to be held for delisted players, between 1 November and 8 November, 10 November to 18 November, and 26 November to 27 November,
• The trade period; to be held between 10 October and 20 October,
• The 2016 national draft; to be held on 25 November,
• The 2017 pre-season draft; to be held on 28 November, and
• The 2017 rookie draft; to also be held on 28 November.

Player movements

Previous trades

The 2015 AFL draft included a new initiative whereby clubs could trade future picks; through this scheme, fourteen picks in the 2016 draft were traded prior to the commencement of the 2016 trade period:

Round	Original club	New club	Ref
1	Collingwood	Greater Western Sydney	[2]
1	Geelong	Greater Western Sydney	[3]
1	Melbourne	Gold Coast	[4]
2	Adelaide	Greater Western Sydney	[5]
2	Fremantle	Gold Coast	[6]
2	Port Adelaide	Gold Coast	[7]
2	Richmond	Gold Coast	[7]
2	St Kilda	Brisbane Lions	[8]
3	Brisbane Lions	Geelong	[9]
3	North Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	[8]
3	Western Bulldogs	Carlton	[6]
4	Carlton	Western Bulldogs	[6]
4	Sydney	Western Bulldogs	[10]
5	Greater Western Sydney	Geelong	[11]

Trades

2016 AFL trade period

No.	Player(s)	Traded from	Traded to	Traded for	Ref
1	McCarthy, CamCam McCarthy	Greater Western Sydney	Fremantle	Pick 3	[12]
	Pick 7
	Pick 34
	Pick 72
2	Hill, BradleyBradley Hill	Hawthorn	Fremantle	Pick 23	[13]
3	Pick 2	Brisbane Lions	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 3	[14]
	Pick 31
	Pick 51			Pick 16
	Pick 60
4	Steele, JackJack Steele	Greater Western Sydney	St Kilda	2017 second round pick (St Kilda)	[15]
5	Mitchell, SamSam Mitchell	Hawthorn	West Coast	Pick 52	[16]
	Pick 54			Pick 70
	Pick 72			Pick 88
6	Mitchell, TomTom Mitchell	Sydney	Hawthorn	Pick 14	[17]
	Pick 57			Pick 52
7	Pick 10	St Kilda	Hawthorn	2017 first round pick (Hawthorn)	[18]
				Pick 23
	Pick 68			Pick 36
8	Ahern, PaulPaul Ahern	Greater Western Sydney	North Melbourne	Pick 69	[19]
9	Hanley, PearcePearce Hanley	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Pick 22	[20]
	Pick 19		Port Adelaide	2017 first round pick (Port Adelaide)
	Pick 30	Gold Coast		Pick 67
10	Lewis, JordanJordan Lewis	Hawthorn	Melbourne	Pick 48	[21]
	Pick 57
	Pick 68			Pick 66
11	Hamling, JoelJoel Hamling	Western Bulldogs	Fremantle	Pick 35	[22]
	Pick 40			Pick 43
	Pick 63			Pick 61
12	Hibberd, MichaelMichael Hibberd	Essendon	Melbourne	Pick 29	[23]
	Pick 59			Pick 68
13	Prestia, DionDion Prestia	Gold Coast	Richmond	Pick 6	[24]
	Pick 24			2017 second round pick (Richmond)
14	Nankervis, TobyToby Nankervis	Sydney	Richmond	Pick 46	[25]
15	Witts, JarrodJarrod Witts	Collingwood	Gold Coast	Pick 44	[26]
				Pick 62
16	Pick 26	Gold Coast	Western Bulldogs	Pick 35	[26]
	Pick 80			Pick 43
17	Hrovat, NathanNathan Hrovat	Western Bulldogs	North Melbourne	2017 third round pick (North Melbourne)	[27]
	2017 third round pick (Western Bulldogs)
	2017 fourth round pick (Western Bulldogs)			2017 fourth round pick (North Melbourne)
18	Kersten, ShaneShane Kersten	Geelong	Fremantle	Pick 63	[28]
19	Smedts, BillieBillie Smedts	Geelong	Carlton	Tuohy, ZachZach Tuohy	[29]
	Pick 63
	2017 first round pick (Geelong)			2017 second round pick (Carlton)
20	Caddy, JoshJosh Caddy	Geelong	Richmond	Pick 24	[30]
	Pick 56			Pick 64
21	Pick 31	Greater Western Sydney	Sydney	Pick 39	[31]
				Pick 52
22	Lyons, JarrydJarryd Lyons	Adelaide	Gold Coast	Pick 43	[32]
	Pick 71			Pick 67
23	McKenna, PatPat McKenna	Greater Western Sydney	Melbourne	Pick 57	[33]
	Pick 51
	Pick 69			Pick 59
24	Vardy, NathanNathan Vardy	Geelong	West Coast	Pick 72	[34]
25	Cloke, TravisTravis Cloke	Collingwood	Western Bulldogs	Pick 76	[35]
26	Stewart, JamesJames Stewart	Greater Western Sydney	Essendon	Pick 77	[36]
27	Black, AaronAaron Black	North Melbourne	Geelong	Pick 92	[37]
28	Hoskin-Elliott, WillWill Hoskin-Elliott	Greater Western Sydney	Collingwood	2017 second round pick (Collingwood)	[38]
29	Frost, JackJack Frost	Collingwood	Brisbane Lions	2017 third round pick (Brisbane Lions)	[39]
	Pick 76
	2017 third round pick (Collingwood)			2017 fourth round pick (Brisbane Lions)
30	Dunn, LyndenLynden Dunn	Melbourne	Collingwood	Pick 47	[40]
	Pick 51
31	Williams, MarleyMarley Williams	Collingwood	North Melbourne	Pick 105	[41]
32	Stevens, KobyKoby Stevens	Western Bulldogs	St Kilda	Pick 50	[42]
	Pick 61
	2017 fourth round pick (North Melbourne)			2017 fifth round pick (St Kilda)
33	Deledio, BrettBrett Deledio	Richmond	Greater Western Sydney	2017 first round pick (Geelong)	[43]
				2017 third round pick (Greater Western Sydney)
34	Marchbank, CalebCaleb Marchbank	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	Pick 45	[44]
	Pickett, JarrodJarrod Pickett			Pick 58
	2017 second round pick (Greater Western Sydney)			2017 first round pick (Geelong)
35	Palmer, RhysRhys Palmer	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	Pick 135	[44]
36	Pick 35	Gold Coast	Fremantle	Pick 73	[45]
	Pick 71
	2017 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)			2017 second round pick (Fremantle)
37	O'Meara, JaegerJaeger O'Meara	Gold Coast	Hawthorn	Pick 10	[46]
				2017 second round pick (Hawthorn)
38	Pick 9	Port Adelaide	Sydney	Pick 14	[47]
	Pick 19			Pick 17
	Pick 49			Pick 31
39	Pick 48	Hawthorn	Carlton	2017 second round pick (Greater Western Sydney)	[46]
	Pick 66
	Pick 70

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

2016 AFL free agency period signings

Player	Date	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation	Ref
Vickery, TyTy Vickery	10 October 2016	Restricted	Richmond	Hawthorn	2nd round	[48]
Wells, DanielDaniel Wells	11 October 2016	Unrestricted	North Melbourne	Collingwood	2nd round	[49]
Mayne, ChrisChris Mayne	12 October 2016	Unrestricted	Fremantle	Collingwood	2nd round	[50]
Brown, NathanNathan Brown	16 October 2016	Restricted	Collingwood	St Kilda	None	[51]
Kelly, JamesJames Kelly	4 November 2016	Delisted	Essendon	Essendon	N/A	[52]
Dea, MattMatt Dea	4 November 2016	Delisted	Essendon	Essendon	N/A	[52]
Barlow, MichaelMichael Barlow	8 November 2016	Delisted	Fremantle	Gold Coast	N/A	[53]
Henderson, RickyRicky Henderson	8 November 2016	Delisted	Adelaide	Hawthorn	N/A	[54]
Green, JoshJosh Green	15 November 2016	Delisted	Brisbane Lions	Essendon	N/A	[55]

Note

• Due to James Kelly and Matt Dea being signed as top up players because of the 2012 Essendon supplements saga, they had to be delisted and then re-signed in order to stay on Essendon's list.^[56]

Retirements and delistings

List of 2016 AFL player changes

Name Club Date Notes Ref. Cavka, DamienDamien Cavka West Coast 25 January 2016 Retired due to ongoing foot injury, effective immediately [57] Jaensch, MatthewMatthew Jaensch Adelaide 26 February 2016 Retired due to no longer having a passion for playing professionally [58] Tatupu, Shem-KelvinShem-Kelvin Tatupu Hawthorn 15 March 2016 Retired due to losing passion for the game [59] Clarke, JustinJustin Clarke Brisbane Lions 31 March 2016 Retired due to ongoing concussion, effective immediately [60] McKenzie, ReeceReece McKenzie Richmond 30 June 2016 Retired due to mental illness, effective immediately [61] Chaplin, TroyTroy Chaplin Richmond 19 July 2016 Retired, effective immediately [62] Goetz, LukeLuke Goetz Western Bulldogs 20 July 2016 Delisted [63] Pavlich, MatthewMatthew Pavlich Fremantle 26 July 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [64] Walker, AndrewAndrew Walker Carlton 2 August 2016 Retired, effective after round 20 [65] Richards, TedTed Richards Sydney 5 August 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [66] Jamison, MichaelMichael Jamison Carlton 8 August 2016 Retired, effective immediately [67] Ellis, XavierXavier Ellis West Coast 9 August 2016 Retired, effective immediately [68] West, TrentTrent West Brisbane Lions 15 August 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [69] Cooney, AdamAdam Cooney Essendon 16 August 2016 Retired, effective after round 22 [70][71] Merrett, DanielDaniel Merrett Brisbane Lions 16 August 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [72] Stokes, MathewMathew Stokes Essendon 18 August 2016 Retired, effective after round 22 [73] Macaffer, BrentBrent Macaffer Collingwood 22 August 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [74] Toovey, AlanAlan Toovey Collingwood 22 August 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [74] Swan, DaneDane Swan Collingwood 23 August 2016 Retired, effective immediately [75] Dal Santo, NickNick Dal Santo North Melbourne 24 August 2016 Retired [76][77] Firrito, MichaelMichael Firrito North Melbourne 24 August 2016 Retired [76][78] Harvey, BrentBrent Harvey North Melbourne 24 August 2016 Retired [76][79] Petrie, DrewDrew Petrie North Melbourne 24 August 2016 Delisted [76] Adcock, JedJed Adcock Western Bulldogs 24 August 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [80] Schulz, JayJay Schulz Port Adelaide 25 August 2016 Delisted [81] Crowley, RyanRyan Crowley Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Dea, MattMatt Dea Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Grima, NathanNathan Grima Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Grimley, SamSam Grimley Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Jamar, MarkMark Jamar Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Kelly, JamesJames Kelly Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Michael, SamSam Michael Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Polkinghorne, JamesJames Polkinghorne Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Simpkin, JonathanJonathan Simpkin Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Wood, CameronCameron Wood Carlton 30 August 2016 Retired [83] Dick, MatthewMatthew Dick Carlton 30 August 2016 Delisted [83] Foster, JaydenJayden Foster Carlton 30 August 2016 Delisted [83] Butcher, JohnJohn Butcher Port Adelaide 30 August 2016 Delisted [84] Colquhoun, SamSam Colquhoun Port Adelaide 30 August 2016 Delisted [84] Mitchell, KaneKane Mitchell Port Adelaide 30 August 2016 Delisted [84] Hurley, SeanSean Hurley Fremantle 30 August 2016 Delisted [85] Carlile, AlipateAlipate Carlile Port Adelaide 31 August 2016 Retired [86] Marcon, AdamAdam Marcon Richmond 31 August 2016 Delisted [87] McBean, LiamLiam McBean Richmond 31 August 2016 Delisted [87] Curren, TomTom Curren St Kilda 31 August 2016 Delisted [88] Delaney, LukeLuke Delaney St Kilda 31 August 2016 Delisted [88] Payne, BrentonBrenton Payne St Kilda 31 August 2016 Delisted [88] Saunders, JoshJosh Saunders St Kilda 31 August 2016 Delisted [88] Keough, TomTom Keough Gold Coast 1 September 2016 Delisted [89] Russell, LukeLuke Russell Gold Coast 1 September 2016 Delisted [89] Stanley, DannyDanny Stanley Gold Coast 1 September 2016 Delisted [89] Tape, SebSeb Tape Gold Coast 1 September 2016 Delisted [89] Smith, TannerTanner Smith Fremantle 2 September 2016 Delisted [90] Gwilt, JamesJames Gwilt Essendon 2 September 2016 Delisted [91] van Berlo, NathanNathan van Berlo Adelaide 5 September 2016 Retired, effective immediately [92] Beasley, HughHugh Beasley Brisbane Lions 5 September 2016 Delisted [93] Evans, BillyBilly Evans Brisbane Lions 5 September 2016 Delisted [93] McGuinness, JoshJosh McGuinness Brisbane Lions 5 September 2016 Delisted [93] Paine, JacksonJackson Paine Brisbane Lions 5 September 2016 Delisted [93] Watts, JoshJosh Watts Brisbane Lions 5 September 2016 Delisted [93] Morabito, AnthonyAnthony Morabito Fremantle 6 September 2016 Delisted [94] Pears, TayteTayte Pears Essendon 9 September 2016 Retired [95] Smith, ClemClem Smith Carlton 9 September 2016 Delisted [96] McGinnity, PatrickPatrick McGinnity West Coast 12 September 2016 Delisted [97] Bennell, JamieJamie Bennell West Coast 12 September 2016 Delisted [97] Lucas, KaneKane Lucas West Coast 12 September 2016 Delisted [97] Colledge, BrantBrant Colledge West Coast 12 September 2016 Delisted [97] Waterman, AlecAlec Waterman West Coast 12 September 2016 Delisted [97] Adamson, CoreyCorey Adamson West Coast 12 September 2016 Delisted [97] Ray, FarrenFarren Ray North Melbourne 14 September 2016 Retired [98] Nahas, RobinRobin Nahas North Melbourne 14 September 2016 Delisted [99] Ashby, JasonJason Ashby Essendon 16 September 2016 Delisted [100] Edwards, ShaunShaun Edwards Essendon 19 September 2016 Delisted [101] Wallis, TomTom Wallis Essendon 20 September 2016 Delisted [102] Golds, TimTim Golds Collingwood 21 September 2016 Delisted [103] Goodyear, MatthewMatthew Goodyear Collingwood 21 September 2016 Delisted [103] Wyatt, DarreanDarrean Wyatt Collingwood 21 September 2016 Delisted [103] Lowden, LukeLuke Lowden Adelaide 23 September 2016 Delisted [104] Ramsey, KeenanKeenan Ramsey Adelaide 23 September 2016 Delisted [104] Bates, ZacZac Bates Geelong 27 September 2016 Delisted [105] Cornell, JockJock Cornell Geelong 27 September 2016 Delisted [105] Delaney, CameronCameron Delaney Geelong 27 September 2016 Delisted [105] Lucey, PadraigPadraig Lucey Geelong 27 September 2016 Delisted [105] Read, TomTom Read Geelong 27 September 2016 Delisted [105] Grimes, JackJack Grimes Melbourne 27 September 2016 Delisted [106] Jones, MattMatt Jones Melbourne 27 September 2016 Delisted [106] Terlich, DeanDean Terlich Melbourne 27 September 2016 Delisted [106] de Boer, MattMatt de Boer Fremantle 4 October 2016 Delisted [107] Deluca, JoshJosh Deluca Fremantle 4 October 2016 Delisted [108] Grey, BradyBrady Grey Fremantle 4 October 2016 Delisted [108] Hannath, JackJack Hannath Fremantle 4 October 2016 Delisted [108] Mzungu, TendaiTendai Mzungu Fremantle 4 October 2016 Delisted [108] Pearce, ClanceeClancee Pearce Fremantle 4 October 2016 Delisted [108] Enright, CoreyCorey Enright Geelong 5 October 2016 Retired [109] McGlynn, BenBen McGlynn Sydney 6 October 2016 Retired [110] Derickx, TomTom Derickx Sydney 6 October 2016 Retired [111] Galloway, KyleKyle Galloway Sydney 6 October 2016 Delisted [111] Patfull, JoelJoel Patfull Greater Western Sydney 12 October 2016 Retired [112] Bartel, JimmyJimmy Bartel Geelong 19 October 2016 Retired [113] Dawes, ChrisChris Dawes Melbourne 21 October 2016 Delisted [114] King, MaxMax King Melbourne 21 October 2016 Delisted [114] Michie, VivViv Michie Melbourne 21 October 2016 Delisted [114] Newton, BenBen Newton Melbourne 21 October 2016 Delisted [114] Barlow, MichaelMichael Barlow Fremantle 24 October 2016 Delisted [115] Clark, MitchMitch Clark Geelong 24 October 2016 Delisted [116] Stewart, PaulPaul Stewart Port Adelaide 24 October 2016 Delisted [117] Green, JoshJosh Green Brisbane Lions 25 October 2016 Delisted [118] Everitt, AndrejsAndrejs Everitt Carlton 25 October 2016 Delisted [119] Gallucci, AndrewAndrew Gallucci Carlton 25 October 2016 Delisted [119] Gowers, BillyBilly Gowers Carlton 25 October 2016 Delisted [119] Tutt, JasonJason Tutt Carlton 25 October 2016 Delisted [120] Viojo-Rainbow, DillonDillon Viojo-Rainbow Carlton 25 October 2016 Delisted [119] Whiley, MarkMark Whiley Carlton 25 October 2016 Delisted [119] Luxford, MichaelMichael Luxford Geelong 26 October 2016 Delisted [121] McKenzie, BradBrad McKenzie North Melbourne 26 October 2016 Delisted [122] Tippett, JoelJoel Tippett North Melbourne 26 October 2016 Delisted [122] Eades, YestinYestin Eades Essendon 26 October 2016 Delisted [123] Kommer, NickNick Kommer Essendon 26 October 2016 Delisted [123] Silvagni, AlexAlex Silvagni Fremantle 26 October 2016 Delisted [124] Richards, XavierXavier Richards Sydney 27 October 2016 Delisted [125] Hiscox, JackJack Hiscox Sydney 27 October 2016 Delisted [125] Davis, AbeAbe Davis Sydney 27 October 2016 Delisted [125] Malceski, NickNick Malceski Gold Coast 27 October 2016 Retired [126] Gault, CoreyCorey Gault Collingwood 28 October 2016 Retired [127] Fitzpatrick, JackJack Fitzpatrick Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Langford, LachlanLachlan Langford Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Litherland, AngusAngus Litherland Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Miller-Lewis, JermaineJermaine Miller-Lewis Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Spangher, MattMatt Spangher Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Webster, ZacZac Webster Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Woodward, AlexAlex Woodward Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Brooksby, KeeganKeegan Brooksby Gold Coast 28 October 2016 Delisted [129] Cameron, ClayClay Cameron Gold Coast 28 October 2016 Delisted [129] Loersch, CameronCameron Loersch Gold Coast 28 October 2016 Delisted [129] Schade, HenryHenry Schade Gold Coast 28 October 2016 Delisted [129] Dempsey, CourtenayCourtenay Dempsey Essendon 28 October 2016 Delisted [130] Hams, WillWill Hams Essendon 28 October 2016 Delisted [130] Nyuon, GachGach Nyuon Essendon 28 October 2016 Delisted [130] Minson, WillWill Minson Western Bulldogs 28 October 2016 Delisted [131] Prudden, JoshJosh Prudden Western Bulldogs 28 October 2016 Delisted [131] Lee, TomTom Lee St Kilda 28 October 2016 Delisted [132] Murdoch, BrodieBrodie Murdoch St Kilda 28 October 2016 Delisted [132] Shenton, CameronCameron Shenton St Kilda 28 October 2016 Delisted [132] Templeton, EliEli Templeton St Kilda 28 October 2016 Delisted [132] Moore, AndrewAndrew Moore Richmond 28 October 2016 Delisted [133] O'Shea, CamCam O'Shea Port Adelaide 30 October 2016 Delisted [134] Grigg, MitchMitch Grigg Adelaide 31 October 2016 Delisted [135] Henderson, RickyRicky Henderson Adelaide 31 October 2016 Delisted [135] Fisher, SamSam Fisher St Kilda 31 October 2016 Retired [136] Brown, MitchMitch Brown West Coast 31 October 2016 Delisted [137] McInnes, FraserFraser McInnes West Coast 31 October 2016 Delisted [137] Barrett, JakeJake Barrett Greater Western Sydney 2 November 2016 Delisted [138] Garlett, JarrodJarrod Garlett Gold Coast 8 November 2016 Delisted [139] McKernan, ShaunShaun McKernan Essendon 9 November 2016 Delisted [140] Shaw, SamSam Shaw Adelaide 9 November 2016 Retired due to ongoing concussion [141] McGrath, JadenJaden McGrath Brisbane Lions 9 November 2016 Retired due to losing passion for the game [142] Marsh, JonathonJonathon Marsh Collingwood 9 November 2016 Retired [143] Yarran, ChrisChris Yarran Richmond 22 November 2016 Retired due to mental illness [144]

2016 national draft

The Brisbane Lions received a priority pick at the end of the first round (pick 19) after a request by the club to the AFL commission was accepted. It was the first time a priority pick was given to a club since the rules regarding priority selections were changed in 2012.^[145] This pick was later on-traded to Port Adelaide as part of the Pearce Hanley trade to Gold Coast,^[20] before the Sydney Swans ended up with it by the trade deadline.^[146]

A change was made to the rules concerning academy and father-son selections which allowed clubs to begin the draft with only as many draft picks as it had empty positions on its playing list. This was intended to end the practice which had taken place the previous year in which clubs with academies had traded down the draft order to accumulate a large number of mid- and low-range draft picks specifically to use on academy bids.^[147]

Final draft order^[148]

Round	Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Notes
1	1	McGrath, AndrewAndrew McGrath	Essendon	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
1	2	Taranto, TimTim Taranto	Greater Western Sydney	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Brisbane Lions
1	3	McCluggage, HughHugh McCluggage	Brisbane Lions	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Fremantle
1	4	Ainsworth, BenBen Ainsworth	Gold Coast	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup
1	5	Setterfield, WillWill Setterfield	Greater Western Sydney	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Academy player, Carlton's bid matched with picks 15 and 37.
1	6	Petrevski-Seton, SamSam Petrevski-Seton	Carlton	Claremont	WAFL
1	7	Scrimshaw, JackJack Scrimshaw	Gold Coast	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Richmond
1	8	Logue, GriffinGriffin Logue	Fremantle	Swan Districts	WAFL	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Collingwood
1	9	Brodie, WillWill Brodie	Gold Coast	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Melbourne
1	10	Bowes, JackJack Bowes	Gold Coast	Cairns	AFL Cairns	Academy player, Sydney's bid matched with pick 11.
1	11	Florent, OliverOliver Florent	Sydney	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Port Adelaide
1	12	Simpkin, JyJy Simpkin	North Melbourne	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
1	13	Venables, DanielDaniel Venables	West Coast	Western Jets	TAC Cup
1	14	Perryman, HarryHarry Perryman	Greater Western Sydney	Collingullie-Glenfield Park	RFNL	Academy player, Adelaide's bid matched with picks 38, 44 and 51.
1	15	Gallucci, JordanJordan Gallucci	Adelaide	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup
1	16	Marshall, ToddTodd Marshall	Port Adelaide	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Sydney; received from Hawthorn
1	17	Berry, JarrodJarrod Berry	Brisbane Lions	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton; received from Geelong
1	18	Powell-Pepper, SamSam Powell-Pepper	Port Adelaide	East Perth	WAFL	Traded from Sydney
1	19	English, TimTim English	Western Bulldogs	South Fremantle	WAFL
1	20	Cumming, IsaacIsaac Cumming	Greater Western Sydney	North Broken Hill	BHFL	Academy player, Sydney's bid matched with picks 52, 54, 55 and 56.
Priority	21	Hayward, WillWill Hayward	Sydney	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Port Adelaide; received from Brisbane Lions
2	22	Ridley, JordanJordan Ridley	Essendon	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
2	23	Witherden, AlexAlex Witherden	Brisbane Lions	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
2	24	Cox, CedricCedric Cox	Brisbane Lions	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Fremantle
2	25	Long, BenBen Long	St Kilda	NT Thunder	NEAFL	Traded from Hawthorn; received from Fremantle; free agency compensation pick (Mayne)
2	26	Parfitt, BrandanBrandan Parfitt	Geelong	NT Thunder	NEAFL	Traded from Richmond; received from Gold Coast
2	27	Fisher, ZacZac Fisher	Carlton	Perth	WAFL
2	28	Lipinski, PatrickPatrick Lipinski	Western Bulldogs	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Richmond
2	29	Bolton, ShaiShai Bolton	Richmond	South Fremantle	WAFL	Free agency compensation pick (Vickery)
2	30	McLarty, SamSam McLarty	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
2	31	Begley, JoshJosh Begley	Essendon	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Melbourne
2	32	Atley, JoeJoe Atley	Port Adelaide	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Port Adelaide
2	33	Drew, WillemWillem Drew	Port Adelaide	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Sydney; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Brisbane Lions; received from Collingwood; received from St Kilda
2	34	Watson, DeclanDeclan Watson	North Melbourne	Aspley	NEAFL	Academy eligible, but the Brisbane Lions did not match the bid
2	35	Brown, CallumCallum Brown	Collingwood	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Gavin Brown); North Melbourne's bid matched with pick 44.
2	36	Williams, JoshJosh Williams	North Melbourne	Surfers Paradise	QAFL	Free agency compensation pick (Wells)
2	37	Rotham, JoshJosh Rotham	West Coast	West Perth	WAFL
2	38	Darcy, SeanSean Darcy	Fremantle	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast, received from Western Bulldogs; received from Fremantle; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Adelaide
2	39	Battle, JoshJosh Battle	St Kilda	Dandenong Stringrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Hawthorn
2	40	Stewart, TomTom Stewart	Geelong	Geelong	VFL
2	41	Cox, BrennanBrennan Cox	Fremantle	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Traded from Western Bulldogs
3	42	Mutch, KobeKobe Mutch	Essendon	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Academy eligible, but Greater Western Sydney did not match the bid
3	43	Ratugolea, EsavaEsava Ratugolea	Geelong	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Brisbane Lions
3	44	Poholke, MylesMyles Poholke	Adelaide	Dandenong Stringrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Western Bulldogs; received from Fremantle
3	45	Maibaum, JackJack Maibaum	Sydney	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Richmond
3	46	Hannan, MitchMitch Hannan	Melbourne	Footscray	VFL	Traded from Collingwood
3	47	Macreadie, HarrisonHarrison Macreadie	Carlton	Henty	HFL	Academy eligible, but Greater Western Sydney did not match the bid; traded from Hawthorn; received from Melbourne
3	48	Cameron, DarcyDarcy Cameron	Sydney	Claremont	WAFL	Traded from Port Adelaide
3	49	Young, LewisLewis Young	Western Bulldogs	Sturt	SANFL	Traded from St Kilda
3	50	Kirby, KayleKayle Kirby	Collingwood	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Melbourne; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Brisbane Lions; received from North Melbourne
3	51	Himmelberg, ElliotElliot Himmelberg	Adelaide	Redland	NEAFL
3	52	Rioli, WillieWillie Rioli	West Coast	Glenelg	SANFL	Traded from Hawthorn
3	53	Graham, JackJack Graham	Richmond	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Geelong
4	54	Tiziani, LachlanLachlan Tiziani	Greater Western Sydney	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Academy player, traded from Melbourne; received from Essendon
4	55	Allison, JacobJacob Allison	Brisbane Lions	Aspley	NEAFL	Academy player
4	56	Phillips, EdEd Phillips	St Kilda	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Western Bulldogs, received from Fremantle
4	57	Daicos, JoshJosh Daicos	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Peter Daicos); traded from Gold Coast
4	58	de Boer, MattMatt de Boer	Greater Western Sydney	Fremantle	AFL
4	59	Polson, CameronCameron Polson	Carlton	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Geelong; received from Fremantle; received from Western Bulldogs; received from Carlton
4	60	Narkle, QuintonQuinton Narkle	Geelong	Perth	WAFL	Traded from Richmond
4	61	Williamson, TomTom Williamson	Carlton	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Hawthorn; received from Melbourne
4	62	Signorello, MatthewMatthew Signorello	Adelaide	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Port Adelaide
4	63	Clarke, DylanDylan Clarke	Essendon	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Melbourne; received Hawthorn; received from St Kilda
4	64	Johnstone, DionDion Johnstone	Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from North Melbourne
4	65	Kerr, PatrickPatrick Kerr	Carlton	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Hawthorn; received from West Coast
4	66	Ryan, LukeLuke Ryan	Fremantle	Coburg	VFL	Traded from Gold Coast, received from Adelaide
4	67	Scheer, BradBrad Scheer	Gold Coast	Palm Beach Currumbin	QAFL	Academy player
4	68	House, TimmTimm House	Geelong	Geelong	VFL	Traded from West Coast; received from Hawthorn
4	69	Abbott, RyanRyan Abbott	Geelong	Grovedale	GFL
4	70	Greene, FergusFergus Greene	Western Bulldogs	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Sydney
5	71	Lyons, CoreyCorey Lyons	Brisbane Lions	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Collingwood, received from Western Bulldogs
5	72	Garthwaite, RyanRyan Garthwaite	Richmond	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Academy eligible, but Greater Western Sydney did not match the bid
5	73	Larkey, NickNick Larkey	North Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
5	74	Morrison, HarryHarry Morrison	Hawthorn	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from West Coast
5	75	Davis, BenBen Davis	Adelaide	UNSW	Sydney AFL
5	76	Lewis, MitchellMitchell Lewis	Hawthorn	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
6	77	Waterman, JakeJake Waterman	West Coast	Claremont	WAFL	Father–son rule selection (son of Chris Waterman)

Notes

• Free agency compensation picks are additional selections awarded to teams based on their net loss of players during the free agency trade period.
• Academy players are local zone selections available to the four New South Wales and Queensland clubs. Both academy and father-son selections are subject to a bidding process, where the club with the family or academy connection must match any opposition club's bid with their next available selection.

Rookie elevations

Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2016 to their 2017 primary playing list prior to the draft.

Player	Club	Ref.
O'Brien, ReillyReilly O'Brien	Adelaide	[149]
Smith, ArchieArchie Smith	Brisbane Lions	[150]
Byrne, CiaranCiaran Byrne	Carlton	[151]
Keeffe, LachlanLachlan Keeffe	Collingwood	[152]
Smith, JoshJosh Smith	Collingwood	[153]
McDonald-Tipungwuti, AnthonyAnthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	Essendon	[154]
McKenna, ConorConor McKenna	Essendon	[155]
Ruggles, TomTom Ruggles	Geelong	[156]
Joyce, JesseJesse Joyce	Gold Coast	[157]
Stewart, KadeKade Stewart	Hawthorn	[158]
Wagner, JoshJosh Wagner	Melbourne	[159]
Daw, MajakMajak Daw	North Melbourne	[160]
Preuss, BraydonBraydon Preuss	North Melbourne	[161]
Krakouer, NathanNathan Krakouer	Port Adelaide	[162]
Short, JaydenJayden Short	Richmond	[163]
Holmes, JasonJason Holmes	St Kilda	[164]
Papley, TomTom Papley	Sydney	[165]
Newman, NicNic Newman	Sydney	[166]
Marsh, HarrisonHarrison Marsh	Sydney	[167]
Foote, JordanJordan Foote	Sydney	[167]

2017 rookie draft

Round	Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Notes
1	1	Draper, SamSam Draper	Essendon	South Adelaide	SANFL
1	2	Barrett, JakeJake Barrett	Brisbane Lions	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
1	3	Duman, TaylinTaylin Duman	Fremantle	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
1	4	Brooksby, KeeganKeegan Brooksby	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
1	5	LeBois, KymKym LeBois	Carlton	North Adelaide	SANFL
1	6	Stengle, TysonTyson Stengle	Richmond	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
1	7	McCarthy, MitchMitch McCarthy	Collingwood	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
1	8	Filipovic, LachlanLachlan Filipovic	Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
1	9	Ladhams, PeterPeter Ladhams	Port Adelaide	Norwood	SANFL
1	10	Marshall, RowanRowan Marshall	St Kilda	North Ballarat	VFL
1	11	Zurhaar, CameronCameron Zurhaar	North Melbourne	East Fremantle	WAFL
1	12	Gorter, ThomasThomas Gorter	West Coast	East Perth	WAFL
1	13	Shaw, SamSam Shaw	Adelaide	Adelaide	AFL
1	14	Hanrahan, OliverOliver Hanrahan	Hawthorn	St Kevin's College	APS
1	15	Mzungu, TendaiTendai Mzungu	Greater Western Sydney	Fremantle	AFL
1	16	Henry, JackJack Henry	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
1	17	Ronke, BenBen Ronke	Sydney	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
1	18	Mullenger-McHugh, NathanNathan Mullenger-McHugh	Western Bulldogs	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup
2	19	McKernan, ShaunShaun McKernan	Essendon	Essendon	AFL
2	20	Hinge, MitchellMitchell Hinge	Brisbane Lions	Glenelg	SANFL
2	21	Strnadica, LukeLuke Strnadica	Fremantle	East Fremantle	WAFL
2	22	Loersch, CameronCameron Loersch	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
2	23	Silvagni, AlexAlex Silvagni	Carlton	Fremantle	AFL
2	24	Schade, HenryHenry Schade	Collingwood	Gold Coast	AFL
2	25	Smith, TimTim Smith	Melbourne	Casey Scorpions	VFL
2	26	Eddy, BrettBrett Eddy	Port Adelaide	South Adelaide	SANFL
2	27	Passed	St Kilda
2	28	Junker, OscarOscar Junker	North Melbourne	Western Jets	TAC Cup
2	29	Petrie, DrewDrew Petrie	West Coast	North Melbourne	AFL
2	30	Passed	Adelaide
2	31	Fitzpatrick, JackJack Fitzpatrick	Hawthorn	Hawthorn	AFL
2	32	Patfull, JoelJoel Patfull	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
2	33	Guthrie, ZachZach Guthrie	Geelong	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
2	34	Fox, RobbieRobbie Fox	Sydney	Coburg	VFL
2	35	Prudden, JoshJosh Prudden	Western Bulldogs	Western Bulldogs	AFL
3	36	Eades, YestinYestin Eades	Essendon	Essendon	AFL
3	37	McInerney, OscarOscar McInerney	Brisbane Lions	Casey Scorpions	VFL
3	38	Grey, BradyBrady Grey	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
3	39	Gallucci, AndrewAndrew Gallucci	Carlton	Carlton	AFL
3	40	Mackie, LiamLiam Mackie	Collingwood	Glenelg	SANFL
3	41	Keilty, DeclanDeclan Keilty	Melbourne	Casey Scorpions	VFL
3	42	Lienert, JarrodJarrod Lienert	Port Adelaide	Sturt	SANFL
3	43	Taylor, MatthewMatthew Taylor	North Melbourne	Perth	WAFL
3	44	McInnes, FraserFraser McInnes	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
3	45	Jarman, BenBen Jarman	Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL	Father–son rule selection (son of Darren Jarman)
3	46	Cousins, JamesJames Cousins	Hawthorn	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
3	47	Passed	Greater Western Sydney
3	48	Jones, JamaineJamaine Jones	Geelong	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup
3	49	Edwards, ShaunShaun Edwards	Sydney	Essendon	AFL
4	50	Deluca, JoshJosh Deluca	Fremantle	Peel Thunder	WAFL
4	51	Lynch, MaxMax Lynch	Collingwood	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
4	52	Passed	Greater Western Sydney
4	53	Simpson, SamSam Simpson	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Sean Simpson)
4	54	Pink, TobyToby Pink	Sydney	Glenelg	SANFL
5	55	Passed	Sydney

Pre-rookie draft selections

Prior to the rookie draft, clubs could nominate category B rookies to join their club.

Player	Club	Origin	Note	Ref.
Eagles, MattMatt Eagles	Brisbane Lions	North Ballarat	Winner of The Recruit	[168]
Grewar, BlakeBlake Grewar	Brisbane Lions	Redland	Queensland zone selection	[169]
Sheehan, CiaránCiarán Sheehan	Carlton	Cork GAA, Carlton	International selection	[170]
O'Connor, MarkMark O'Connor	Geelong	Kerry GAA	International selection	[171]
Spencer, MaxMax Spencer	Gold Coast	Palm Beach Currumbin	Queensland zone selection	[172]
Stein, JakeJake Stein	Greater Western Sydney	Athletics	3-year non-registered player	[173]
Sproule, ZachZach Sproule	Greater Western Sydney	Murray Bushrangers	NSW zone selection	[174]
Nash, ConorConor Nash	Hawthorn	Meath GAA	International selection	[175]
Maynard, CoreyCorey Maynard	Melbourne	Townsville Crocodiles (NBL)	3-year non-registered player	[176]
Irra, EmmanuelEmmanuel Irra	Port Adelaide	South Adelaide	Next generation academy zone selection	[177]
Connellan, RayRay Connellan	St Kilda	Westmeath GAA	International selection	[178]
Joyce, DarraghDarragh Joyce	St Kilda	Kilkenny GAA	International selection	[178]
Fisher, SamSam Fisher	Sydney	Canberra	NSW zone selection	[179]
Bayok, TarirTarir Bayok	West Coast	East Perth	Next generation academy zone selection	[177]

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