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2017 AFL draft
Draft for the Australian Football League
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.
The key dates for the trading and drafting periods:
- 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, 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.
01Player 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
| No. | Player(s) | Traded from | Traded to | Traded for | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake Lever | Adelaide | Melbourne | Pick 10 | |
| Pick 35 | 2018 first round pick (Melbourne) | ||||
| 2018 third round pick (Adelaide) | 2018 fourth round pick (Melbourne) | ||||
| 2 | Devon Smith | Greater Western Sydney | Essendon | Pick 11 | |
| Pick 25 | 2018 third round pick (Essendon) | ||||
| 2018 second round pick (Greater Western Sydney) | |||||
| 3 | Jarman Impey | Port Adelaide | Hawthorn | Pick 34 | |
| Pick 67 | Pick 61 | ||||
| 2018 fourth round pick (Hawthorn) | |||||
| 4 | Hayden Crozier | Fremantle | Western Bulldogs | Pick 40 | |
| 2018 fourth round pick (Fremantle) | Pick 82 | ||||
| 5 | Adam Saad | Gold Coast | Essendon | 2018 second round pick (Essendon) | |
| 6 | Jack Watts | Melbourne | Port Adelaide | Pick 31 | |
| 7 | Brendon Ah Chee | Port Adelaide | West Coast | 2018 third round pick (West Coast) | |
| 2018 fourth round pick (Hawthorn) | |||||
| 8 | Harley Balic | Fremantle | Melbourne | Pick 66 | |
| 9 | Harrison Wigg | Adelaide | Gold Coast | Pick 39 | |
| Pick 54 | |||||
| 2018 fourth round pick (Adelaide) | |||||
| 10 | Bryce Gibbs | Carlton | Adelaide | Pick 10 | |
| Pick 77 | Pick 16 | ||||
| 2018 second round pick (Carlton) | Pick 73 | ||||
| 2018 third round pick (Carlton) | 2018 second round pick (Adelaide) | ||||
| 11 | Pick 21 | Gold Coast | West Coast | Pick 50 | |
| Pick 26 | |||||
| Pick 37 | 2018 first round pick (West Coast) | ||||
| 2018 second round pick (Gold Coast) | |||||
| 12 | Aaron Young | Port Adelaide | Gold Coast | 2018 fourth round pick (Adelaide) | |
| 13 | Logan Austin | Port Adelaide | St Kilda | 2018 third round pick (St Kilda) | |
| 2018 fourth round pick (Port Adelaide) | |||||
| 14 | Sam Murray | Sydney | Collingwood | 2018 second round pick (Collingwood) | |
| Pick 70 | |||||
| 2018 third round pick (Sydney) | |||||
| 15 | Sam Gibson | North Melbourne | Adelaide | Pick 91 | |
| 16 | Nathan Wilson | Greater Western Sydney | Fremantle | Pick 57 | |
| Pick 71 | 2018 second round pick (Fremantle) | ||||
| 17 | Matthew Lobbe | Port Adelaide | Carlton | Pick 95 | |
| 18 | Jake Stringer | Western Bulldogs | Essendon | Pick 25 | |
| Pick 30 | |||||
| 19 | Pick 16 | Carlton | Western Bulldogs | Pick 28 | |
| Pick 40 | Pick 30 | ||||
| 2018 second round pick (Western Bulldogs) | |||||
| 20 | 2018 third round pick (Richmond) | Richmond | Geelong | Pick 53 | |
| 21 | Matthew Kennedy | Greater Western Sydney | Carlton | Pick 28 | |
| 22 | Luke Hodge | Hawthorn | Brisbane Lions | Pick 43 | |
| Pick 44 | Pick 75 | ||||
| 23 | Darcy Lang | Geelong | Carlton | Pick 58 | |
| 2018 fourth round pick (Geelong) | 2018 fourth round pick (Carlton) | ||||
| 24 | Gary Ablett | Gold Coast | Geelong | Pick 19 | |
| Pick 24 | |||||
| 2018 fourth round pick (Gold Coast) | 2018 second round pick (Geelong) | ||||
| 25 | Charlie Cameron | Adelaide | Brisbane Lions | Pick 12 | |
| 26 | Pick 34 | Port Adelaide | St Kilda | 2018 second round pick (St Kilda) | |
| 2018 fourth round pick (Adelaide) | Pick 59 | ||||
| Pick 63 | |||||
| 27 | Lachie Weller | Fremantle | Gold Coast | Pick 2 | |
| Pick 41 | |||||
| 28 | Brandon Matera | Gold Coast | Fremantle | 2018 third round pick (Fremantle) | |
| 29 | Josh Schache | Brisbane Lions | Western Bulldogs | Pick 25 | |
| Pick 40 | |||||
| 30 | Pick 20 | Brisbane Lions | Richmond | Pick 15 | |
| Pick 25 | Pick 52 | ||||
| 31 | 2018 third round pick (West Coast) | Port Adelaide | North Melbourne | Pick 46 | |
| 2018 third round pick (St Kilda) | 2018 third round pick (North Melbourne) |
- 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] | |
| Tom Rockliff | 11 October 2017 | Restricted | Brisbane Lions | Port Adelaide | End of first round | |
| Steven Motlop | 14 October 2017 | Restricted | Geelong | Port Adelaide | End of first round | |
| Alex Morgan | 1 November 2017 | Delisted | Essendon | North Melbourne | , N/a | |
| Aaron Mullett | 1 November 2017 | Delisted | North Melbourne | Carlton | , N/a | |
| Lachlan Keeffe | 2 November 2017 | Delisted | Collingwood | Greater Western Sydney | , N/a | |
| Trent McKenzie | 2 November 2017 | Delisted | Gold Coast | Port Adelaide | , N/a | |
| Jack Trengove | 3 November 2017 | Delisted | Melbourne | Port Adelaide | , N/a |
Retirements and delistings
| List of 2017 AFL player changes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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022017 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.
- Indicative draft order as of 19 October 2017
| ^ | 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.
032018 pre-season draft
The 2018 pre-season draft was the first to be held since 2014
| Round | Pick | Player | Drafted to | Recruited from | League | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Cam O'Shea | Carlton | Northern Blues | VFL |
042018 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) | |
| Cillian McDaid | Carlton | Galway GAA | International selection (Ireland) | |
| Jack Madgen | Collingwood | Delta State University | 3-year non-registered player (basketball) | |
| Luke Lavender | Essendon | Southern Redbacks | 3-year non-registered player (cricket) | |
| Jacob Dawson | Gold Coast | Palm Beach Currumbin | Queensland zone selection | |
| Jacob Heron | Gold Coast | Cairns Saints | Queensland zone selection | |
| Jack Buckley | Greater Western Sydney | UWS Giants | NSW zone selection | |
| Changkuoth Jiath | Hawthorn | Gippsland Power | Next Generation Academy zone selection (born in Ethiopia) | |
| Tom Jeffries | North Melbourne | Werribee | 3-year non-registered player (rugby) | |
| Derek Eggmolesse-Smith | Richmond | Richmond VFL | Next Generation Academy zone selection (Indigenous) | |
| James Bell | Sydney | UNSW-Eastern Suburbs | NSW zone selection | |
| Jake Brown | Sydney | St George | NSW zone selection |
Sources and credits
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