Draft fallacy: that because James Hird and Chris Grant were drafted at pick 9,000 you can get players of this quality at that stage of the draft now.
Times have changed folks, they don't conduct the draft at Pizza Hut all-you-can-eat any more.
How recently do you want to go? I'll start with a full 9 years after Hird:
Ryan O'Keefe - pick 56 in 1999 (Norm Smith, All Australian)
Dean Cox - rookie pick 28 in 2000 (best+fairest winner, 6x All Australian)
Dane Swan - pick 58 in 2001 (Brownlow, 4x All Australian)
Andrew Carrazzo - rookie pick 5 in 2001 (best+fairest winner)
Aaron Sandilands - rookie pick 33 in 2001 (3x All Australian, best+fairest winner)
Ben Rutten - rookie pick 40 in 2001 (All Australian)
Andrew Swallow - pick 43 in 2005 (3x best+fairest winner)
Matthew Priddis - rookie pick 31 in 2005 (runner-up in best+fairest 2 years running)
Kieren Jack - rookie pick 57 in 2005 (best+fairest winner)
Sam Jacobs - rookie pick 1 in 2006
Shane Mumford - rookie pick 57 in 2007
Tom Rockliff - PSD pick 5 in 2008 (best+fairest winner)
Michael Barlow - rookie pick 8 in 2009
It is too early to fully judge more recent players but it is easy to see many of them going on to win multiple best and fairest awards plus All Australian honours.