Draft Expert eDPS Draft Thread - 2025 Edition

[Judd2Sewell]

All 3 are very good Watson is my favourite of the 3 but it’s not a huge gap between all 3. I think Dovaston is slightly behind Kako but for me is looking a worthy top 10 chance

Cheers. Do you see Dovaston making a move into the midfield in the future (or pinch hitting)?

 

[eDPS]

Cheers. Do you see Dovaston making a move into the midfield in the future (or pinch hitting)?

He can definitely pinch hit as he played midfield in juniors and has had stints on ball for Eastern this year aswell.

 

[BluesForEternity]

Given you’ve said Dovaston is not far behind Kako (and that Kako/Dovaston/Watson are at least of comparable quality) - would you say then that it’s fair to say the top 15-20ish end of this draft is still quality, just with less elite talent compared to say 2023/2024? Trying to make sense of the comments on this being a weaker draft, and the extent to which it is weaker (is it just lack of elite talent and lack of depth? But there are still likely good AFL players available?).

 

[eDPS]

Given you’ve said Dovaston is not far behind Kako (and that Kako/Dovaston/Watson are at least of comparable quality) - would you say then that it’s fair to say the top 15-20ish end of this draft is still quality, just with less elite talent compared to say 2023/2024? Trying to make sense of the comments on this being a weaker draft, and the extent to which it is weaker (is it just lack of elite talent and lack of depth? But there are still likely good AFL players available?).

Personally I don’t have Dovaston that late I think he is firmly in my top 12 or so players. I think there are a lot of question marks which often happens when the depth of midfield talent is poor which makes it harder to gauge them aswell.

 

[Hawks_Footy]

Loving your work mate, would Harley Barker be a reach for the hawks with our first pick (~13)? I think his balance and cruising speed will make him a weapon both inside & out in the future.. I actually see some similarities to Harley Bennell

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Harley Bennell

Age

33

Ht

185cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.4

5star

K

11.9

4star

HB

9.5

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.7

4star

D

12.7

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

6.7

4star

M

2.0

2star

T

0.3

1star

CL

1.0

3star

D

17.6

5star

K

8.2

4star

HB

9.4

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

1.8

4star

with his ability to cover the ground & I think his foot skills relatively good

 

[eDPS]

Loving your work mate, would Harley Barker be a reach for the hawks with our first pick (~13)? I think his balance and cruising speed will make him a weapon both inside & out in the future.. I actually see some similarities to Harley Bennell with his ability to cover the ground & I think his foot skills relatively good

If not for the ACL I think he ends up in that range, Hotton still went high after doing his so might not suprise to see him go that early

 

[eDPS]

My updated draft tier list also with updated player height’s. Names are alphabetical

Tier 1
Cooper Duff-Tytler - 201cm
Willem Duursma - 193cm
Zeke Uwland - 179cm

Tier 2
Daniel Annable - 184cm
Sam Cumming - 183cm
Harry Dean - 194cm
Lachlan Dovaston - 178cm
Sam Grlj - 182cm
Dylan Patterson - 183cm
Sullivan Robey- 192cm
Dyson Sharp - 188cm
Xavier Taylor - 192cm


Tier 3
Harley Barker - 188cm
Lachlan Carmichael - 183cm
Jacob Farrow - 187cm
Matthew LeRay - 188cm
Josh Lindsay - 183cm
Mitch Marsh - 190cm
Jevan Phillipou - 183cm
Aidan Schubert - 194cm
Oskar Taylor - 182cm

Tier 4
Beau Addinsall - 182cm
Charlie Banfield - 192cm
Talor Byrne - 174cm
Jack Dalton - 177cm
Louis Emmett - 199cm
Oliver Greeves - 191cm
Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves - 186cm
Jack Ison - 191cm
Max King

Multiple players found. Use birthday to differentiate. eg [PLAYERCARD="23/11/1962"]Joe Smith[/PLAYERCARD]

- 191cm
Max Kondogiannis - 190cm
Archie Ludowyke - 197cm
Zac McCarthy - 199cm
Jesse Mellor - 186cm
Latrelle Pickett - 182cm
Adam Sweid - 176cm
Blake Thredgold - 194cm
Rory Wright - 183cm

Tier 5
Koby Coulson - 180cm
Cody Curtin - 200cm
Hussein El Achkar - 171cm
Koby Evans - 187cm
Hunter Holmes - 188cm
Louis Kellaway - 183cm
Blake Kelly 183cm
Leon Kickett 173cm
Harry Kyle - 188cm
Hugo Mikunda - 180cm
Cameron Nairn - 188cm
Riley Onley - 195cm
Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier - 181cm
Fred Rodriguez - 184cm
Callum Smith - 189cm
Sam Swadling - 189cm

 

[Calcium Man]

My updated draft tier list also with updated player height’s. Names are alphabetical

Tier 1
Cooper Duff-Tytler - 201cm
Willem Duursma - 193cm
Zeke Uwland - 179cm

Tier 2
Daniel Annable - 184cm
Dylan Patterson - 183cm
Sullivan Robey- 192cm
Sam Cumming - 183cm
Dyson Sharp - 188cm
Harry Dean - 194cm
Sam Grlj - 182cm
Xavier Taylor - 192cm
Lachlan Dovaston - 178cm

Tier 3
Harley Barker - 188cm
Lachlan Carmichael - 183cm
Jacob Farrow - 187cm
Matthew LeRay - 188cm
Josh Lindsay - 183cm
Mitch Marsh - 190cm
Jevan Phillipou - 183cm
Aidan Schubert - 194cm
Oskar Taylor - 182cm

Tier 4
Beau Addinsall - 182cm
Charlie Banfield - 192cm
Talor Byrne - 174cm
Jack Dalton - 177cm
Louis Emmett - 199cm
Oliver Greeves - 191cm
Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves - 186cm
Jack Ison - 191cm
Max King - 191cm
Max Kondogiannis - 190cm
Archie Ludowyke - 197cm
Zac McCarthy - 199cm
Jesse Mellor - 186cm
Latrelle Pickett - 170cm
Adam Sweid - 176cm
Blake Thredgold - 194cm
Rory Wright - 183cm

Tier 5
Koby Coulson - 180cm
Cody Curtin - 200cm
Hussein El Achkar - 171cm
Koby Evans - 187cm
Hunter Holmes - 188cm
Louis Kellaway - 183cm
Blake Kelly 183cm
Leon Kickett 173cm
Harry Kyle - 188cm
Hugo Mikunda - 180cm
Cameron Nairn - 188cm
Riley Onley - 195cm
Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier - 181cm
Fred Rodriguez - 184cm
Callum Smith - 189cm
Sam Swadling - 189cm

Alphabetical? Except tier 2?

 

[eDPS]

Alphabetical? Except tier 2?

Whoops

 

[BluesForEternity]

My updated draft tier list also with updated player height’s. Names are alphabetical

Tier 1
Cooper Duff-Tytler - 201cm
Willem Duursma - 193cm
Zeke Uwland - 179cm

Tier 2
Daniel Annable - 184cm
Sam Cumming - 183cm
Harry Dean - 194cm
Lachlan Dovaston - 178cm
Sam Grlj - 182cm
Dylan Patterson - 183cm
Sullivan Robey- 192cm
Dyson Sharp - 188cm
Xavier Taylor - 192cm


Tier 3
Harley Barker - 188cm
Lachlan Carmichael - 183cm
Jacob Farrow - 187cm
Matthew LeRay - 188cm
Josh Lindsay - 183cm
Mitch Marsh - 190cm
Jevan Phillipou - 183cm
Aidan Schubert - 194cm
Oskar Taylor - 182cm

Tier 4
Beau Addinsall - 182cm
Charlie Banfield - 192cm
Talor Byrne - 174cm
Jack Dalton - 177cm
Louis Emmett - 199cm
Oliver Greeves - 191cm
Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves - 186cm
Jack Ison - 191cm
Max King - 191cm
Max Kondogiannis - 190cm
Archie Ludowyke - 197cm
Zac McCarthy - 199cm
Jesse Mellor - 186cm
Latrelle Pickett - 170cm
Adam Sweid - 176cm
Blake Thredgold - 194cm
Rory Wright - 183cm

Tier 5
Koby Coulson - 180cm
Cody Curtin - 200cm
Hussein El Achkar - 171cm
Koby Evans - 187cm
Hunter Holmes - 188cm
Louis Kellaway - 183cm
Blake Kelly 183cm
Leon Kickett 173cm
Harry Kyle - 188cm
Hugo Mikunda - 180cm
Cameron Nairn - 188cm
Riley Onley - 195cm
Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier - 181cm
Fred Rodriguez - 184cm
Callum Smith - 189cm
Sam Swadling - 189cm

What range would the tier 2 players go in the 2024 draft, on average?

 

[Giant Strides]

Ed, do you know any of the Combine results for Jacob Farrow? I presume he will be thereabouts at the Giants' first pick, but Caruso likes his running players, so I'm interested in some concrete results from his testing.

 

[eDPS]

Ed, do you know any of the Combine results for Jacob Farrow? I presume he will be thereabouts at the Giants' first pick, but Caruso likes his running players, so I'm interested in some concrete results from his testing.

I don’t have exact results but his 2km was just ok but yeah tested really well for agility which was expected

 

[Danog]

Ed, do you know any of the Combine results for Jacob Farrow? I presume he will be thereabouts at the Giants' first pick, but Caruso likes his running players, so I'm interested in some concrete results from his testing.

West Coast will surely snap him up if you guys don't

 

[Giant Strides]

West Coast will surely snap him up if you guys don't

A recent interview indicated that Giants like one guy in particular, and the 2-place jump in the order was to try to get him.

It's unclear who that might be - Caruso tends to jump in early to get guys that he likes, so could be someone who's generally rated a little later - but Farrow could certainly be a candidate.

It would not be surprising if we jumped ahead of Eagles for him. But it could be someone else entirely too!

He looks a good prospect, so as long as he's happy to move coasts, I'd be happy to see him in orange.

 

[eDPS]

What range would the tier 2 players go in the 2024 draft, on average?

I still think first round of last year it’s the crop after that is what would push out a fair bit. There are players in tier 4 that might have been close to undrafted last year

 

[Mutineer]

My updated draft tier list also with updated player height’s. Names are alphabetical

Tier 1
Cooper Duff-Tytler - 201cm
Willem Duursma - 193cm
Zeke Uwland - 179cm

Tier 2
Daniel Annable - 184cm
Sam Cumming - 183cm
Harry Dean - 194cm
Lachlan Dovaston - 178cm
Sam Grlj - 182cm
Dylan Patterson - 183cm
Sullivan Robey- 192cm
Dyson Sharp - 188cm
Xavier Taylor - 192cm


Tier 3
Harley Barker - 188cm
Lachlan Carmichael - 183cm
Jacob Farrow - 187cm
Matthew LeRay - 188cm
Josh Lindsay - 183cm
Mitch Marsh - 190cm
Jevan Phillipou - 183cm
Aidan Schubert - 194cm
Oskar Taylor - 182cm

Tier 4
Beau Addinsall - 182cm
Charlie Banfield - 192cm
Talor Byrne - 174cm
Jack Dalton - 177cm
Louis Emmett - 199cm
Oliver Greeves - 191cm
Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves - 186cm
Jack Ison - 191cm
Max King - 191cm
Max Kondogiannis - 190cm
Archie Ludowyke - 197cm
Zac McCarthy - 199cm
Jesse Mellor - 186cm
Latrelle Pickett - 170cm
Adam Sweid - 176cm
Blake Thredgold - 194cm
Rory Wright - 183cm

Tier 5
Koby Coulson - 180cm
Cody Curtin - 200cm
Hussein El Achkar - 171cm
Koby Evans - 187cm
Hunter Holmes - 188cm
Louis Kellaway - 183cm
Blake Kelly 183cm
Leon Kickett 173cm
Harry Kyle - 188cm
Hugo Mikunda - 180cm
Cameron Nairn - 188cm
Riley Onley - 195cm
Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier - 181cm
Fred Rodriguez - 184cm
Callum Smith - 189cm
Sam Swadling - 189cm

You don't think Liam Hetherton gets drafted looking at that list? Have you got his latest height?

 

[eDPS]

You don't think Liam Hetherton gets drafted looking at that list? Have you got his latest height?

He hasn’t grown. It’s tough to rate him as he barely got to play this year and his form before injury was only ok. Clubs will likely pass on him and just see how he goes as a 19 year old and look to bring in the MSD.

 

[plays tall 1]

Are the heights you’ve quoted the confirmed Combine heights?

 

[Warhorse]

Any idea how Mellor tested?

 

[eDPS]

Are the heights you’ve quoted the confirmed Combine heights?

A good chunk of them, maybe one or two of the later tiers aren’t confirmed and those who didn’t test at the combine

 

[plays tall 1]

There’s been some suggestion, I think hearsay based on a teammate’s casual comment, that CDT was now 204cm. Can we take it that 201cm is his combine height?

 

[eDPS]

There’s been some suggestion, I think hearsay based on a teammate’s casual comment, that CDT was now 204cm. Can we take it that 201cm is his combine height?

Yep 201

 

[THE_GUN]

A good chunk of them, maybe one or two of the later tiers aren’t confirmed and those who didn’t test at the combine

Sam Cumming ?
Seems to be 183 and 185 in a few places and the most recent just 3 days ago has him at 186cm

Sam Cumming - SANFL

sanfl.com.au

 

[tigs2010]

Seems like SA were fudging the numbers.

 

[eDPS]

Sam Cumming ?
Seems to be 183 and 185 in a few places and the most recent just 3 days ago has him at 186cm

Sam Cumming - SANFL

sanfl.com.au

He is 183cm