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Resource Noob's 2025 Draft Prospect Video Thread

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Cooper Duff-Tytler #15 New
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    • A brilliant round 1 game demonstrated CDT's elite talent, and he's essentially remained the standout tall in the draft pool since that point. His movement for a 200cm kid is absolutely elite, the eye test backed up by top 10 finishes in the 2km time trial and 20m sprint at the combine, and his coordinated skills and level of competitiveness complete an undeniably attractive package. CDT is likely to be a slower burn for whichever team picks him on draft night, but he has all the tools to pay off that patience in spades in the coming years.

     
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    • briztoon said:
    How many of these players really make it as a midfielder though. I can think of 2.5 off the top of my head from recent drafts; Ed Richards, Hayden Young and Lachie Ash.

    There's probably more kids who were mids as juniors, who come in and play flank or wing to start their AFL career, before moving inside after they've physically developed at AFL level.
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    Interesting question...Will Day, Max Holmes, Connor Rozee, Harry Sheezel, Jordan Dawson, NWM

    I didn't watch them all in juniors, so could be wrong, but think most played as flank / wing
     
    Xavier Taylor #7 New
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    • Lots more Xavier Taylor in the coming days, processing through his backlog of games this year while working up to a full season highlights video.

    A tough game for Eastern who took a heavy loss against the Suns Academy. Xavier Taylor was one of Eastern's best with his typical competitive intensity on display, intercepting the ball and chasing down opponents.

     
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    • Xavier Taylor #8 New
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    • One of Xavier's best games of the season and a perfect encapsulation of what he brings. Given the marquee matchup on Max King, Taylor blanketed him and shut him out of the game, beating him in the air and on the ground with his competitive desire to win every contest on full display. He picked his moments to run off King and found plenty of the ball up the ground.

     
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    noobermensch said:
    Full season highlights for the standout inside mid in this draft pool Dyson Sharp. Dyson is not the type of footballer who's going to wow the crowd with spectacular, highlight worthy plays... his bread and butter is his work around congestion and contest. Clean hands, powerful over the ball, quick and slick disposal, and always a ferocious appetite to pressure and tackle. Sharp is the player most ready to step straight in to an AFL midfield in round 1 next season and meaningfully contribute, and shapes as a likely future leader for whichever team picks him.

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    Wonderful player. Doesn’t he remind you exactly of David Mundy? Uncanny resemblance for me!
     
    Sam Grlj #11 New
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    • Grlj has attracted attention all year for his ability to attack the game with explosive pace and agility, dancing past tacklers and breaking lines. These qualities were backed up by an excellent showing in combine testing. Grlj has largely played through the midfield in his top age season but has shown his versatility playing on a wing or a flank in the past and seems likely to start in an outside role while he develops and adjusts to the pace of AFL play.

     
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    • Josh Lindsay #13 New
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    • Josh Lindsay represents a very different option to other top 10 prospects in this draft pool. Having played predominantly off a half back flank with a little bit of wing towards the end of the season, Lindsay has shown an elite ability to damage opponents by foot all season long and at every level he's played. He knows how to find the footy, working hard to overlap and find space to receive the ball, he has a turn of pace when needed and is stronger in the air than you might think for his size, but there's no doubt that the reason he's being considered inside the top 10 is his wicked left boot. He combines a low and quick ball drop, ability to vary his delivery to hit targets at any distance, and attacking decision making that allows him to break open games and set up attacking moves like nobody else in the pool.

     
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    • Blake Thredgold #2 New
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    • It's a testament to how dominant SA was this year that they were missing one of the best key defenders in the draft pool through injury for almost the entire carnival and still stomped the competition. Blake Thredgold made it back for the final game and immediately showed what he can bring as a lockdown defender, attacking fearlessly in the air to mark or spoil and shutting down his opponents with his elite closing speed.

     
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    noobermensch said:
    It's a testament to how dominant SA was this year that they were missing one of the best key defenders in the draft pool through injury for almost the entire carnival and still stomped the competition. Blake Thredgold made it back for the final game and immediately showed what he can bring as a lockdown defender, attacking fearlessly in the air to mark or spoil and shutting down his opponents with his elite closing speed.

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    There's a lot of Weitering in his style
     
    Sam Cumming #11 New
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    • Going back to look at an earlier season game for Cumming, playing through the midfield at U18s level and putting together an impressive performance. He won more contested ball than we often see from Sam but was still able to showcase that powerful and dynamic outside game at times to set up his forwards with inside 50 delivery.

     
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    • Dynamic and powerful, Sam Cumming looks to be the prototype modern mid/fwd. As a forward Cumming has shown that he has the aerial strength to play the deeper, marking target as well as the endurance and running power to play as a high half forward. Through the midfield he can win his own footy and has the power to break tackles but is perhaps at his most damaging when able to get out on the spread, using his dash and penetrating kick to damage the opposition.

     
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    Mattman93 said:
    Fair enough; it's annoying with the SA kids, having no other access to footage.
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    He's one that I know I should have done more for so I get your frustration. Bit of an unconventional draft year season for him, mostly playing SANFL reserves, out of the typical junior comp spotlight.
     
    Xavier Taylor #10 New
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    • Like a number of his Eastern Ranges teammates, Xavier Taylor improved in leaps and bounds over the course of the season and rose steadily up draft boards as a result. He was very much focused on his defensive duties to start the season, showing his elite ability to lock down on a variety of opposition forwards, but with growing confidence through the middle of the year he started to blossom as an attacking threat, picking his moments to run off his direct matchup and damage through the middle of the ground. It all came together for him in the Talent League Grand Final where he was deservedly named best on ground, at times looking like a one man wall across the defensive 50 as well as racking up a stack of the footy going forward.

     
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    • This year I'm breaking down the draft guide into more manageable chunks. This first section covers the top 9 players which I'm calling tier 1 and tier 2. There will most likely be two more videos, the next one covering the remainder of the top 20ish and followed by a third video covering the deeper prospects.

    Rather than doing a strict numbered list I'm instead breaking them down into tier groupings. Within the tiers I consider the prospects to be very similar in talent level, so if you're a fan of a club with a pick that falls in that part of the draft you can get some info on the types available and which players may best suit your list needs.

     
    noobermensch said:
    This year I'm breaking down the draft guide into more manageable chunks. This first section covers the top 9 players which I'm calling tier 1 and tier 2. There will most likely be two more videos, the next one covering the remainder of the top 20ish and followed by a third video covering the deeper prospects.

    Rather than doing a strict numbered list I'm instead breaking them down into tier groupings. Within the tiers I consider the prospects to be very similar in talent level, so if you're a fan of a club with a pick that falls in that part of the draft you can get some info on the types available and which players may best suit your list needs.

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    Enjoyed this one mate, love your work as per usual
     
    This year I’m breaking down the draft guide into more manageable chunks. Part 1 of the draft guide covered the top 9 prospects and was posted yesterday, this is Part 2, covering pick 10 down to pick 29. I highly recommend watching Part 1 first!

    Rather than doing a strict numbered list I’m instead breaking the prospects down into tier groupings, Part 1 covered tiers 1 and 2, and in this video we cover tier 2.5 down to tier 4. Part 3 of the guide will finish things off, looking at the deeper prospects and breaking them up into types. I’ll be working on that in the coming days, hoping to have it out on Tuesday.

     
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