Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn, Seamus Mitchell - Pick #29 2020 ND - extends to 2025! Round 17 Rising Star!

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Welcome to Hawthorn, Seamus.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Seamus Mitchell is a clever small-medium forward from Bendigo Pioneers who has had limited exposure at NAB League level, but has come through the pathways as a nice developing talent. Standing at 181cm and 74kg, Mitchell had anticipated to play more up the ground having predominantly been that half-forward player in his five games for the Pioneers last year. In that time, Mitchell booted six goals, and it was his creativity and footy smarts that stuck out. While he needs to improve his cleanliness at ground level and consistency, Mitchell shapes as a nice prospect in this year’s AFL Draft.
STRENGTHS:

• Speed
• Athleticism
• Footy smarts
• Kick penetration
• Creativity
• Upside

IMPROVEMENTS:

• Cleanliness at ground level
• Defensive pressure
• Midfield development

Mitchell is an interesting prospect in this year’s AFL draft, providing clubs with the potential for a high-upside small-medium forward who has scope to progress into the midfield. He has a penetrating kick to go with those athletic traits, and has the footy smarts to use the ball well inside and outside the forward 50. His creativity is largely his greatest weapon with ball-in-hand, which lends itself to his footy smarts.
Looking at his ability with ball-in-hand, Mitchell has a short, sharp, penetrating kick that is highly effective when piercing through opposition zones looking for a target inside 50. When he has the ball, he can set plays up and given his burst speed – recording 2.88 seconds on the 20m sprint at the Victorian Draft Combine showing that off – he can also escape the clutches of opposition players.
He has similar top-end athletic traits with his vertical leap – 91cm running – and his agility as other features that stand out. Basically as good as he can be with ball-in-hand, his athletic traits are what make him eye-catching on the field. He is not a huge natural ball-winner, though it has to be said he played purely as a forward last season in his bottom-age year with the hope of pushing up and spending more time on a wing in 2020. Whilst that did not happen, and he does need to add that string of midfield ability to his bow, Mitchell has shown enough to suggest he could easily be that forward at the top level.
For all his strengths, Mitchell still has a number of areas to work on. He can be a bit fumbly at ground level, which he himself said in a preseason interview with Draft Central he wanted to work on. As a ground-level player, Mitchell will want to be a one-touch talent and it is a way to build his impact inside 50. Secondly, Mitchell only averaged the 1.8 tackles last year, which is not terrible, but for a smaller forward, defensive pressure is all the rage and while Mitchell has those skilful ball-in-hand traits, he can certainly add to his off-ball work, particularly given his set of athletic capabilities.
If his off-ball work can match that of his ball-in-hand work, then Mitchell has a lot to offer at the next level, given he has already produced a strong foundation to work with going forward.
DRAFT PROJECTION: Late/Rookie
At this stage Mitchell is likely to be a later draft or rookie selection, having had the limited exposure at the levels, though has successfully maintained his place in the pathway systems over the past few years. If he can clean up his ground level work and add more strings to his bow such as developing more of a midfield and defensive game, then he could loom as a value pick late in the draft.
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HIGHLIGHTED TESTING RESULTS:
Victorian Draft Combine:
20m sprint: 2.88 seconds
Running vertical jump (R/L): 91cm/77cm
2km time trial: 6:56 minutes
OTHER CONTENT:
Q&A with Seamus Mitchell
Top 10 AFL Draft Combine results
NAB League Boys

Season	Team	K	HB	D	M	CP	UP	T	HO	CLR	I50	R50	GL	GM	K	H	D	M	HO	T	G	DC
2019	Bendigo Pioneers	28	25	53	12	23	32	9	0	3	14	2	6	5	5.6	5.0	10.6	2.4	0.0	1.8	1.2	49
Total	-	28	25	53	12	23	32	9	0	3	14	2	6	5	5.6	5.0	10.6	2.4	0.0	1.8

Your new Hawk | Seamus Mitchell…
https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/842159/another-mitchell-to-don-the-brown-and-gold

 

[Slysh]

Hawthorn sure do love a Mitchell!

Welcome to the Brown and Gold, nice to finally have a Mitchell with leg speed!

 

[KermitJagger]

This thread has me very confused, especially the dates

 

[Flukey!]

Sounds like a bit of a livewire with genuine speed.
Excellent!

 

[Guardian Hawk]

wow, that was fast!

 

[Slysh]

 

[Agent Smith]

Any Hodges still available in the draft?

 

[MadDawg]

S.Mitchell back at the Hawks!

Went pretty well last time.

 

[On Topic]

Can't say no to more speed on the list. Welcome to the Hawks Seamus

 

[Gralin]

This thread has me very confused, especially the dates

SYL is prescient

 

[grumbleguts]

Future captain.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Don't know anything about him and was all in on Ford, Winder, Poulter or Ginnivan at that pick.

Having said that - welcome S. Mitchell. I'm loving the sound of his speed. Also noted that the AFL board had him rated #31 or #32.

Anyone watch him or know anything about him?

 

[Gralin]

 

[vanders]

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Strange pick for mine, given the talent still available.

 

[Rocket72]

Strange pick for mine, given the talent still available.

one of the best small forwards in the draft, with potential to go into the midfield. plenty to like.

 

[daniel23]

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Surely it isn't to serious?.

 

[theiaofseed]

Don't know anything about him and was all in on Ford, Winder, Poulter or Ginnivan at that pick.

Having said that - welcome S. Mitchell. I'm loving the sound of his speed. Also noted that the AFL board had him rated #31 or #32.

Anyone watch him or know anything about him?

Seen him play one match for Robinvale, Charlie Cameron

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Charlie Cameron

Age

29

Ht

180cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

3.7

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

9.6

2star

K

7.9

3star

HB

1.7

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.7

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

9.6

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

4.2

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.2

4star

if you want to throw the cliche of naming an AFL player.

 

[Rocket72]

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Surely it isn't to serious?.

Not serious. Same paper:

Doctors ruled out a more serious ACL tear and AFL clubs were made aware of the extent of the injury, with Mitchell not expected to be able to return to training until January.

 

[sohsam]

Don't know anything about him and was all in on Ford, Winder, Poulter or Ginnivan at that pick.

Having said that - welcome S. Mitchell. I'm loving the sound of his speed. Also noted that the AFL board had him rated #31 or #32.

Anyone watch him or know anything about him?

Yes, that is hillarious. We have had a habit of picking up guys that no one thought we would pick that early like Lovell, Grimley, hopefully we have done some work on him and turns out to be a good player. What is the coincidence of S Mitchell though? the club must have a sense of humour. As few others have said considering the so called talent available, Ford, Ginnivan, Pouler, Caroll was supposed to go at pick 20, ended up pick 41. I was saying I did not think the club needed anymore midfielders it seems they did not think either, other Caroll seems a steal although draft can be a lottery.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Seems a strange selection, but it is always just so hard to tell on draft night. Good luck kid.

 

[killerspud]

I really like this pick too - Sounds like a ripper and with traits we are missing.

Best of luck Seamus - Happy to have you onboard

 

[cryptor]

Looking forward to seeing this one make a bunch on here eat their words.

 

[Brishawk]

Looking forward to seeing this one make a bunch on here eat their words.

His highlights show he has speed and kicking skills. Maybe just maybe this kid has something to be excited about.