With just days to go until 80-odd young players join the AFL ranks, our draft experts on the BigFooty forum have been hard at work ranking the top prospects in their phantom drafts.

Our crew of draft experts spend many, many hours watching games, talking with recruiters and analysing the stats before deciding on their final draft orders.

Here are the predictions from our experts ahead of the 2017 AFL Draft this Friday:

Bishop’s Phantom Draft

  1. C.Rayner (BL)
  2. L.Davies-Uniacke (Freo)
  3. P. Dow (Carl)
  4. J.Stephenson (NM)
  5. A.Brayshaw (Freo)
  6. A.Cerra (Coll)
  7. D.Fogarty (StK)
  8. A.Bonar (StK)
  9. A.Naughton (WB)
  10. N.Coffield (Carl)
  11. J.Higgins (GWS)
  12. H.Clark (Adel)
  13. O.Allen (WCE)
  14. N.Murphy (Syd)
  15. L.Fogarty (BL)
  16. E.Richards (WB)
  17. J.Brander (Rich)
  18. C.Constable (BL)
  19. H.Petty (GC)

Knightmare’s Phantom Draft

  1. P. Dow (BL)
  2. L.Davies-Uniacke (Freo)
  3. C.Rayner (Carl)
  4. D.Fogarty (NM)
  5. A.Cerra (Freo)
  6. A.Naughton (Coll)
  7. A.Brayshaw (StK)
  8. J.Stephenson (StK)
  9. N.Coffield (WB)
  10. A.Bonar (Carl)
  11. N.Murphy (GWS)
  12. C.Constable (Adel)
  13. J.Brander (WCE)
  14. O.Allen (Syd)
  15. H.Clark (BL)
  16. J.Higgins (WB)
  17. N.Balta (Rich)
  18. L.Fogarty (BL)
  19. Z.Bailey (GC)

Snoop Dog’s Phantom Draft

  1. L.Davies-Uniacke (BL)
  2. P.Dow (Freo)
  3. C.Rayner (Carl)
  4. D.Fogarty (NM)
  5. A.Brayshaw (Freo)
  6. A.Cerra (Coll)
  7. J.Stephenson (StK)
  8. N.Coffield (StK)
  9. A.Bonar (WB)
  10. H.Clark (Carl)
  11. E.Richards (GWS)
  12. A.Naughton (Adel)
  13. O.Allen (WCE)
  14. J.Brander (Syd)
  15. C.Constable (BL)
  16. N.Murphy (WB)
  17. J.Higgins (Rich)
  18. S.Hayes (BL)
  19. C.Ballenden (BL)

D_P_S Power Rankings

  1. Darcy Fogarty
  2. Jaidyn Stephenson
  3. Cameron Rayner
  4. Paddy Dow
  5. Luke Davies-Uniacke
  6. Andrew Brayshaw
  7. Hunter Clark
  8. Adam Cerra
  9. Aiden Bonar
  10. Lochie O’Brien
  11. Jarrod Brander
  12. Brandon Starcevich
  13. Aaron Naughton
  14. Nick Coffield
  15. Jack Higgins
  16. Lachlan Fogarty
  17. Charlie Constable
  18. Noah Balta
  19. Oscar Allen
  20. Sam Hayes

Young Talent Time’s Power Rankings

  1. J.Stephenson
  2. L.Davies-Uniacke
  3. D.Fogarty
  4. C.Rayner
  5. P.Dow
  6. H.Clark
  7. A.Brayshaw
  8. A.Cerra
  9. S.Hayes
  10. N.Coffield
  11. A.Naughton
  12. Zac Bailey
  13. N.Murphy
  14. O.Allen
  15. J.Higgins
  16. J.Houlahan
  17. J.Garner
  18. R.Stoddart
  19. L.O’Brien
  20. N.Shipley