21st century Mock Draft

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So this is my thinking. I am thinking this could be an all encompassing 21st century mock draft. This is we line up every player drafted in the 21st century as an 18 year old, knowing the players they became and we decide who goes where.

For the draft order I am thinking the current ladder

So

Pick 1 - North Melbourne
Pick 2 - Richmond
Pick 3 - West Coast
Pick 4 - Adelaide
Pick 5 - St Kilda
Pick 6 - Brisbane
Pick 7 - Hawthorn
Pick 8 - Western Bulldogs
Pick 9 - Melbourne
Pick 10 - Gold Coast
Pick 11 - GWS
Pick 12 - Fremantle
Pick 13 - Collingwood
Pick 14 - Geelong
Pick 15 - Port Adelaide
Pick 16 - Essendon
Pick 17 - Carlton
Pick 18 - Sydney

and so on for 3 rounds.

The rules are to treat this like an actual mock draft, so pick the player who is either best available or best suits your list.

So my general idea is people will nominate a club they want to pick for, and hopefully we get enough people who want to participate so we don't have any double ups. I hope to go for 3 rounds but we will see how it goes.

Now the rule here is that you are only able to pick players who were drafted in the 2000 draft or later, I know technically 2000 is not the 21st century but these players would have only started playing in 2001 which is the 21st century. I have also made some lists of players who have won the All Australian at least 3 times, but also included some other awards too, but by no means do you only need to select from the list.

You are also free to nominate someone who has been retired for 5 years, or if you feel really confident, happy to include a player who is only in their second year, if you believe they have enough talent to be ahead of more established players. For instance it would not surprise me if Nick Daicos or Harley Reid end up in the first or second rounds despite having very little experience compared to a lot of players on this list.

So here we go

Key Forwards
8 – Lance Franklin | 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
5 - Tom Hawkins | 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
5 - Nick Riewoldt | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014
3 - Jeremy Cameron | 2013, 2019, 2022
3 - Josh Kennedy | 2015, 2016, 2017
3 - Jack Riewoldt | 2010, 2015, 2018

Key Defenders
5 - Alex Rance | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
4 - Jeremy McGovern | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Ruckmen
6 - Dean Cox | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
6 - Max Gawn | 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
4 - Aaron Sandilands | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014
3 - Nick Naitanui | 2012, 2020, 2021

Midfielder
8 – Gary Ablett Jr. | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
8 – Patrick Dangerfield | 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
6 - Chris Judd | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
6 - Joel Selwood | 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
6 - Scott Pendlebury | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019
5 - Dane Swan | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
5 - Marcus Bontempelli | 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
4 - Dustin Martin | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
4 - Christian Petracca | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
3 - Clayton Oliver | 2018, 2021, 2022
3 - Patrick Cripps | 2018, 2019, 2022
3 - Travis Boak | 2013, 2014, 2020
3 - Josh Kennedy | 2012, 2014, 2016
3 - Sam Mitchell | 2011, 2013, 2015

Other Defenders
5 - Tom Stewart | 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
3 - Luke Hodge | 2005, 2008, 2010

Other Forwards
4 - Cyril Rioli | 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
3 - Eddie Betts | 2015, 2016, 2017
3 - Tom Greene | 2016, 2021, 2023
3 - Robby Grey | 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018

Coleman Medal
4 - Lance Franklin | 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017
3 - Jack Riewoldt | 2010, 2012, 2018
2 - Josh Kennedy | 2015, 2016
2 - Charlie Curnow | 2022, 2023
1 - Tom Hawkins | 2021
1 - Jeremy Carmeron | 2019
1 - Jarryd Roughead | 2013

Norm Smith Medal
3 - Dustin Martin | 2017, 2019, 2020
2 - Luke Hodge | 2008, 2014

Brownlow Medal
2 - Gary Ablett Jnr | 2009, 2013
2 - Nate Fyfe | 2015, 2019
2 - Lachie Neale | 2020, 2023
2 - Chris Judd | 2004, 2010

If I have missed anyone who has 3 All Australians or more feel very free to tell me.

For anyone who wants to refresh their memories

en.wikipedia.org

All-Australian team - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

List of Brownlow Medal winners - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

Norm Smith Medal - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org


North Melbourne Sphynx
Richmond reggie
West Coast ArdentEagle
Adelaide eth-dog
St Kilda Mr Meow
Brisbane eth-dog
Hawthorn Guardian Hawk
Western Bulldogs PhoenixBonez
Melbourne MarcMaverick
Gold Coast WilloTree
GWS boncer34
Fremantle Purple7x08_24
Collingwood Fadge
Geelong Lingsface
Port Adelaide whatwhatsaywhat
Essendon RedmanWasHere
Carlton MC Bad Genius
Sydney theasian

If anyone wants to be assigned a specific team please say so. Lets see if this works :p

and so far

Pick 1 - North Melbourne - Lance Franklin
Pick 2 - Richmond - Gary Ablett Jnr
Pick 3 - West Coast - Max Gawn
Pick 4 - Adelaide - Chris Judd
Pick 5 - St Kilda - Patrick Dangerfield
Pick 6 - Brisbane - Dean Cox
Pick 7 - Hawthorn - Nick Riewoldt
Pick 8 - Western Bulldogs - Marcus Bontempelli
Pick 9 - Melbourne - Dustin Martin
Pick 10 - Gold Coast - Josh Kennedy (KPF)
Pick 11 - GWS - Alex Rance
Pick 12 - Fremantle - Charlie Curnow
Pick 13 - Collingwood - Joel Selwood
Pick 14 - Geelong - Nate Fyfe
Pick 15 - Port Adelaide - Tom Stewart
Pick 16 - Essendon - Mark Coughlan
Pick 17 - Carlton - Aaron Sandilands
Pick 18 - Sydney - Brian Lake

Round 2
Pick 19 - North Melbourne - Scott Pendlebury
Pick 20 - Richmond - Jeremy Cameron
Pick 21 - West Coast - Luke Hodge
Pick 22 - Adelaide - Brodie Grundy
Pick 23 - St Kilda - Dane Swan
Pick 24 - Brisbane - Harry Taylor
Pick 25 - Hawthorn - Christian Petracca
Pick 26 - Western Bulldogs - Jeremy McGovern
Pick 27 - Melbourne - Jack Riewoldt
Pick 28 - Gold Coast - Shannon Hurn
Pick 29 - GWS - Jaryd Roughead
Pick 30 - Fremantle - Brendon Goddard
Pick 31 - Collingwood - Tom Hawkins
Pick 32 - Geelong- Zach Merrett
Pick 33 - Port Adelaide - Tom Lynch
Pick 34 - Essendon - Ben McEvoy
Pick 35 - Carlton - Stephen Milne
Pick 36 - Sydney - Taylor Walker

Round 3
Pick 37 - North Melboune - Steve Johnson
Pick 38 - Richmond - Nic Naitanui
Pick 39 - West Coast - Cyril Rioli
Pick 40 - Adelaide - Michael Hurley
Pick 41 - St Kilda - Toby Greene
Pick 42 - Brisbane - Andrew Mackie
Pick 43 - Hawthorn - Harris Andrews
Pick 44 - Western Bulldogs - Eddie Betts
Pick 45 - Melbourne - Lachie Neale
Pick 46 - Gold Coast - Harley Reid
Pick 47 - GWS - Nick Daicos
Pick 48 - Fremantle - Leigh Montagna
Pick 49 - Collingwood - Jacob Weitering
Pick 50 - Geelong - Daniel Kerr
Pick 51 - Port Adelaide - Kysaiah Pickett
Pick 52 - Essendon - Drew Petrie
Pick 53 - Carlton - Nick Blakey
Pick 54 - Sydney - Sam Mitchell

Round 4
Pick 55 - North Melbourne - Darcy Moore
Pick 56 - Richmond - Jimmy Bartel
Pick 57 - West Coast - Patrick Cripps
Pick 58 - Adelaide - Luke Breust
Pick 59 - St Kilda - Shaun Burgoyne
Pick 60 - Brisbane - Steele Sidebottom
Pick 61 - Hawthorn - Steven May
Pick 62 - Western Bulldogs - Josh Gibson
Pick 63 - Melbourne - Mark Blitcavs
Pick 64 - Gold Coast - Michael Walters
Pick 65 - GWS - Bradley Hill
Pick 66 - Fremantle - Izak Rankine
Pick 67 - Collingwood - Josh Kennedy (mid)
Pick 68 - Geelong - Joe Daniher
Pick 69 - Port Adelaide - Clayton Oliver
Pick 70 - Essendon - Daniel Talia
Pick 71 - Carlton - Sam Taylor
Pick 72 - Sydney - Robbie Gray
 
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Quote just in from the list manager at the Hawks about their pick 7 choice:

"Yeah look, Mitch Lewis has just done his ACL and we love Cholly but he's neither a long term option or a real marking target, with the other guys on our list still very young and developing. We love what Nick brings as a hard running marking target (and we believe the best remaining KPF in the draft). We think our game plan will really benefit from having an outlet kick option all over the ground, resulting in far fewer opposition intercepts. We also love his leadership and the fact he will reach elite status very early in his career (unlike some of the other KPF's who take longer to come on) to assist our young team in their pursuit of flags from as early as next year or the year after"
 

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whatwhatsaywhat said:
can i just say i'm super smug as a dees fan that gawn was drafted before cox but as someone picking late in the draft for a team that arguably needs a ruckman more than most i am SPEWING that they're both off the board already...

they're two of the all-timers imo

amazing cox was a rookie pick
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Shows how much I rate prime Gawn. (And how much we need a great Ruck) (and mids)

Prime Gawn HOTA and around the ground was too much to resist.
 
whatwhatsaywhat said:
can i just say i'm super smug as a dees fan that gawn was drafted before cox but as someone picking late in the draft for a team that arguably needs a ruckman more than most i am SPEWING that they're both off the board already...

they're two of the all-timers imo

amazing cox was a rookie pick
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Still some good quality ruckmen on the table. They are not as good as Gawn and Cox but Sandilands, Naitanui, Ryder and Goldstein are all there, though some of whom I expect will likely go in the second or third rounds.
 
Reasoning for Dean Cox:

The Lions are have a solid ruck in McInerney but he provides no real POD to make them better than where they are right now. Adding Cox in his prime gives them a big POD.
 
GWS take Alex Rance

Purple7x08_24
 
Charlie Curnow
Fadge
 

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With Pick #13 in BigFooty's 21st Century Mock Draft, the Collingwood Football Club select...

JOEL SELWOOD

If I were building a team from scratch, I'd go with the best available - which I believe to be Nick Daicos - but fortunately we already have him for the next dozen or so years, so I went with a warrior inside midfielder with outstanding leadership qualities, to complement Daicos in the Collingwood midfield for the next decade.

Selwood walked into Geelong in 2007 and was instrumental in setting the on field and off field standards immediately, and did so for his entire career, right through until his last game - the 2022 Grand Final - where he was (with Hawkins) the most influential player on the ground in the first half to put the game to bed.

I can't recall a player who has put his team on his back more frequently than Joel Selwood - 'Come with me boys, we are NOT going to lose this game' - and I look forward to him driving another successful era at Collingwood.

Note: I also strongly considered another 400 game career from Scott Pendlebury, but chose to avoid the potential bias, and felt Selwood was a better fit at this time. If I had the likes of Reid or Wardlaw on my list instead of Daicos, Pendlebury would have been selected.
 
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Purple7x08_24 said:
Exactly what we need. There isnt a huge gap between 50 midfielders so kpps are vital
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Having Curnow would automatically push Tabs out which would be massive.
 
Pick #13- Geelong- Nat Fyfe
Prime Fyfe was as good as it gets, I was hoping for Rance to slip through for a non midfield pick but that didnt happen. I would love to see Fyfe and Dangerfield in the same midfield and also with the information that the pick is adding to a list a star midfielder would be amazing.

whatwhatsaywhat
your turn.
 
Lingsface said:
Pick #13- Geelong- Nat Fyfe
Prime Fyfe was as good as it gets, I was hoping for Rance to slip through for a non midfield pick but that didnt happen. I would love to see Fyfe and Dangerfield in the same midfield and also with the information that the pick is adding to a list a star midfielder would be amazing.

whatwhatsaywhat
your turn.
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Lingsface said:
Pick #13- Geelong- Nat Fyfe
Prime Fyfe was as good as it gets, I was hoping for Rance to slip through for a non midfield pick but that didnt happen. I would love to see Fyfe and Dangerfield in the same midfield and also with the information that the pick is adding to a list a star midfielder would be amazing.

whatwhatsaywhat
your turn.
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We could certainly do with a young Nat Fyfe right now! Add a draftee midfielder of that calibre, along with Smith (hopefully) and that midfield would have some potential.
 
Fadge said:
With Pick #13 in BigFooty's 21st Century Mock Draft, the Collingwood Football Club select...

JOEL SELWOOD

If I were building a team from scratch, I'd go with the best available - which I believe to be Nick Daicos - but fortunately we already have him for the next dozen or so years, so I went with a warrior inside midfielder with outstanding leadership qualities, to complement Daicos in the Collingwood midfield for the next decade.

Selwood walked into Geelong in 2007 and was instrumental in setting the on field and off field standards immediately, and did so for his entire career, right through until his last game - the 2022 Grand Final - where he was (with Hawkins) the most influential player on the ground in the first half to put the game to bed.

I can't recall a player who has put his team on his back more frequently than Joel Selwood - 'Come with me boys, we are NOT going to lose this game' - and I look forward to him driving another successful era at Collingwood.

Note: I also strongly considered another 400 game career from Scott Pendlebury, but chose to avoid the potential bias, and felt Selwood was a better fit at this time. If I had the likes of Reid or Wardlaw on my list instead of Daicos, Pendlebury would have been selected.
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Great write up.

Selwood wasn't as silky as Pendlebury or line breaking as Dangerfield/Martin, but he was a hell of an on field leader (from day one really), tough as nails and was so influential no matter the quality of the team. Without him I have no doubt the 2007-2011 era loses at least one or two flags, and Geelong goes back to the bottom end of the ladder following it.

Selwood-Daicos would also be a scary 1-2 combo.
 
Mr Meow said:
Great write up.

Selwood wasn't as silky as Pendlebury or line breaking as Dangerfield/Martin, but he was a hell of an on field leader (from day one really), tough as nails and was so influential no matter the quality of the team. Without him I have no doubt the 2007-2011 era loses at least one or two flags, and Geelong goes back to the bottom end of the ladder following it.

Selwood-Daicos would also be a scary 1-2 combo.
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Indeed.

Leadership is such an underrated attribute when people discuss the champions of the past.

It's the #1 consideration for me.
 

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