AFL Player #30: Nate Caddy - reunited with best mate Kako

[VelvetSledge]

 

[TheUnicorn]

Read somewhere he has a 6ft8 wingspan which is huge. Won’t have an issue taking grabs in the AFL if that’s the case…

 

[doug85]

The albatross

 

[EnolaGay]

Nice to see an appetite to chase and tackle hard


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[andleanback]

Agree with this. He's actually just a really good marking forward, vice hands, judges the flight well.
He's more like Pavlich than Curnow stylistically.

He’s very similar to Oscar Allen, even the way he marks the ball. He’s got a wingspan like Curnow though

 

[FlyingV]

Welcome Nate, a very exciting prospect.
Like that he got himself into really good shape despite having a fractured leg back in March. Shows application and further upside.

Have to say he looked super dynamic in some of those replays when he’s at the centre bounces.

 

[dank420_]

Wait so he can actually play midfield as opposed to us making him play there?

 

[JT_the_Man]

Wait so he can actually play midfield as opposed to us making him play there?

Looking at his highlights I’d rather just sit him at full forward than go down that path.

 

[FlyingV]

Wait so he can actually play midfield as opposed to us making him play there?

He’s defs not a midfielder full time, or least not drafted as that. But can absolutely pinch hit Stringer style.

 

[Zach Package]

Would be interesting to see how he would test athletically in comparison to other 'undersized' key talls like Curnow, Darling, Fogarty, Walker etc, even Walter and Logan Morris to establish a bit of a baseline for his age group.

Certainly passes the eye test in that he has the combination of robust strength and mobility that allow the above to be successful despite being on the shorter side.

Walter is obviously the better prospect and I know he didn't test at the combine but if Caddy can jump higher and reach further, is Walter the one that's more undersized despite being 1cm taller?

 

[katana]

on the highlights, his marking and movement reminds me of degoey.

 

[NoWuckingFurries]

Love me some awkward draft night conversations with the coach

 

[Happyskeret]

He’s defs not a midfielder full time, or least not drafted as that. But can absolutely pinch hit Stringer style.

I think he said he had never played there (midfield) until this year when they were interviewing him.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Wait so he can actually play midfield as opposed to us making him play there?

He's essentially the next Bont.

 

[Ambrosia]

Do they have standing reach measurement at the combine because height obviously means nothing other than being a reasonable proxy for reach

 

[Lore]

Do they have standing reach measurement at the combine because height obviously means nothing other than being a reasonable proxy for reach

They do wingspan as part of the anthropometrics during the medical I think. Standing vertical leap and running vertical leap are at the combine.

 

[TheUnicorn]

They do wingspan as part of the anthropometrics during the medical I think. Standing vertical leap and running vertical leap are at the combine.

Is there a way to find players combine results? or is that not available to us? All i can find is he was 10th in agility which is impressive!

 

[Lore]

Is there a way to find players combine results? or is that not available to us? All i can find is he was 10th in agility which is impressive!

Only top five in each category are published on the AFL website. There’s a random website that has historic lists as well, going back about 15 years. Occasionally someone mentions it in an interview too

 

[Nicholas61]

on the highlights, his marking and movement reminds me of degoey.

I had the same thought with that charge and receive through the centre

 

[HirdyLannister]

I hear he marks at the highest point

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I hear he marks at the highest point

It’s impossible to mark the footy at its highest point.

Hopefully Nate can do it at HIS highest point of reach.

 

[yodellinhank]

It’s impossible to mark the footy at its highest point.

Hopefully Nate can do it at HIS highest point of reach.

Ball doesn't go that high.

 

[Cold Sober]

Just give me a recruit with a football brain. Too many athletes, it's been the way for too long.
It's called KISS.

 

[Maddogm]

It’s impossible to mark the footy at its highest point.

Hopefully Nate can do it at HIS highest point of reach.

I think he can mark them at the highest point the ball is at that point in time.

 

[Nifft]

It’s impossible to mark the footy at its highest point.

Hopefully Nate can do it at HIS highest point of reach.

What if the kick is a worm burner?

 

[RedmanWasHere]

What if the kick is a worm burner?

Hopefully he kicks a few which don’t result in a LOOOOOOOOONG POINT.