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Apparently he is a very late developer and a bit of a fatboy as a junior who just shot up very late on in the piece. He only played a couple of TAC games which is why no one has heard of him. He played for Marcelin and did pretty well in senior footy which makes up a little bit for the lack of TAC. After watching the highlights reel though it seem inexcusable that he didn't get more of a go. Even if his form was poor he just looks like an AFL player imo. Also I vaguely recall hearing that Carlton was also interested which is probably why we were forced to take him with pick 30. I guess we thought it was worth the punt in what our recruiter has said a few teams is a very bad draft.
It is my understanding that Carlton were very much into him but it was unlikely we would have taken him with #60 as we need the list spots for worthy nominated rookies. 1st rookie pick was probably where we would have taken him.