PICK 10
Best ever - Simon Prestigiacomo – 1995 – 233 games
Most recent – Nathan Freeman – Collingwood
Cats at this pick: None
Interesting – Two Cats assistant coaches Shane O’Bree and Blake Caracella were taken at pick 10 by Brisbane and Essendon respectively. Both players ended up finishing their careers at Collingwood.
PICK 47
Best ever – Corey Enright – 1999 – 288* games
Most recent – Ben Brown – North Melbourne
Cats at this pick:
Steven McQueen - 1987 – 0 games
Corey Enright – 1999 – 288* games
Ryan Gamble – 2005 – 24 games
Interesting – New Cats recruit Rhys Stanley was taken by the Saints with pick 47 in the 2008 draft.
PICK 55
Best ever – Chris Newman – 2000 – 249* games
Most recent – Orazio Fantasia – Essendon – 2 games
Cats at this pick:
Grant Tanner – 1993 – 69 games
Interesting – Darren Jarman was selected by the Demons with pick 55 in the inaugural draft of 1986. Jarman refused to leave Adelaide however and waited out the next three years of the Demons rights to him. Once these rights expired, Jarman and his brother Andrew were both pre-selected by the new Brisbane Bears side with both refusing to leave and instead remaining Adelaide. Finally however the lure of AFL football was too much and after the Hawks traded pick 10 to the Bears for Jarman’s rights in 1990 he headed east. Jarman was a member of the Hawks 1991 premiership side. Finally Jarman headed back to Adelaide to play with his brother at the Crows in 1996.
PICK 60
Best ever – Corey Jones – 2000 - 157
Most recent – Mitch Honeychurch – Western Bulldogs – 3 games
Cats at this pick:
Pat Gribble - 1987 – 0 games
Adam Donohue – 2007 – 0 games
Interesting – Former Swan and current Saint Adam Schneider is the only player to play in a premiership to be drafted at pick 60 (2001). Brad Scott was also drafted at pick 60 (1994) by Hawthorn but was subsequently delisted, re-drafted by the Hawks and then traded to Brisbane where he played in back to back flags.
PICK 73
Best ever - Ryan Houlihan – 1999 - 201 games
Most recent – Not utilised - GWS
Cats at this pick:
Tim Birthisel – 1989 – 0
Cameron Burke – 1991 – 0
Stuart Lamond – 1995 – 0
Interesting - Since 2000, Geelong has only drafted four players with picks after 73 who weren’t rookie elevations or father-son picks. Those players are Hamish Simpson (2000 – Pick 79), David Johnson (2001 – Pick 81), Orren Stephenson (2011 – Pick 78) and Brad Hartman (2012 – Pick 77).
