Corey Enright,who was fresh out of school living in a small country town, Kimba, 500km fromAdelaide, was shocked when he heard he’d been drafted having received littleattention in the lead up to the big day.

“I’d been to thedraft camp a couple of weeks prior to the draft and that went alright but Ididn’t have much interest from many clubs, so initially I wasn’t thinking aboutgetting picked up on draft day,” Enright told Cats TV.

Unbeknown toEnright, who was busy winning a game of tennis with his best friend,Geelong had selected him at pick number 47 in the national draft.   

“We actually hada tennis tournament on… so I didn’t know until someone had listened to it (onthe radio) and they called it out over the big speaker while we were playingtennis,” Enright recalled.

“So that was abit surreal and it sort of hit home pretty quickly because I guess I wasn’texpecting to get drafted. 

“It was a hugesurprise and a huge shock.” 

Since making hisdebut in 2000, Enright has accumulated a significant number of accolades duringhis 288-game career.

The five-timeAll-Australian defender was a valuable member in Geelong’s premiership era of three flags andduring this time in 2009 and 2011 he was awarded Geelong’s Best and FairestCarji Greeves Medal.