# List of AFL debuts in 2017

The following is the list of players in the Australian Football League (AFL) who have either made their AFL debut or played for a new club during the 2017 AFL season.

## Summary

Summary of debuts in 2017 :
| Club | AFL debuts | Change of club |
| Adelaide | 4 | 2 |
| Brisbane Lions | 6 | 2 |
| Carlton | 7 | 4 |
| Collingwood | 3 | 5 |
| Essendon | 3 | 2 |
| Fremantle | 7 | 5 |
| Geelong | 8 | 2 |
| Gold Coast | 6 | 4 |
| Greater Western Sydney | 5 | 4 |
| Hawthorn | 5 | 4 |
| Melbourne | 4 | 3 |
| North Melbourne | 11 | 2 |
| Port Adelaide | 6 | 0 |
| Richmond | 5 | 3 |
| St Kilda | 3 | 4 |
| Sydney | 6 | 0 |
| West Coast | 2 | 3 |
| Western Bulldogs | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 94 | 50 |

## AFL debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Notes |
| Sam Petrevski-Seton | Carlton | 19 years, 33 days | 1 | Pick 6, 2016 national draft |
| Harrison Macreadie | Carlton | 18 years, 346 days | 1 | Pick 47, 2016 national draft |
| Jarrod Pickett | Carlton | 20 years, 217 days | 1 | Traded in 2016 |
| Dan Butler | Richmond | 20 years, 293 days | 1 | Pick 67, 2014 national draft |
| Mitch Hannan | Melbourne | 23 years, 16 days | 1 | Pick 46, 2016 national draft |
| Joel Smith | Melbourne | 21 years, 29 days | 1 | Pick 41, 2016 rookie draft, son of Shaun Smith |
| Sam Powell-Pepper | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 77 days | 1 | Pick 18, 2016 national draft, round 1 2017 Rising Star nomination |
| Dan Houston | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 317 days | 1 | Pick 45, 2016 rookie draft |
| Brett Eddy | Port Adelaide | 27 years, 211 days | 1 | Pick 26, 2017 rookie draft |
| Oliver Florent | Sydney | 18 years, 246 days | 1 | Pick 11, 2016 national draft |
| Ben Ainsworth | Gold Coast | 19 years, 44 days | 1 | Pick 4, 2016 national draft |
| Jack Bowes | Gold Coast | 19 years, 59 days | 1 | Pick 10, 2016 national draft (Academy player) |
| Andrew McGrath | Essendon | 18 years, 296 days | 1 | Pick 1, 2016 national draft, round 4 2017 Rising Star nomination |
| Braydon Preuss | North Melbourne | 21 years, 283 days | 1 | Pick 15, 2015 rookie draft |
| Declan Mountford | North Melbourne | 20 years, 42 days | 1 | Pick 60, 2015 national draft |
| Jy Simpkin | North Melbourne | 19 years, 21 days | 1 | Pick 12, 2016 national draft |
| Mitchell Hibberd | North Melbourne | 20 years, 184 days | 1 | Pick 33, 2015 national draft |
| Tim Taranto | Greater Western Sydney | 19 years, 58 days | 1 | Pick 2, 2016 national draft, round 8 2017 Rising Star nomination |
| Tom Stewart | Geelong | 24 years, 11 days | 1 | Pick 40, 2016 national draft |
| Brandan Parfitt | Geelong | 18 years, 333 days | 1 | Pick 26, 2016 national draft, round 3 2017 Rising Star nomination |
| Nic Newman | Sydney | 24 years, 76 days | 2 | Pick 35, 2015 rookie draft |
| Will Hayward | Sydney | 18 years, 156 days | 2 | Pick 21, 2016 national draft |
| Robbie Fox | Sydney | 23 years, 349 days | 2 | Pick 34, 2017 rookie draft |
| Teia Miles | Hawthorn | 20 years, 150 days | 2 | Pick 49, 2014 national draft, son of Geoff Miles |
| Jordan Dawson | Sydney | 19 years, 363 days | 3 | Pick 56, 2016 national draft |
| Sam Durdin | North Melbourne | 20 years, 306 days | 3 | Pick 16, 2014 national draft |
| James Parsons | Geelong | 19 years, 361 days | 3 | Pick 27, 2016 rookie draft |
| Tim Smith | Melbourne | 26 years, 48 days | 3 | Pick 25, 2017 rookie draft |
| Griffin Logue | Fremantle | 18 years, 360 days | 3 | Pick 8, 2016 national draft |
| Harley Balic | Fremantle | 20 years, 94 days | 3 | Pick 38, 2015 national draft |
| Hugh McCluggage | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 38 days | 3 | Pick 3, 2016 national draft |
| Jarrod Berry | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 64 days | 3 | Pick 17, 2016 national draft |
| Tom Williamson | Carlton | 18 years, 118 days | 3 | Pick 61, 2016 national draft |
| Zac Fisher | Carlton | 18 years, 304 days | 4 | Pick 27, 2016 national draft |
| Ben Long | St Kilda | 19 years, 238 days | 4 | Pick 25, 2016 national draft |
| Cedric Cox | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 240 days | 4 | Pick 24, 2016 national draft |
| Aidyn Johnson | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 172 days | 5 | Pick 45, 2015 national draft |
| Cameron Polson | Carlton | 19 years, 42 days | 5 | Pick 59, 2016 national draft |
| Ed Vickers-Willis | North Melbourne | 21 years, 25 days | 5 | Pick 36, 2014 national draft |
| Lewis Melican | Sydney | 20 years, 169 days | 5 | Pick 52, 2015 rookie draft |
| Ben McNiece | Essendon | 25 years, 34 days | 5 | 2017 category B pre-rookie draft selection |
| Kurt Mutimer | West Coast | 20 years, 50 days | 6 | Pick 57, 2015 national draft |
| Ivan Soldo | Richmond | 21 years, 22 days | 7 | Pick 68, 2015 rookie draft |
| Brad Scheer | Gold Coast | 18 years, 248 days | 7 | Pick 67, 2016 national draft (Academy player) |
| Daniel Lloyd | Greater Western Sydney | 25 years, 85 days | 8 | Pick 26, 2016 rookie draft |
| Mark O'Connor | Geelong | 20 years, 117 days | 8 | 2017 category B (international) rookie draft selection |
| Shai Bolton | Richmond | 18 years, 163 days | 9 | Pick 29, 2016 national draft, son of Darren Bolton |
| Harry Perryman | Greater Western Sydney | 18 years, 152 days | 9 | Pick 14, 2016 national draft (Academy player) |
| Hugh Greenwood | Adelaide | 25 years, 75 days | 9 | Pick 48, 2016 rookie draft (3-year non-registered player, via basketball) |
| Jordan Gallucci | Adelaide | 19 years, 16 days | 9 | Pick 15, 2016 national draft |
| Jordan Cunico | Geelong | 21 years, 18 days | 10 | Pick 59, 2014 national draft |
| James Cousins | Hawthorn | 19 years, 69 days | 10 | Pick 46, 2017 rookie draft |
| Dallas Willsmore | Hawthorn | 21 years, 362 days | 10 | Pick 17, 2014 rookie draft |
| Tim English | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 290 days | 10 | Pick 19, 2016 national draft |
| Will Brodie | Gold Coast | 18 years, 277 days | 10 | Pick 9, 2016 national draft |
| Luke Ryan | Fremantle | 21 years, 119 days | 11 | Pick 66, 2016 national draft |
| Jono Beech | Adelaide | 26 years, 212 days | 12 | Pick 31, 2016 rookie draft |
| Brennan Cox | Fremantle | 18 years, 301 days | 12 | Pick 41, 2016 national draft |
| Callum Brown | Collingwood | 19 years, 47 days | 12 | Pick 35, 2016 national draft, son of Gavin Brown |
| Alex Witherden | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 287 days | 14 | Pick 23, 2016 national draft |
| Sean Darcy | Fremantle | 19 years, 13 days | 14 | Pick 38, 2016 national draft |
| Josh Deluca | Fremantle | 21 years, 45 days | 14 | Pick 68, 2014 national draft |
| Tyson Stengle | Richmond | 18 years, 255 days | 15 | Pick 6, 2017 rookie draft |
| Wylie Buzza | Geelong | 21 years, 121 days | 15 | Pick 69, 2015 national draft |
| Sam Simpson | Geelong | 19 years, 18 days | 15 | Pick 53, 2017 rookie draft |
| Zach Guthrie | Geelong | 19 years, 2 days | 15 | Pick 33, 2017 rookie draft |
| Jeremy Finlayson | Greater Western Sydney | 21 years, 143 days | 15 | Pick 85, 2014 national draft, Academy player |
| Daniel Nielson | North Melbourne | 21 years, 61 days | 16 | Pick 25, 2014 national draft |
| Ryan Nyhuis | Fremantle | 20 years, 306 days | 16 | Pick 34, 2016 rookie draft |
| Joe Atley | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 339 days | 16 | Pick 32, 2016 national draft |
| Josh Battle | St Kilda | 18 years, 316 days | 17 | Pick 39, 2016 national draft |
| Cameron Zurhaar | North Melbourne | 19 years, 55 days | 17 | Pick 11, 2017 rookie draft |
| Lewis Young | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 208 days | 17 | Pick 49, 2016 national draft |
| Alex Keath | Adelaide | 25 years, 183 days | 18 | Pick 58, 2016 rookie draft |
| Josh Williams | North Melbourne | 19 years, 41 days | 18 | Pick 36, 2016 national draft |
| Nick Larkey | North Melbourne | 19 years, 47 days | 18 | Pick 73, 2016 national draft |
| Jack Scrimshaw | Gold Coast | 18 years, 321 days | 18 | Pick 7, 2016 national draft |
| Conor Glass | Hawthorn | 19 years, 297 days | 18 | Pick 62, 2016 rookie draft |
| Rowan Marshall | St Kilda | 21 years, 240 days | 18 | Pick 10, 2017 rookie draft |
| Will Setterfield | Greater Western Sydney | 19 years, 169 days | 18 | Pick 5, 2016 national draft, Academy player |
| Harry McKay | Carlton | 19 years, 211 days | 18 | Pick 10, 2015 national draft |
| Max Spencer | Gold Coast | 19 years, 298 days | 19 | 2017 Queensland zone pre-rookie draft selection |
| Luke Partington | West Coast | 20 years, 148 days | 19 | Pick 28, 2015 national draft |
| Jacob Allison | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 106 days | 19 | Pick 55, 2016 national draft |
| Sam Skinner | Brisbane Lions | 20 years, 32 days | 19 | Pick 47, 2015 national draft |
| Corey Maynard | Melbourne | 25 years, 302 days | 20 | 2017 category B pre-rookie draft selection |
| Todd Marshall | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 315 days | 22 | Pick 16, 2016 national draft |
| Josh Daicos | Collingwood | 19 years, 266 days | 22 | Pick 57, 2016 national draft, son of Peter Daicos |
| Josh Begley | Essendon | 19 years, 48 days | 22 | Pick 31, 2016 national draft |
| Jack Graham | Richmond | 19 years, 177 days | 22 | Pick 53, 2016 national draft |
| Patrick Lipinski | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 40 days | 23 | Pick 28, 2016 national draft |
| Harry Morrison | Hawthorn | 18 years, 286 days | 23 | Pick 74, 2016 national draft |
| Kayle Kirby | Collingwood | 18 years, 304 days | 23 | Pick 50, 2016 national draft |
| Ben McKay | North Melbourne | 19 years, 245 days | 23 | Pick 21, 2015 national draft |

## Change of AFL club

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Former clubs | Recruiting method |
| Dion Prestia | Richmond | 24 years, 162 days | 1 | Gold Coast | Traded in 2016 |
| Josh Caddy | Richmond | 24 years, 176 days | 1 | Gold Coast, Geelong | Traded in 2016 |
| Billie Smedts | Carlton | 24 years, 288 days | 1 | Geelong | Traded in 2016 |
| Caleb Marchbank | Carlton | 20 years, 106 days | 1 | Greater Western Sydney | Traded in 2016 |
| Toby Nankervis | Richmond | 22 years, 223 days | 1 | Sydney | Traded in 2016 |
| Chris Mayne | Collingwood | 28 years, 142 days | 1 | Fremantle | Free agent in 2016 |
| Will Hoskin-Elliott | Collingwood | 23 years, 203 days | 1 | Greater Western Sydney | Traded in 2016 |
| Henry Schade | Collingwood | 23 years, 167 days | 1 | Gold Coast | Pick 24, 2017 rookie draft |
| Travis Cloke | Western Bulldogs | 30 years, 19 days | 1 | Collingwood | Traded in 2016 |
| Nathan Brown | St Kilda | 28 years, 98 days | 1 | Collingwood | Free agent in 2016 |
| Jake Melksham | Melbourne | 25 years, 208 days | 1 | Essendon | Traded in 2015 |
| Jake Carlisle | St Kilda | 25 years, 175 days | 1 | Essendon | Traded in 2015 |
| Jack Steele | St Kilda | 21 years, 102 days | 1 | Greater Western Sydney | Traded in 2016 |
| Jordan Lewis | Melbourne | 30 years, 335 days | 1 | Hawthorn | Traded in 2016 |
| Pearce Hanley | Gold Coast | 28 years, 130 days | 1 | Brisbane Lions | Traded in 2016 |
| Michael Barlow | Gold Coast | 29 years, 97 days | 1 | Fremantle | Delisted free agent in 2016 |
| Jarryd Lyons | Gold Coast | 24 years, 246 days | 1 | Adelaide | Traded in 2016 |
| Jarrod Witts | Gold Coast | 24 years, 193 days | 1 | Collingwood | Traded in 2016 |
| Jake Barrett | Brisbane Lions | 21 years, 137 days | 1 | Greater Western Sydney | Pick 2, 2017 rookie draft |
| Ty Vickery | Hawthorn | 26 years, 298 days | 1 | Richmond | Free agent in 2016 |
| Ricky Henderson | Hawthorn | 28 years, 195 days | 1 | Adelaide | Delisted free agent in 2016 |
| Josh Green | Essendon | 24 years, 213 days | 1 | Brisbane Lions | Delisted free agent in 2016 |
| Jaeger O'Meara | Hawthorn | 23 years, 31 days | 1 | Gold Coast | Traded in 2016 |
| Tom Mitchell | Hawthorn | 23 years, 298 days | 1 | Sydney | Traded in 2016 |
| Sam Mitchell | West Coast | 34 years, 165 days | 1 | Hawthorn | Traded in 2016 |
| Nathan Vardy | West Coast | 25 years, 274 days | 1 | Geelong | Traded in 2016 |
| Marley Williams | North Melbourne | 23 years, 247 days | 1 | Collingwood | Traded in 2016 |
| Nathan Hrovat | North Melbourne | 22 years, 292 days | 1 | Western Bulldogs | Traded in 2016 |
| Drew Petrie | West Coast | 34 years, 162 days | 1 | North Melbourne | Pick 29, 2017 rookie draft |
| Tendai Mzungu | Greater Western Sydney | 31 years, 27 days | 1 | Fremantle | Pick 15, 2017 rookie draft |
| Curtly Hampton | Adelaide | 24 years, 16 days | 1 | Greater Western Sydney | Traded in 2015 |
| Troy Menzel | Adelaide | 22 years, 185 days | 1 | Carlton | Traded in 2015 |
| Zach Tuohy | Geelong | 27 years, 106 days | 1 | Carlton | Traded in 2016 |
| Bradley Hill | Fremantle | 23 years, 260 days | 1 | Hawthorn | Traded in 2016 |
| Shane Kersten | Fremantle | 24 years, 11 days | 1 | Geelong | Traded in 2016 |
| Cam McCarthy | Fremantle | 21 years, 359 days | 1 | Greater Western Sydney | Traded in 2016 |
| Joel Hamling | Fremantle | 23 years, 351 days | 1 | Western Bulldogs | Traded in 2016 |
| Jack Frost | Brisbane Lions | 25 years, 36 days | 2 | Collingwood | Traded in 2016 |
| Aaron Black | Geelong | 26 years, 145 days | 5 | North Melbourne | Traded in 2016 |
| Michael Hibberd | Melbourne | 27 years, 112 days | 5 | Essendon | Traded in 2016 |
| Daniel Wells | Collingwood | 32 years, 82 days | 5 | North Melbourne | Free agent in 2016 |
| Koby Stevens | St Kilda | 25 years, 315 days | 6 | West Coast, Western Bulldogs | Traded in 2016 |
| Alex Silvagni | Carlton | 29 years, 212 days | 6 | Fremantle | Pick 23, 2017 rookie draft |
| Lynden Dunn | Collingwood | 29 years, 351 days | 6 | Melbourne | Traded in 2016 |
| James Stewart | Essendon | 23 years, 71 days | 8 | Greater Western Sydney | Traded in 2016 |
| Matt de Boer | Greater Western Sydney | 27 years, 72 days | 9 | Fremantle | Pick 58, 2016 national draft |
| Dawson Simpson | Greater Western Sydney | 28 years, 163 days | 19 | Geelong | Free agent in 2015 |
| Brett Deledio | Greater Western Sydney | 30 years, 110 days | 20 | Richmond | Traded in 2016 |
| Harley Bennell | Fremantle | 24 years, 322 days | 22 | Gold Coast | Traded in 2015 |