G'day guys, welcome back to the True Footer YouTube channel. It's Jesse here and in today's video, I wanna actually take a look at the 2017 AFL draft and redraft it from one to 10 for you. Now redrafting a draft is actually kind of a complex thing, especially when the draft was only a couple of years ago, because there's so many different criteria. Do you go based on just rankings of how well they perform so far or do you base it still highly on potential? I've decided to go for a mix today and I'm trying to redraft exactly how I think clubs would choose should the draft be redrafted today hypothetically. So in other words, I've taken into consideration both performance up to this date, as well as the potential that I believe each prospect has. So I'll be redrafting clubs to the clubs that actually have that pick, but I'm not gonna be taking into account the actual list needs for the club at that time that's getting way too intricate. So I'm just gonna redraft basically a ranking of the top 10 in my opinion. Now before I crack into that top 10, I just need to let you guys know we have started an AFL fantasy league for anyone who watches the channel True Footy. There is a link in the description or actually it's the fantasy league code in the description. Make sure you join up obviously it's for free and we got like 130 people join last year. So let's see if we can beat that this year. But without further ado, let's get into the top 10. With pick one, I am selecting West Coast's Tim Kelly. Now I'm an art about including Tim Kelly at all and he's a mature age player. So I wasn't sure if that would actually work with this hypothetical exercise, but I thought I decided to go with it in the end. He's only 25 years old, turning 26 this season. I think he's probably got a good six or seven years left in him. But on top of that, he had a top five round of finish last season. He's obviously one of the premier midfielders in the game. I think any club who was hypothetically holding pick one in this redraf with pick Tim Kelly, no doubt about it. The scary thing about him is that because he's only been playing AFL for a couple of years, he could argue he still got a little bit of development in him left. In my opinion, if the draft was redrafs as today, Tim Kelly would undoubtedly go pick one. With pick two, I select another WA boy, Aaron Norton from the Western Bulldogs. Now Aaron Norton was taken with pick nine originally in this draft, but he's surpassed expectations to such an extent that I think most would be considering with pick one or two in this redraf. He was drafted as a high potential McGuffin-like intercepting keyback, but he's proven he's got champion-like qualities as a key forward as well. For a 19 year old too, I think lead league in contested marks last year, that is an outrageous effort. And we've already seen him tear teams apart. I think the fact that he's performing this well as a key forward straightaway is so impressive. He's probably got 10 to 12 years of playing at least this level to go. And the fact that I think he's got a really high ceiling, I think he's clearly the second best choice behind Tim Kelly. With pick three, I am selecting Horthorns James Warhol. Now James Warhol famously slipped to pick 45 in his draft. I think it was a combination of perhaps bad foot skills or perceived bad foot skills. And I think for Interstate Cubs, there may have been a worry about the go home factor, but what we've seen is incredible from Warhol, actually. I think he's really tied it up his foot skills for a start and he's proven to be almost, no, I wouldn't say a premier midfielder in the competition, but it's certainly one of the best young midfielder's going around. So much so that as a 19 year old in his second season, he won Horthorns Best and Ferris in the absence of Tom Mitchell, which is an outrageous effort. He's a strong contested midfielder, he's explosive, and like I said, his ball use has really tied it up. I can see him being in the lead midfielder one day, and I just can't believe Horthorn got lucky again. Pick four, I have picked Collingwood's exciting half forward, Jaden Stevenson. Now as you all know, Jaden Stevenson had an amazing start to his career picking up the Rising Star in his first year, bagged 38 goals and nearly became a Premiership player all in his first season. He's a prolific goal scorer already, but his speed and endurance as well, making a dangerous option on the wing as well. He's now ragesly talented footballer, but I think I haven't slightly behind the top three purely because I think he's closer to his ceiling than someone like a James Wharper or Aaron Norton. And I guess that is fairly debatable, but I think he will settle as a dangerous half forward wingman. And for me, that's why I just kind of haven't below the on-bola in James Wharper. With Pick five is my first, probably, say, a surprise to a lot of you that I can feel the dirty comments coming already, but I'm taking Luke Davies Uniak. This one will probably be a bit of a surprise, even though he's taken with Pick four originally in the draft, I think I'm picking him mostly on his potential here. Now he hasn't had as quick a start to his career as some of the guys have already listed like Wharper and Stevenson. However, I believe that's just because his game style isn't as easy to adapt to an AFL environment straight away. He's a big inside mid with acceleration and his game kind of relies on a contested style and it's harder to do that well at AFL level straight away, compared to someone like Sam Walsh, he's really good to accumulating on the outside. That's more suited to doing well early. So long story short, I think Davies Uniak, I really truly believe with his size, his explosiveness, he has the highest potential of any midfielder in this draft. I understand he hasn't put the runs on the board compared to some of the other guys that I'm probably gonna pick both before and after him, but I do think he would get taken in the top five, if it was redrafted again today. At pick number six, I'm taking GWS's Sam Taylor. Now, Sam Taylor is kind of like Norton, but more of a less dominant defensive version. Obviously, he's more of an intercepting key back than a key forward. Nonetheless, like Norton, he's performed really well for his age. Like I've already said, key position players do take longer to come on. So to see him come in and play with such a high standard already in an established team, it's too much to ignore. And I think he's a good chance to be one of the best of the next wave of key defenders rather coming across the AFL. At pick seven, I've got West Coast Oscar Rowling. And I think this is gonna be another one that's gonna attract some criticism as well. But in my opinion, Alan's achievements are easily overlooked when they shouldn't be. It was a lack medalist. The year he was drafted. So obviously the best player in the under 18's championships. And he slipped to pick 21. And I think in hindsight, that has proven to be a huge bargain for West Coast. He's another key position player that has surprised us all with his ability to adapt to AFL level really quickly. And more impressively than that, he debuted as a key defender, ended that first year as a key forward and played most of last year as a second rock slash key forward as well. So I actually think West Coast Rowling, like someone like Matthew Pavlich, has the potential to play in just about any position on the ground. And 194 centimeters. He's also an athletic freak with really sticky hands. I don't wanna keep talking up my voice so much, but I honestly believe West Rowling deserves to be pick seven if the draft was redrafted today. But pick eight, I am finally selecting the actual number one draft pick, Brisbane's Cam Reiner. Now again, this one is a tough one to balance between performance to date and actual potential because like David Dabies Uniak, Reiner has arguably the most potential out of anyone in this draft crop. Now he's had a tough couple of years in the AFL since making his day boo. He hasn't been terrible, but he hasn't probably come on as quickly as some thought because he's quite physically ready as well. But I think given his ability in terms of football now and also he's an athletic beast and super strong, much like Dustin Martin, the sheer potential means he will probably still get taken in the top 10. I do acknowledge that two years is way too early to be making calls on these kids. So Cam Reiner is still a very good chance to be one of the best players in this draft. Hence why I only haven't decided to pick nine and he's still ahead of some guys who probably played better today. Pick eight. Did I say Cam Reiner, pick nine, I meant pick eight. The actual pick nine is Richmond Jack Higgins. Now I will remind you this is a redraft. I'm not ranking them purely on performance because it was based purely on performance. Jack Higgins would probably go in the first couple pit of this draft cohort. He's been brilliant at AFL level to date. He's an awesome pressure forward and creative small forward as well. But for me, I think he's probably closer to his ceiling than some other players around him. He's under 180 centimeters. I can't really see him transitioning to a full-time midfielder. And in today's game, I think that probably will count against him. So if the draft is redrafted, he'd go top 10, which is significantly higher than he would. I think he would be like pick 17. But I think he would go below the guys that I've named already so far. With pick 10, I am selecting Western Bulldogs player, Ed Richards. And this is a personal favorite of mine. He probably doesn't get the recognition. I think he deserves from others generally in the AFL landscape. Richards is a player who burst onto the scene really quickly with the dogs with his speed and his skill. He's already played 41 games for the club. And in my opinion, he's demonstrated a real ability to tear teams off the party. He can play as a damaging running defender, a wingman, or I could even see him settling as a pure midfielder one day. He was taken with pick 11 originally in this draft. And I think he's done enough to consolidate that and justify his selection at around that range. That's why I'm taking him at pick 10. So guys, that is my top 10. And I know what you're thinking. What about this player from my club? What about patty down? Look, as far as I'm concerned, there's a huge gut of unproven midfielder sort of in that next tier who I don't think are spuds by any means. They're probably still gonna be good players. But guys like patty down, you got Andy Brayshaw from Freo, and Adam Chera also from Freo. Probably hasn't been given a huge opportunity in the guts. He got Brian Myers, who's a really, really good goal-snake forward. But again, as a goal-snake forward, does he get redrived into the top 10? I'm not so sure. Hunter Clark, Nick Coffey, all these guys just haven't quite shown enough to make my top 10. I'm probably forgetting someone who I'll be reminded of in the comments. But that's it guys. I want you to let me know in your opinion what I've got wrong and what would your top 10 redrived look like. If you enjoyed the video format, let me know in the comments as well, because I'd like to keep doing more of these. There's obviously been like 30 drafts in the AFL before. So if you like this format, I can continue this series and do another draft next time. Also, as one final note, I do think I should stress that I understand that after two years, it's way too early to make a call in these players. There's still so much water to go under the bridge. And I'm looking forward to see how some of these kids turn out, because as far as I'm concerned, it's probably one of the strongest drafts we've seen in a long time, especially that top 10. A lot of them were able to make an impact for their club pretty early in the piece. But anyway, guys, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed the channel, make sure you hit subscribe and I'll see you guys in the next video. Cheers.