The 2024 AFL Draft is just days away, with all 18 clubs getting their affairs in order as they prepare to attain talent from this year's stacked class of prospects.
More than half of the competition have priority access to draft prospects they will look to add to their list via the Academy and father-son mechanisms, but further planning is in place to pry talent from the open pool.
The first round of the draft currently consists of 23 selections owned by just 12 clubs, with the six other sides hoping a particular teenager or two slides out of their projected draft range and into their lap.
Whether your team holds an early selection or doesn't start their count until night two of the draft, we've matched up an ideal prospect to all 18 clubs for their first selection of this year's AFL Draft.
For this exercise we have avoided double-ups, keeping all 18 selections to 18 different draft prospects.ย
Essendon
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Position:ย Small Forward
Height:ย 176cm
State:ย Victoria
Club: Northern Saints
Another club-tied prospect who will also fit a list need, Kako will remain in the Bombers' program in what looks to be a major win for Essendon after the AFL's NGA alterations this year.
The expected first-round selection is perhaps the best small forward on offer from this year's draft class, with more ground-level threats in the attacking 50 certainly an area the Bombers want to bolster.
Kako was a headache for opposition defenders in the Talent League and at the U18s National Championships for Vic Metro, kicking eight goals from an average of 14.5 disposals per game in his four matches for the latter.
