A total of 24 players have been picked up in the AFL Rookie Draft, while two veterans have also been selected at the AFL Pre-Season Draft.

Hawthorn re-listed champion forward Jack Gunston with Pick 1 in the Pre-Season Draft, while Brisbane handed ex-Gold Coast veteran Sam Day a career lifeline with the only other pick in the count.

The Rookie Draft saw eight secure an AFL list spot, with the other 16 selections coming after clubs committed to re-listing players via the mechanism.

The biggest story from the Rookie Draft was the Pick 4 selection of Max Knobel by the Gold Coast Suns, with Fremantle planning to re-list the young ruckman at their first selection.

The Suns swooped on Knobel before the Dockers had their chance, with the Perth club instead selecting local tall Aiden Riddle with Pick 7.

"It's always a potential when you send a delisted player back that they can get picked by another Club, and in this case Max has," Fremantle said in a statement.

Ex-St Kilda defender Ben Paton has found a new home with Sydney, landing at Pick 25 after departing Moorabbin this off-season.

Geelong made three selections in the Rookie Draft, acquiring Xavier Ivisic, Patrick Retschko and Joe Pike with their trio of picks.

A total of nine picks were passed on in the Rookie Draft.

AFL Pre-Season Draft

  1. Hawthorn - Jack Gunston
  2. Brisbane - Sam Day

AFL Rookie Draft

  1. North Melbourne - Toby Pink*
  2. West Coast - PASS
  3. Adelaide - Harry Schoenberg*
  4. Gold Coast - Max Knobel
  5. St Kilda - Brad Crouch*
  6. Essendon - Archer Day-Wicks
  7. Fremantle - Aiden Riddle
  8. Collingwood - Oleg Markov*
  9. Carlton - Harry Charleson
  10. Western Bulldogs - PASS
  11. Greater Western Sydney - Lachie Keeffe*
  12. Geelong - Xavier Ivisic
  13. Port Adelaide - Tom Cochrane
  14. Sydney - Blake Leidler
  15. Brisbane - Darragh Joyce*
  16. Adelaide - Chris Burgess*
  17. Gold Coast - Asher Eastham
  18. Essendon - PASS
  19. Fremantle - PASS
  20. Collingwood - Ashley Johnson*
  21. Carlton - PASS
  22. Greater Western Sydney - Jacob Wehr*
  23. Geelong - Patrick Retschko
  24. Port Adelaide - PASS
  25. Sydney - Ben Paton
  26. Brisbane - Darcy Craven*
  27. Gold Coast - PASS
  28. Essendon - PASS
  29. Carlton - PASS
  30. Greater Western Sydney - Josh Fahey*
  31. Geelong - Joe Pike
  32. Sydney - Aaron Francis*
  33. Sydney - Joel Hamling*

*Delisted with commitment for re-listing.