Nick Dal Santo has raised the names of five players who he believes will take another step up in 2020.
"This is not for Nat Fyfe, Dustin Martin and all the other superstars in the competition, this is the next run below," Dal Santo said on SEN Afternoons.
"Who's had a solid start to their career, but who's going to take the next jump? So we sit here in 12 months time and say: 'Wow, they had a burst out year, didn't they?"
Apart from these five players, Dal Santo also gave honourable mentions to Aaron Naughton, Charlie Curnow and Izak Rankine.
In no particular order, Dal Santo said he believes these five will breakout into the upper echelons of the competition next season:
3. Matt Rowell (Likely Gold Coast Sun)
Without having ever played a game of senior AFL football, Dal Santo believes likely number one pick Matt Rowell will follow a similar path to Carlton's Sam Walsh and hit the ground running in 2020.
In his final year with the Oakleigh Chargers in the NAB League Under 18 competition, Rowell led his side to the NAB League premiership and picked up best-on-ground honours in the grand final.
Rowell will almost certainly be picked up by the Gold Coast Suns with the first pick in the draft this November and will likely slot into a prominent midfield role in his first season.
