The 2024 AFL Draft is almost here and with each new intake of exciting teenagers comes fresh trends, changes and fallouts that come throughout.
This week's highly-anticipated haul of selections could exceed the 70-pick barrier for the first time since 2018, with the 2024 draft class running deep and able to suit every list need.
The current draft order consists of 92 selections, with almost a third of those picks either being absorbed in matched bids for club-tied talent or being passed on late into proceedings.
With this year's count set to be a fascinating event, we look at five things to expect across the two nights of the AFL Draft.
4. 2025 picks on the move
Live trading will again heavily reshape this year's draft order, which has already undergone mass changes thanks to the past two trade periods.
Of the 23 first-round selections, 13 picks have found a new home and more early selections are likely on the move as clubs look to break into the early stages of Wednesday's intake.
The best chance clubs have to move into night one of the 2024 count is by using their future first-round picks, with a selection that could be viewed as a top 10 selection next year potentially being used to get into the second half of this year's first round given the strength of the prospect pool.
Essendon, West Coast and Gold Coast hold multiple 2025 first-round selections, with the latter having three picks after adding Collingwood and Port Adelaide's best picks for next year.
While the Suns are likely to hold their trio of 2025 first-round picks, the Bombers and Eagles are a chance to trade into the first round by using their pair of early future picks.
Other clubs who still have a first-round pick for next year could look to trade into the later stages of night one or even the first few picks of the second round, with next year's draft order set to undergo serious change by the end of Thursday night.
