It's once again the time of year in which we pin our hopes for happiness on some kids with potential.
As the draft is likely to yield far more questions that answers for the standard footy fan, we here at Zero Hanger have attempted to alleviate some of the ambiguity for you.
Here is a comprehensive list of future stars we feel each club should - if available - be taking with their first pick in the draft
Geelong (Pick 51)
Tom Highmore
It's hard to know what will be available for Stephen Wells and his recruiting team when Geelong enter the draft midway through the third round.
In every draft there are โbolters' and โsliders' and due to his first selection being that of 51, Wells will be forced to focus purely on the latter.
With a proven track record of identifying talent, whomever Wells selects is likely to bring chesire grins to Cats fans faces.
What is understood is that should they deviate from their previous plan of bringing in mature aged talent, then they are likely to select the best available key position player.
However, in the case of Tom Highmore, both boxes will be ticked.
Of course, this exercise is of a purely speculative in nature and of course plenty can and will play out in the draft's first half century of selections, but if Tom Highmore falls into the fifties, he's likely to be wearing hoops next season.
At 192 centimetres, Highmore is a prime example of nominative determinism. The 22-year-old has also played three seasons of senior football โ both in the SANFL for South Adelaide and in the NEAFL for Canberra.
In the final year of his stint in the nation's capital, Highmore averaged 23.6 disposals per game and backed it up with an average of 17 touches and 6.5 marks this season for South Adelaide.
It must be noted that Highmore is unlikely to be available this deep in the draft, as other teams picking ahead of the Cats are keen on mature aged talent, so Wells may be forced to walk another avenue.
