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    01 Dec 2008
    AFL DRAFT BY NUMBERS

    Seventy-five new players were added to AFL lists through the 2008 NAB AFL Draft.

    This is well above the average 63 players drafted each year.

     

    In this year's draft:

    39 players are from Victoria (25 metro and 14 country)
    16 from Western Australia
    13 from South Australia
    Four from Tasmania
    Two from Queensland

    One from Northern Territory

    Eight of the top 10 Draft selections were 2008 graduates of the AIS-AFL Academy.

    Twenty-four players in total were from the AIS-AFL Academy.

    Eight draftees are indigenous - Stephen Hill, Chris Yarran, Liam Jones, Jamie Bennell,  Steven Motlop, Neville Jetta, Michael Waters and Warren Benjamin.

     

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