List of Essendon Draftees

Draftees who have been drafted in at least one draft (with a pick number) to Essendon in the VFL/AFL.

Draftee List

No.	Draftee	Drafts	Pick No.	Father-Son
1	Wayne Otway	1981 VFL Interstate Draft	#8
2	Stephen Copping	1981 VFL Interstate Draft	#20
3	Brenton Phillips	1982 VFL Interstate Draft	#8
4	Tony Antrobus	1982 VFL Interstate Draft	#20
5	Andrew Payze	1986 VFL National Draft	#9
6	Kieran Sporn	1986 VFL National Draft	#22
7	Peter Reid	1986 VFL National Draft	#35
8	Stephen Riley	1986 VFL National Draft	#48
9	Andrew Underwood	1986 VFL National Draft	#61
10	Andrew Rogers	1987 VFL National Draft	#6
11	Jamie Cox	1987 VFL National Draft	#19
12	John Cook	1987 VFL National Draft	#32
13	David Grenvold	1987 VFL National Draft	#45
14	Peter Bennett	1987 VFL National Draft	#58
15	Michael Werner	1988 VFL National Draft	#9
16	Brad Fox	1988 VFL National Draft	#12
16	Brad Fox	1993 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#42
17	Michael Long	1988 VFL National Draft	#23
18	David Regan	1988 VFL National Draft	#26
19	Michael Strickland	1988 VFL National Draft	#37
19	Michael Strickland	1991 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#50
20	Adrian Burns	1988 VFL National Draft	#51
21	Rod Saunders	1988 VFL National Draft	#65
21	Rod Saunders	1991 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#26
22	Simon Jorgenson	1988 VFL National Draft	#79
23	Paul Hills	1988 VFL National Draft	#93
23	Paul Hills	1996 AFL National Draft	#66
24	Darren Mead	1988 VFL National Draft	#107
25	Brian Hinkley	1989 VFL Pre-Season Draft	#9
26	Paul McWilliam	1989 VFL Pre-Season Draft	#23
27	Rodney Lawson	1989 VFL Pre-Season Draft	#37
28	Gary Barrow	1989 VFL Pre-Season Draft	#51
29	Darren Smith	1989 VFL National Draft	#11
30	Gavin Wanganeen	1989 VFL National Draft	#12
31	Ashley Green	1989 VFL National Draft	#19
32	Alister Carr	1989 VFL National Draft	#26
33	Peter Cransberg	1989 VFL National Draft	#39
34	Travis St Clair	1989 VFL National Draft	#40
35	Shane Radbone	1989 VFL National Draft	#46
36	Jason Dullard	1989 VFL National Draft	#58
37	Alan Schwartz	1989 VFL National Draft	#65
37	Alan Schwartz	1992 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#9
38	Glenn Crawford	1989 VFL National Draft	#72
39	Gerrard Harrington	1989 VFL National Draft	#86
40	Nick Tsiotinas	1989 VFL National Draft	#99
41	David Pittman	1989 VFL National Draft	#100
42	Jason Walsgott	1989 VFL National Draft	#114
43	Derek Kickett	1990 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#18
44	Ian McMullin	1990 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#32
45	Neale Daniher	1990 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#46
46	Rohan Welsh	1990 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#54
47	Paul Morrish	1990 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#14
48	David Robertson	1990 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#27
49	Andrew Mills	1990 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#37
50	Michael Thomson	1990 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#43
51	Todd Ridley	1990 AFL National Draft	#13
52	Richard Ambrose	1990 AFL National Draft	#21
53	John Fidge	1990 AFL National Draft	#24
54	Glenn Hoffman	1990 AFL National Draft	#37
55	Jarrod Carter	1990 AFL National Draft	#51
56	Steven Fry	1990 AFL National Draft	#65
57	James Hird	1990 AFL National Draft	#79
58	Adam Houlihan	1990 AFL National Draft	#93
59	Matthew Medew	1991 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#19
60	Darren Williams	1991 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#36
61	Shane Heard	1991 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#58
62	David McMurray	1991 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#13
63	Michael Symons	1991 AFL National Draft	#8
64	Willie Dick	1991 AFL National Draft	#21
65	Ryan O'Connor	1991 AFL National Draft	#37
66	Glenn Manton	1991 AFL National Draft	#47
67	Kevin Mitchell	1991 AFL National Draft	#48
68	Jamie Billington	1991 AFL National Draft	#60
69	Brendan Bower	1991 AFL National Draft	#63
70	Paul McMaster	1992 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#23
71	Glenn Kilpatrick	1992 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#37
72	Kane Batzloff	1992 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#7
73	John McNamara	1992 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#22
74	Eric Lissenden	1992 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#33
75	Daniel Winkel	1992 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#40
76	Mark Garthwaite	1992 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#45
77	Michael Prior	1992 AFL National Draft	#3
78	Tony Delaney	1992 AFL National Draft	#12
79	Scott Cummings	1992 AFL National Draft	#20
80	Kieran Murrihy	1992 AFL National Draft	#27
81	Che Cockatoo-Collins	1992 AFL National Draft	#42
82	Russell Williams	1992 AFL National Draft	#57
83	Matthew Wadewitz	1992 AFL National Draft	#72
84	Damien Hardwick	1992 AFL National Draft	#87
85	Jason Bell	1992 AFL National Draft	#102
86	Vince Cappadona	1992 AFL National Draft	#117
87	Tim Watson	1993 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#12
88	Ben Doolan	1993 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#20
89	Lachlan Ross	1993 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#28
90	Brendan Duncan	1993 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#56
91	Darren Bartsch	1993 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#66
92	Dale Kickett	1993 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#11
93	Danny Morgan	1993 AFL Mid-Season Draft	#23
94	Robert Stevenson	1993 AFL National Draft	#19
95	Scott Mollard	1993 AFL National Draft	#29
96	Julian Kirzner	1993 AFL National Draft	#36
97	Barry Young	1994 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#20
98	Scott Lucas	1994 AFL National Draft	#4
99	Blake Caracella	1994 AFL National Draft	#10
100	Shawn Lewfatt	1994 AFL National Draft	#28
101	Stephen Carter	1994 AFL National Draft	#39
102	Gary Moorcroft	1994 AFL National Draft	#45
102	Gary Moorcroft	1997 AFL Rookie Draft	#27
103	Justin Blumfield	1994 AFL National Draft	#62
104	Mark Fraser	1995 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#8
105	Tim Darcy	1995 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#22
106	Matthew Banks	1995 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#33
106	Matthew Banks	1997 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#9
107	Darren Wheildon	1995 AFL National Draft	#15
108	Andrew Ukovic	1995 AFL National Draft	#31
109	Peter Berbakov	1995 AFL National Draft	#58
110	Richard Peck	1996 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#14
111	Chris Heffernan	1996 AFL National Draft	#2
111	Chris Heffernan	2006 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#10
112	Daniel McAlister	1996 AFL National Draft	#5
112	Daniel McAlister	2001 AFL National Draft	#64
113	Tim Williams	1996 AFL National Draft	#21
114	Andrew Bomford	1996 AFL National Draft	#25
115	Jason Johnson	1996 AFL National Draft	#28
116	Matthew Watson	1996 AFL National Draft	#54
117	Mark Johnson	1997 AFL Rookie Draft	#12
117	Mark Johnson	1998 AFL Rookie Draft	#67
118	Andrew Ramsden	1997 AFL Rookie Draft	#42
119	Luke Trew	1997 AFL Rookie Draft	#57
120	Andrew Henderson	1997 AFL Rookie Draft	#72
121	Damien Franken	1997 AFL Rookie Draft	#87
122	Mark Bolton	1997 AFL National Draft	#4
123	Dean Solomon	1997 AFL National Draft	#20
124	Judd Lalich	1997 AFL National Draft	#36
125	Jordan Doering	1997 AFL National Draft	#52
126	Simon Eastaugh	1997 AFL National Draft	#68
127	Dean Rioli	1998 AFL Rookie Draft	#3
128	Winis Imbi	1998 AFL Rookie Draft	#19
129	Robert Di Rosa	1998 AFL Rookie Draft	#35
130	Lachlan Oakley	1998 AFL Rookie Draft	#51
131	Mark McVeigh	1998 AFL National Draft	#9
132	Adam Ramanauskas	1998 AFL National Draft	#12
132	Adam Ramanauskas	2007 AFL Rookie Draft	#33
133	Chris Ladhams	1998 AFL National Draft	#23
134	Aaron Henneman	1998 AFL National Draft	#25
135	Danny Jacobs	1998 AFL National Draft	#36
136	Ilija Grgic	1998 AFL National Draft	#56
137	David Hille	1999 AFL National Draft	#40
138	Marcus Pickett	1999 AFL National Draft	#45
139	John Barnes	1999 AFL National Draft	#59
140	Robert Forster-Knight	1999 AFL National Draft	#72
141	Cory McGrath	2000 AFL Rookie Draft	#14
142	David Johnson	2000 AFL Rookie Draft	#30
143	Adam Switala	2000 AFL Rookie Draft	#46
144	James Podsiadly	2000 AFL Rookie Draft	#58
145	James Davies	2000 AFL National Draft	#17
145	James Davies	2004 AFL Rookie Draft	#65
146	Ted Richards	2000 AFL National Draft	#27
147	Sam Hunt	2000 AFL National Draft	#32
148	Jordan Bannister	2000 AFL National Draft	#47
149	Marc Bullen	2000 AFL National Draft	#63
150	Michael Davis	2000 AFL National Draft	#74
151	Marcus Kenny	2001 AFL Rookie Draft	#16
152	Damien Peverill	2001 AFL Rookie Draft	#32
153	Shane Harvey	2001 AFL National Draft	#18
154	Joel Reynolds	2001 AFL National Draft	#31
155	Simon O'Keefe	2001 AFL National Draft	#34
156	Andrew Welsh	2001 AFL National Draft	#47
157	Paul Salmon	2001 AFL National Draft	#50
158	Scott Howard	2002 AFL Rookie Draft	#15
159	Adam Winter	2002 AFL Rookie Draft	#31
160	Ken Hall	2002 AFL Rookie Draft	#46
161	Jason Laycock	2002 AFL National Draft	#10
162	Jason Winderlich	2002 AFL National Draft	#11
163	Darren Walsh	2002 AFL National Draft	#27
164	Tristan Cartledge	2002 AFL National Draft	#28
165	Jobe Watson	2002 AFL National Draft	#40	Tim Watson
166	Steven Alessio	2002 AFL National Draft	#67
167	Ben Haynes	2003 AFL Rookie Draft	#12
168	Courtney Johns	2003 AFL Rookie Draft	#28
169	Adrian Wilson	2003 AFL Rookie Draft	#44
169	Adrian Wilson	2004 AFL Rookie Draft	#68
170	Toby McGrath	2003 AFL Rookie Draft	#57
171	Kepler Bradley	2003 AFL National Draft	#6
172	Brent Stanton	2003 AFL National Draft	#13
173	Jay Nash	2003 AFL National Draft	#28
174	Ricky Dyson	2003 AFL National Draft	#44
175	Ben Cosgriff	2004 AFL Rookie Draft	#11
176	Nathan Lovett-Murray	2004 AFL Rookie Draft	#27
177	Andrew Lovett	2004 AFL Rookie Draft	#42
178	Peter Summers	2004 AFL Rookie Draft	#56
179	Angus Monfries	2004 AFL National Draft	#14
180	Andrew Lee	2004 AFL National Draft	#30
181	Henry Slattery	2004 AFL National Draft	#46
182	Paul Thomas	2004 AFL National Draft	#60
183	Ty Zantuck	2005 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#6
184	Ryan Bain	2005 AFL Rookie Draft	#11
185	Ben Jolley	2005 AFL Rookie Draft	#27
186	Paddy Ryder	2005 AFL National Draft	#7
187	Courtenay Dempsey	2005 AFL National Draft	#19
188	Jay Neagle	2005 AFL National Draft	#39	Merv Neagle
188	Jay Neagle	2011 AFL Rookie Draft	#29
189	Sam Lonergan	2005 AFL National Draft	#50
190	Austin Lucy	2005 AFL National Draft	#66
191	Scott Camporeale	2006 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#4
192	Lachlan McKinnon	2006 AFL Rookie Draft	#4
193	Heath Hocking	2006 AFL Rookie Draft	#20
194	Matt Firman	2006 AFL Rookie Draft	#35
195	Tim O'Keefe	2006 AFL Rookie Draft	#47
196	Scott Gumbleton	2006 AFL National Draft	#2
197	Leroy Jetta	2006 AFL National Draft	#18
198	Tom Hislop	2006 AFL National Draft	#20
199	Alwyn Davey	2006 AFL National Draft	#36
200	Bachar Houli	2006 AFL National Draft	#42
201	Kyle Reimers	2006 AFL National Draft	#47
202	Mal Michael	2007 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#2
203	Dean Dick	2007 AFL Rookie Draft	#2
204	Danny Chartres	2007 AFL Rookie Draft	#18
205	David Myers	2007 AFL National Draft	#6
206	Tayte Pears	2007 AFL National Draft	#23
207	Darcy Daniher	2007 AFL National Draft	#39	Anthony Daniher
208	Cale Hooker	2007 AFL National Draft	#54
209	John Williams	2008 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#5
209	John Williams	2010 AFL Rookie Draft	#65
210	Tom Bellchambers	2008 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#8
211	Rhys Magin	2008 AFL Rookie Draft	#5
212	Jarrod Atkinson	2008 AFL Rookie Draft	#21
213	Michael Hurley	2008 AFL National Draft	#5
214	David Zaharakis	2008 AFL National Draft	#23
215	Michael Still	2008 AFL National Draft	#55
216	Tyson Slattery	2008 AFL National Draft	#67
216	Tyson Slattery	2011 AFL Rookie Draft	#46
217	Hayden Skipworth	2009 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#3
218	Bryce Carroll	2009 AFL Rookie Draft	#5
219	Thomas German	2009 AFL Rookie Draft	#21
220	Christian Bock	2009 AFL Rookie Draft	#36
221	Kade Klemke	2009 AFL Rookie Draft	#50
222	Michael Quinn	2009 AFL Rookie Draft	#64
223	Jake Melksham	2009 AFL National Draft	#10
224	Jake Carlisle	2009 AFL National Draft	#24
225	Travis Colyer	2009 AFL National Draft	#26
226	Anthony Long	2009 AFL National Draft	#33
226	Anthony Long	2012 AFL Rookie Draft	#85
227	Kyle Hardingham	2010 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#7
228	Taite Silverlock	2010 AFL Rookie Draft	#14
229	Ben Howlett	2010 AFL Rookie Draft	#30
229	Ben Howlett	2010 AFL National Draft	#106
230	Stewart Crameri	2010 AFL Rookie Draft	#43
230	Stewart Crameri	2011 AFL National Draft	#75
231	Marcus Marigliani	2010 AFL Rookie Draft	#55
232	Dyson Heppell	2010 AFL National Draft	#8
233	Ariel Steinberg	2010 AFL National Draft	#31
233	Ariel Steinberg	2013 AFL Rookie Draft	#8
234	Alex Browne	2010 AFL National Draft	#48
235	Luke Davis	2010 AFL National Draft	#64
236	Michael Ross	2010 AFL National Draft	#80
237	Michael Hibberd	2011 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#4
238	Josh Jenkins	2011 AFL Rookie Draft	#12
239	James Webster	2011 AFL Rookie Draft	#61
240	Elliott Kavanagh	2011 AFL National Draft	#19
241	Jackson Merrett	2011 AFL National Draft	#31
242	Nick O'Brien	2011 AFL National Draft	#59
243	Lauchlan Dalgleish	2012 AFL Rookie Draft	#11
243	Lauchlan Dalgleish	2013 AFL National Draft	#64
244	Cory Dell'Olio	2012 AFL Rookie Draft	#29
245	Mark Baguley	2012 AFL Rookie Draft	#47
245	Mark Baguley	2012 AFL National Draft	#106
246	Hal Hunter	2012 AFL Rookie Draft	#64
247	Brendan Lee	2012 AFL Rookie Draft	#78
248	Joe Daniher	2012 AFL National Draft	#10	Anthony Daniher
249	Jason Ashby	2012 AFL National Draft	#34
250	Dylan Van Unen	2012 AFL National Draft	#51
251	Martin Gleeson	2012 AFL National Draft	#53
251	Martin Gleeson	2021 AFL Rookie Draft	#6
252	Nick Kommer	2012 AFL National Draft	#73
253	Sean Gregory	2012 AFL National Draft	#88
254	Will Hams	2013 AFL Pre-Season Draft	#6
254	Will Hams	2016 AFL Rookie Draft	#39
255	Zach Merrett	2013 AFL National Draft	#26
256	Orazio Fantasia	2013 AFL National Draft	#55
257	Fraser Thurlow	2014 AFL Rookie Draft	#9
258	Patrick Ambrose	2014 AFL Rookie Draft	#26
259	Johnny Rayner	2014 AFL Rookie Draft	#41
260	Kyle Langford	2014 AFL National Draft	#17
261	Jayden Laverde	2014 AFL National Draft	#20
262	Shaun McKernan	2015 AFL Rookie Draft	#12
262	Shaun McKernan	2017 AFL Rookie Draft	#19
263	Kurt Aylett	2015 AFL Rookie Draft	#30
264	Jake Long	2015 AFL Rookie Draft	#47
265	Conor McKenna	2015 AFL Rookie Draft	#62
266	Darcy Parish	2015 AFL National Draft	#5
267	Aaron Francis	2015 AFL National Draft	#6
268	Alex Morgan	2015 AFL National Draft	#29
269	Mason Redman	2015 AFL National Draft	#30
270	Mitch Brown	2015 AFL National Draft	#54
271	Yestin Eades	2015 AFL National Draft	#64
271	Yestin Eades	2017 AFL Rookie Draft	#36
272	Michael Hartley	2015 AFL National Draft	#68
273	Gach Nyuon	2016 AFL Rookie Draft	#4
274	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	2016 AFL Rookie Draft	#22
275	Tom Wallis	2016 AFL Rookie Draft	#54	Dean Wallis
276	Andrew McGrath	2016 AFL National Draft	#1
277	Jordan Ridley	2016 AFL National Draft	#22
278	Josh Begley	2016 AFL National Draft	#31
279	Kobe Mutch	2016 AFL National Draft	#42
280	Dylan Clarke	2016 AFL National Draft	#63
280	Dylan Clarke	2021 AFL Rookie Draft	#21
281	Sam Draper	2017 AFL Rookie Draft	#1
282	Jordan Houlahan	2017 AFL National Draft	#49
283	Brandon Zerk-Thatcher	2017 AFL National Draft	#66
284	Matt Guelfi	2017 AFL National Draft	#76
285	Trent Mynott	2018 AFL Rookie Draft	#11
286	Irving Mosquito	2018 AFL National Draft	#38
287	Noah Gown	2018 AFL National Draft	#60
288	Brayden Ham	2018 AFL National Draft	#72
289	Tom Jok	2019 AFL Rookie Draft	#8
290	Matt Dea	2019 AFL Rookie Draft	#25
291	Will Snelling	2019 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft	#7
292	Harry Jones	2019 AFL National Draft	#30
293	Nick Bryan	2019 AFL National Draft	#38
294	Ned Cahill	2019 AFL National Draft	#56
295	Lachie Johnson	2019 AFL National Draft	#63
296	Mitchell Hibberd	2020 AFL Rookie Draft	#10
297	Nik Cox	2020 AFL National Draft	#8
298	Archie Perkins	2020 AFL National Draft	#9
299	Zach Reid	2020 AFL National Draft	#10
300	Josh Eyre	2020 AFL National Draft	#39
301	Cody Brand	2020 AFL National Draft	#53
302	Sam Durham	2021 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft	#9
303	Ben Hobbs	2021 AFL National Draft	#13
304	Alastair Lord	2021 AFL National Draft	#46
305	Garrett McDonagh	2021 AFL National Draft	#50
306	Patrick Voss	2022 AFL Rookie Draft	#11
307	Massimo D'Ambrosio	2022 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft	#3
308	Jye Menzie	2022 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft	#18
309	Elijah Tsatas	2022 AFL National Draft	#5
310	Lewis Hayes	2022 AFL National Draft	#25
311	Alwyn Davey	2022 AFL National Draft	#45	Alwyn Davey
312	Jayden Davey	2022 AFL National Draft	#54	Alwyn Davey
313	Rhett Montgomerie	2023 AFL Rookie Draft	#4
314	Jaiden Hunter	2023 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft	#9
315	Nate Caddy	2023 AFL National Draft	#10
316	Luamon Lual	2023 AFL National Draft	#39
317	Archie Roberts	2023 AFL National Draft	#54
318	Vigo Visentini	2024 AFL Rookie Draft	#8
319	Saad El-Hawli	2024 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft	#13
320	Isaac Kako	2024 AFL National Draft	#13
321	Kayle Gerreyn	2024 AFL National Draft	#37
322	Angus Clarke	2024 AFL National Draft	#39
323	Rhys Unwin	2024 AFL National Draft	#61
324	Zak Johnson	2024 AFL National Draft	#70
325	Archer Day-Wicks	2025 AFL Rookie Draft	#6

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The information provided on this site does not necessarily align with the official record. The purpose of this site is to present its author's attempt to amalgamate a variety of sources of information on the VFL/AFL, VFA/VFL, SANFL, WAFL, TSL and other competitions to provide its users a unified view of the people (e.g. players, coaches, draftees and umpires), places, events (e.g. matches, drafts and awards) and other entities that have contributed to the rich history of Australian rules football.