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

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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.