Kevin Sheehan has named his all-time greatest draft picks - and it's got a few controversial calls in there. Did he get it right?
Best No 11 - Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs 1993)
A six-time Virgin Australia AFL All Australian and three time best and fairest winner who became the Club’s games record holder with 364 games after being drafted from around the corner at Williamstown/Western Jets, Johnson is an AFL Hall of Famer and obvious selection.
A youngster selected from Pennant Hills in the West of Sydney who became a St Kilda star in 297 games, in Lenny Hayes, is a little unlucky to have Johnson selected at the same number five years earlier.
Best No 12 - Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon 1989/Port Adelaide)
A playmaker all over the ground who won a Brownlow Medal as a 20-year-old on his way to 300 games, five-time Virgin Australia AFL All Australian and two premierships stamp him as an all-time great and AFL Hall of Fame member. His selection shouldn’t have been debated but also selected at this same number in the NAB AFL Draft have been two other greats of the game (also Indigenous champions) in Shaun Burgoyne (376 games) and Cyril Rioli (Norm Smith Medallist and four-time premiership player) selected in 2000 and 2007 respectively.
Best No 13 - Shane Crawford (Hawthorn 1991)
A star on-baller who was the running man in a 305-game career which captured a Brownlow Medal, four best and fairest awards and four-time Virgin Australia AFL All Australian honours with a premiership in his last game. But the number 13 has not been unlucky for all with Nick Dal Santo (322 games and three times Virgin Australia AFL All Australian) Bob Murphy (312 games and Virgin Australia AFL All Australian captain) along with Jack Riewoldt (262 games – three-time Virgin Australia AFL All Australian and three-time Coleman Medallist) also in the debate as the best at this number.
Best No 14 - Adam Simpson (North Melbourne 1993)
Current West Coast Eagles coach wins the nomination for the best performed player ever selected in the AFL Draft at choice 14 for his playing career with the Kangaroos, amassing 306 games, playing in two premierships, winning a club best and fairest and captaining his club before moving into coaching. A four-time premiership star and 2012 All Australian, Grant Birchall was a great performer in defence in his 248 games for Hawthorn and now Brisbane Lions was another successful player chosen at Number 14.
Best No 15 - Brady Rawlings (North Melbourne 1998)
North Melbourne drafted a 17-year-old from Devonport in Tasmania in the late 1990s who went onto play 245 games and win three best and fairest awards and he gets the nod as the best performed player to date at this selection. In the conversation at this number were a pair of South Australians who became household names with their Victorian clubs in Scott Camporeale (Carlton 1994/Essendon) who played 252 games with the Blues and Travis Varcoe (Geelong 2005/Collingwood) who has played 221 games in successful teams.
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