The 2018 AFL NAB National Draft kicks off its two-day affair this year with the first round selected on Thursday November 22nd and the rest of the draft completed on Friday November 23rd.
In the lead up to the draft, Sporting News will bring you the history of each pick - including who got it right (or wrong) through the years.
Pick 12: GEELONG CATS
Who will the Cats be likely to draft?
Geelong hasn’t had a selection this early since 2014 when they drafted Nakia Cockatoo with pick 10, and before that it was Joel Selwood with the seventh overall section in 2006.
Jye Caldwell (VIC): 184cm, 78kg
A midfielder with a little uncertainty over just where he might go in the draft – could be a bolter or a bargain.
Riley Collier-Dawkins (VIC): 193cm, 88kg
A tall, strong midfielder who wins his own ball and uses speed and agility rare for someone his height.
History of AFL draft pick 12
Most games played:
358 Shaun Burgoyne (Port Adelaide 2000)
Least games played:
0 Shane Porter (West Coast 1990)
0 Rob Malone (St Kilda 1991)
0 Andrew Gowling (Brisbane 1995)
0 Lucas Cook (Melbourne 2010)
Games by players selected with pick 12
Average: 91.34
Games played in completed careers
0-49: 16
50-99: 1
100-149: 1
150-199: 3
200+: 3
The best pick 12s
Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon 1989): 300 games (127 at Essendon, 173 at Port Adelaide), Brownlow Medal (1993), Port Adelaide best and fairest winner (2003), five-time All Australian (1992, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003), two-time premiership player (Essendon 1993, Port Adelaide 2004), Port Adelaide captain 1997-2000), Essendon Team of the Century
Shaun Burgoyne (Port Adelaide 2000): 358 games (157 at Port Adelaide, 201 at Hawthorn), All Australian (2006), four-time premiership player (2004, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn 2007): 189 games, three-time All Australian (2012, 2015, 2016), four-time premiership player (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015), Norm Smith Medal (2015)
Chris Scott (Brisbane 1993): 215 games, best and fairest winner (1998), two-time premiership player (2001, 2002), AFL Rising Star winner (1994)
Across AFL national draft history ...
... pick 12 is somewhat of a hit-or-miss selection, with half of those taken playing less than 50 AFL games while nine so far have notched 150+.
Lucas Cook (Melbourne 2010) is the most recent first-round selection to fail to play a senior game, and five (Ben Lennon, Kristian Jaksch, Cook, Kane Lucas and Lewis Johnson) of the last 10 taken are already out of the AFL system.
