Young Melbourne ruckman Mitch King will miss the rest of the season after scans confirmed he has ruptured his ACL.

The 19-year-old suffered the injury during the first quarter of the Casey Scorpion's 144-point win over Frankston on Saturday.

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King was selected by the Demons with pick No.42 in last year's National Draft.

He joins Chris Dawes, Ben Newton and Jake Spencer on the Demons' injury list.

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