It's moving month, and there are many big changes to the top 100 AFL Draft rankings.
The biggest risers over the past month have been Northern Knights trio Harvie Cooke, Toby Krasna and Sam Gayfer, as well as Sandringham duo George Dimer and Lochie Burrows, who have all had amazing months for Vic. Metro at the national championships.
The biggest fallers from last month's rankings were Dandenong's Ben Carroll, Calder's Sam Harris, and South Australian defenders Harry Franz and Kale Matthews Hampton.
The national championships have concluded for 3 out of the 5 teams. It's time to attempt another top 100 prospect ranking. This is always a pretty mentally challenging and stressful endeavour, but it's also pretty fun, and this year's draft crop is growing increasingly deep and interesting to follow.
Whilst the 21-50 bracket has some notable risers and fallers, the top 20 has remained largely the same this month. Almost all the players in this bracket have solidified their standings at the pointy end of the draft. I have the top 10 sitting a level above the next 10 as it stands, but the upper echelon of this year's draft is growing by the week and the number of players outside the top 20 pressing their case to join that group is super impressive considering the amount of football still to play this year.
The depth of this year's draft is evident in the quality of names currently sitting outside the top 50. The 51-100 bracket was extremely hard to rank which is great for the strength of talent this year and means that there will be something for everyone all the way to the latter stages of this year's draft. There are still plenty of high-quality players sitting outside the top 100 who are very stiff to miss out on this list.
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90. Gus Kennedy – HALF BACK – Dandenong Stingrays (NEW)
Always eye-catching, up and down skills but finding consistency.
89. Andrio Sousa – WING – Dandenong Stingrays (NEW)
Really solid wing outlet who can damage forward with his great work rate and strong hands.
88. Darcy Harrington – SMALL UTILITY – Geelong Falcons (+2_
Impressed on-ball for Geelong and with his work rate on a wing for Vic Country. Underrated ball-winner and user with great skills and toughness
87. Lachlan McGlade – SMALL FWD – East Perth Royals *West Coast NGA (+2)
Size to hold his own one-on-one with great goal nous.
86. Cooper Hodge – UTILITY – Brisbane Academy *Hawthorn F/S (+2)
Versatile with solid skills and plenty of natural talent.
85. Will Ekberg – MID – Sturt Double Blues *Adelaide NGA (-14)
Underrated midfielder who makes good decisions and hits his targets.
84. Jack Nelson – MID – Sturt Double Blues (-4)
Elite running power and solid skills with good size.
83. Henry Meaney – MID – Sydney Academy (NEW)
Tough inside mid who plays tough and works hard inside and outside.
82. Matthew Owen – MID – Brisbane Academy (-12)
An impressive, smooth-moving midfielder with sound skills and a great work rate.
81. Sam Devers – HALF BACK – Eastern Ranges (NEW)
Smooth-moving half-back who can impact all the way through scoring chains.
