Welcome to Craft of the Draft's maiden Mock Draft for 2025, with a total of 23 selections made in a 'live' count of how opening night for this year's intake might unfold.
Matched bids for Academy and father-son draft prospects are included in the Mock Draft, as are the estimated landing spots for free agency compensation selections.
Matched bids for clubs have seen their subsequent selection(s) dissolve from the draft order, pending the timing of the bids.
The 14 clubs involved in the Mock Draft were split between Craft of the Draft analysts Jonty Ralphsmith and Mitch Keating.
Jonty's Picks - West Coast, Essendon, Hawthorn, Sydney, Fremantle, GWS and Geelong
Mitch's Picks - Richmond, Gold Coast, St Kilda, Carlton, Western Bulldogs, Adelaide and Brisbane
Not Involved - North Melbourne, Melbourne, Port Adelaide and Collingwood
Pick 23 - Carlton (Jack Silvagni Compensation*): Archie Ludowyke
| 22 RANK |  | Archie Ludowyke Sandringham Dragons Forward HEIGHT: 197cm | â–¶+ |
Carlton conclude our Mock Draft with their second selection, strengthening the other end of the field after adding father-son key defender Harry Dean at Pick 8.
Ludowyke gives the Blues a key forward for the future, with his towering height often too much for defenders this year.
His aerial dominance, coupled with a clean set-shot routine, has made Ludowyke an attractive asset coming through the draft pathways in the past couple of years, and with the Blues potentially looking at a shuffling of their key forward pack, a player like Ludowyke coming through the doors of Princes Park will be ideal.
