Welcome to Craft of the Draft's second AFL Mock Draft for 2025, with a total of 23 selections made in our latest prediction of how the first round of this year's count might unfold.
Our second edition Mock Draft follows the draft order changes from the trade period, while trading picks has also become an option should any club wish to move their selections.
This exercise also looks to deviate from our first Mock Draft with alternative selections where we see fit, creating a chain reaction of changes to show the potential ripple effect of these alterations.
Mitch's Picks: West Coast, Essendon, Hawthorn, Sydney, GWS, Geelong, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide
Jonty's Picks: Richmond, Gold Coast, St Kilda, Carlton, Western Bulldogs, Fremantle, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Collingwood
16Pick 16 - Western Bulldogs: Lachy Dovaston
Three types of players were considered with this selection for the Dogs: A marking defender, Blake Thredgold, who has proven his lockdown capability this year; a dashing half-back in the vein of Oskar Taylor; and a small forward, with Dovaston ultimately the player selected.
There is no secret that the Dogs need greater sturdiness in the backline, but it would be a tall order for a player to come in and fill that role in the short term, with Dovaston viewed as the best available of the three aforementioned players.
Cody Weightman will return to the fold next year but is more of a hit-up option, where Dovaston is a crumber also capable of playing higher and impacting at stoppage.
