Draft time often leaves AFL fans searching for omens or wanting to snap unwanted trends of the past.
Each club has its good and bad draft tales that have either set them up for the long haul or hampered their list builds at critical junctures.
The 2025 AFL Draft could do the same for several teams, who will be hoping their current suite of selections uncovers some diamonds in the rough.
Looking at every AFL team's draft hand for the 2025 count, here's how each side has fared with their current selections historically.
Adelaide
Picks: 16, 48, 55, 64, 73, 75
Some club icons were recruited to the Crows with their range of selections, with none better than Adelaide's all-time leading goalkicker in Taylor Walker, at Pick 75. That selection also netted them Ken McGregor and Ben Davis. Pick 16 secured the likes of Brett Burton, Richard Douglas and Ned McHenry over the years, while David Mackay is one of five players to be drafted by the Crows at Pick 48.
Pick 16: Brett Burton, Richard Douglas, Ned McHenry
Pick 48: Lucas Herbert, Matthew Smith, Alan Obst, David Mackay, Lachlan Gollant
Pick 55: N/A
Pick 64: Nick Gill, Cam Ellis-Yolmen, Lachlan Sholl
Pick 73: N/A
Pick 75: Ken McGregor, Taylor Walker, Ben Davis
