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.
West Coast
Picks: 1, 2, 13, 34, 41, 53, 58
The Eagles have recruited three club icons when starting at the top of the order, adding dual premiership player Drew Banfield and ruckman Michael Gardiner before more recently landing wunderkind Harley Reid. Pick 2 has been a little more polarising, with 1988 selection Todd Breman managing just the 23 games for the Eagles, while Nic Naitanui was a star of the competition who was unfortunately limited by injury. Premiership captain Shannon Hurn is one of five players to join the Eagles via Pick 13, with other flag Eagles in Michael Braun and Adam Selwood being previous Pick 53 recruits.
Pick 1: Drew Banfield, Michael Gardiner, Harley Reid
Pick 2: Todd Breman, Nic Naitanui
Pick 13: Callum Chambers, Shannon Hurn, Brad Ebert, Daniel Venables, Jarrod Brander
Pick 34: Travis Burton, Andrew Williams, Matthew Spangher
Pick 41: Kane Munro
Pick 53: Michael Braun, Adam Selwood
Pick 58: Ben Johnson, Noah Long
