There's not putting a foot wrong and then there is what Logan Morris has done to start his AFL career.
Brisbane's young gun key forward has already reached incredible heights in his first two-and-a-half seasons which many spend decade-long careers trying to achieve.
The 21-year-old from Werribee in Melbourne's west has two premiership medallions to his name, is currently sitting third in the Coleman Medal race and has a litany of multi-million dollar contracts from across the league sitting on his kitchen table.
Morris has said he wants to stay on at Brisbane when his current contract ends in 2027, and who could blame him given the success he has had, but the start to his career could have looked very different according to Warren Velisha, his junior coach at Werribee Districts Football Club.
Velisha said at one family function during 2023, he spoke to a newly appointed AFL coach and implored him to select Morris in the upcoming national draft, such was Velisha impressed by the young forward as a footballer and a person.
"Not going to name drop, but at a family event with (Richmond coach) Adem Yze, I said to him, 'You got to take this kid," Velisha told Zero Hanger.
"I remember saying that to him and I said, 'Mate, you got to take this kid'. We knew once he got the work rate up that he could be something special.
"But Richmond had no draft picks that year. And Brisbane took him before (the Tigers could)."
How different would Richmond look in 2026 with Morris leading its forward line? But that's an unfair assessment given all 17 clubs across the land would be thinking the same thing right now.
The 191cm forward is a man unnerved by the spotlights, according to Velisha, who said Morris has never feared playing above his height, age or pay grade.
"There was wraps from parents, 'Oh, you got this kid', (who) I had never seen before," he said.
"We could see he was very talented. Like he used to dominate the 16s. But we really knew there was something special when he played above his level, every time he played above his level, he excelled.
"I called him the next Jack Gunston.
"He's not a massive kid, like you're talking AFL level for a centre forward. He's not massive, but he knows how to mark, kick, he's just got all the talent, natural ability.
"It was more when he went up a level that he just excelled, whatever level he went to, excelled, and he's done it in AFL too."
A dominant force in under-16s, Morris was given opportunities to play for the club's under-18s side, which he performed even better in.
So impressive was Morris' ability the club tried to elevate him into the senior side, before being denied by the league.
However, that didn't faze Morris who plied his trade in the Coates Talent League for the Western Jets kicking 31 goals from 14 games in his under-age season before booting 30 from 10 and two goals on his VFL debut for Werribee in his draft year.
The only time his statistical impact dipped was in the 2023 National Under-18s Championships when he kicked four goals from four games for Vic Metro. Perhaps one of the reasons his name somehow slipped down draft boards to pick 31.
Morris has booted an incredible 118 goals from his first 60 games and currently sits behind Gold Coast's Ben King (46) and Sydney's Charlie Curnow (45) in the Coleman Medal.
Fellow generational talents Jeremy Cameron and Lance Franklin had stellar starts to their careers as key talls.
Both sit clear of Morris after 60 games with Franklin on 146 goals and Cameron on 145, but compared to current day young talents such as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy (101 goals after 51 games) and Fremantle's Josh Treacy (85 after 60), Morris is the club house leader.
During his time coaching Morris at Werribee Districts, Velisha said he was a model student and a leader by his actions for boys at the club.
"Very humble kid," he said. "He helped the younger kids, he always took feedback well, he always asked questions.
"He was always targeted and we tried helping him because obviously when you're such a talent, he'd always get the two, three players go on him. But he managed. He never got angry. He just managed to let his footy do the talking.
"He still comes down. He's still got good mates. So you see him when Brisbane play down here and if he's got a chance, he'll come and watch the boys."
