This year's No.2 draft pick, Andrew Brayshaw has wasted no time in committing to his new club, signing a two-year contract extension with the Fremantle Dockers just three weeks after being drafted.
The new deal on top of his initial two-year contract when drafted, will see him remain at the Dockers for at least the first four years of his career, until 2021.
โI heard that the club was interested in re-signing me and Iโve been treated really well here and everyoneโs been really welcoming, so I just snatched it (the opportunity to re-sign) up as quickly as I could,โ Brayshaw, the brother of Melbourne midfielder, Angus, said.
โI definitely feel thereโs something special going on at the club and Iโm really excited for the next few years and I definitely want to be a part of that.
โItโs really good to have a group of guys who are all going through the same sort of thing.
โAt a lot of other clubs, thereโs only two or three draftees but having us 10 who most have moved from interstate, itโs been really great to work off each together and sort things out together.
โItโs been a great experience so far.โ
Fremantle list manager Brad Lloyd said the club is thrilled to secure the youngster who has already shown plenty of leadership qualities.
โAndrewโs has been outstanding since he arrived at the club,โ Lloyd said.
โHeโs been really upbeat and heโs attacked everything the clubโs thrown at him. Heโs spent some time living with Nat Fyfe. Heโs been on a training camp already, where he displayed a lot of his qualities and heโs settling in really well.
โItโs really exciting for Andrew to commit to four years at the football club.
โHeโs an exciting young player, we love his football and heโs also a quality person.
โWeโre thrilled with the leadership heโs shown. Weโve had 22 young players enter the football club in the past two off-seasons, so to have a young player like Andrew show his commitment to the club with a two-year extension on top of an initial two-year term, itโs a really good sign and a show of faith by Andrew."
Brayshaw's other brother, Hamish, was drafted by West Coast with pick No.68 last month.
