The 2015 draft was a bumper draft, with many of the players who went in these proceedings going on to be stars of the competition.

Whilst there have been some who haven't exactly lit up the competition that were drafted highly, there have also been some massive movers who have come from later picks to achieve big things.

Here is the original first 18 of the draft for context:

  1. Jacob Weitering (Carlton)
  2. Josh Schache (Brisbane)
  3. Callum Mills (Sydney)
  4. Clayton Oliver (Melbourne)
  5. Darcy Parish (Essendon)
  6. Aaron Francis (Essendon)
  7. Jacob Hopper (GWS)
  8. Callum Ah Chee (Gold Coast)
  9. Sam Weideman (Melbourne)
  10. Harry McKay (Carlton)
  11. Wayne Milera (Adelaide)
  12. Charlie Curnow (Carlton)
  13. Matthew Kennedy (GWS)
  14. Eric Hipwood (Brisbane)
  15. Daniel Rioli (Richmond)
  16. Harrison Himmelberg (GWS)
  17. Tom Doedee (Adelaide)
  18. Jade Gresham (St Kilda)

For context, in this draft, several teams bid for Academy players and shuffled up the draft order (i.e. Sydney with Callum Mills). However, to avoid hypotheticals, the draft order will stay the same, so Sydney for example still will slide in at Pick 3 regardless of the player they draft. Teams will also be drafting for need, and not necessarily the best player.

Without further ado, here is the 2015 draft, re-done.

2. Clayton Oliver - Brisbane (Original position - Pick 4) 

It's strange to think how Josh Schache originally occupied this position considering the blistering rise to the top Clayton Oliver has.

In this draft, the man from country Victoria will be making the switch up to the sunshine state, jumping on board with the Lions as they look to get back to winning ways.

Would the Lions have moved on McCluggage in 2016 and Neale a couple of years after should they have drafted Oliver? It remains to be seen, but if he mimicked his trajectory at Melbourne, it'd be reasonable to doubt they would have had to.

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