AFL mid-season draft 2023: The top 20 prospects up for grabs

Last year, a Box Hill speedster was playing local footy. By Wednesday, he could be on an AFL list. Meet the bolter of the mid-season crop, plus every top prospect.

The AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft has given opportunities to a host of current players since being brought back in 2019.

Who could forget Richmond’s Marlion Pickett, who played in the 2019 premiership just months after joining the Tigers?

Essendon’s Sam Durham has become a regular since being taken in the 2021 mid-season draft, as has Collingwood’s John Noble (2019) and Hawthorn’s Jai Newcombe (2021).

Some more developing young players — as well as some ex-AFL players — are in the mix to earn their opportunities in this year’s draft on Wednesday.

Here are the 20 of the leading contenders to be snapped up.

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Originally published as AFL mid-season draft 2023: The top 20 prospects up for grabs