2004 AFL Draft
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The 2004 AFL Draft, concerning player acquisitions in the 2004/05 Australian Football League off-season, consisted of a trade period, a national draft, a pre-season draft, and the elevation of rookies. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
In 2004 there were 78 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. The Richmond Tigers received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 2004 AFL season.
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[edit] Trades
In alphabetical order of new clubs
| Player | Original Club | New Club | Traded For |
| Scott Thompson | Melbourne | Adelaide Crows | Draft Pick #12 |
| Callum Chambers | West Coast Eagles | Carlton | Draft Pick #57 |
| Troy Longmuir | Fremantle | Carlton | Draft Pick #67 |
| Chad Morrison | West Coast Eagles | Collingwood | Draft Pick #37 |
| Heath Black | St. Kilda | Fremantle | Troy Simmonds |
| Josh Carr | Port Adelaide | Fremantle | Draft Picks #11, #27 and #45 |
| Brad Ottens | Richmond | Geelong | Draft Picks #12 and #16 |
| Bo Nixon | Collingwood | Hawthorn | Draft Picks #10 and #37 |
| Nathan Thompson | Hawthorn | Kangaroos | Draft Picks #10 and #26 |
| Brent Moloney | Geelong | Melbourne | Draft Pick #12 |
| Aaron Shattock | Brisbane Lions | Port Adelaide | Draft Pick #43 |
| Troy Simmonds | Fremantle | Richmond | Aaron Fiora |
| Aaron Fiora | Richmond | St. Kilda | Heath Black |
| Darren Jolly | Melbourne | Sydney Swans | Draft Pick #15 |
| Tyson Stenglein | Adelaide Crows | West Coast Eagles | Draft Picks #12 and #28 |
[edit] National Draft
[edit] Pre-Season Draft
| Pick | Player | Recruited from | Club |
| 1 | Trent Knobel | St. Kilda | Richmond |
| 2 | Blake Caracella | Brisbane Lions | Collingwood |
| 3 | Eddie Betts | Calder Cannons | Carlton |
| 4 | Lance Picioane | Hawthorn | Kangaroos |
| 5 | Jarrad Schofield | Port Adelaide | Fremantle |
| 6 | Ty Zantuck | Richmond | Essendon |
| 7 | Elijah Ware | Central District Bulldogs | Port Adelaide |
| 8 | Pass | Richmond |
[edit] Rookie Elevation
In alphabetical order of professional clubs. This list contains 2004-listed rookies who were elevated in the off-season; it does not detail the rookie draft which took place in the 2004/05 off-season.
| Player | Recruited from | Club |
| Matthew Smith | Oakleigh U18 | Adelaide Crows |
| Leigh Ryswyk | Southport Sharks | Brisbane Lions |
| Adam Bentick | Calder Cannons | Carlton |
| Andrew Carrazzo | Geelong | Carlton |
| Nick Maxwell | North Ballarat Football Club | Collingwood |
| Steven Dodd | East Fremantle Football Club | Fremantle |
| Dylan Smith | Kangaroos | Fremantle |
| Shannon Byrnes | Murray Bushrangers | Geelong |
| Josh Thurgood | North Ballarat Roosters | Hawthorn |
| Aaron Davey | Port Melbourne Boroughs | Melbourne |
| Kelvin W. Moore | Yarra Valley Football Club | Richmond |
| Dylan Pfitzner | Central District Bulldogs | St. Kilda |
| Nick Stone | Hawthorn | St. Kilda |
| Paul Bevan | NSW-ACT U18 | Sydney Swans |
| Brett Jones | Claremont Football Club | West Coast Eagles |
[edit] See also
- WikiProject AFL for more AFL information
- Official AFL Draft page
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