This year, Bob Murphy and Andy Maher will be awarding the Joel Brooks Medal to the fourth-year player that has the best season, breaking out after three years of development in the league.
On SEN’s Bob and Andy, the pair will be handing out weekly votes, with a running leaderboard to be kept here.
Which fourth year player will break out and become a star in 2021?
“We have a philosophy that in the fourth year of player’s careers they take off. They take flight. They become the player that by the end of their career we know them for,” Murphy explained on SEN’s Bob and Andy.
“In the American system you have three years of college, then you turn pro. So these players that are eligible are in their fourth year of league footy.”
The medal is named after SEN producer Joel Brooks, who came up with the concept.
Here are their votes from Round 14:
5. Oscar McInerney (Brisbane)
4. Dylan Moore (Hawthorn)
3. Aaron Naughton (Western Bulldogs)
2. Cam Zurhaar (North Melbourne)
1. Luke Davies-Uniacke (North Melbourne)
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Leaderboard
21 – Aaron Naughton
20 – Tim Kelly
17 – Andrew Brayshaw
15 - Changkuoth Jiath
14 – Jack Henry
13 - Oscar McInerney
12 – Zac Bailey
10 - Bayley Fritsch
9 – Oscar Allen
8 – Adam Cerra
8 – Brandon Starcevich
6 – Hunter Clark
6 - Jack Higgins
6 - Cam Zurhaar
5 – Lachie Fogarty
5 – Sam Taylor
5 - Liam Baker
5 - Callum Coleman-Jones
5 - Liam Ryan
4 – Jaidyn Stephenson
4 - Wil Powell
4 – Tom McCartin
4 - Dylan Moore
3 – Noah Balta
3 - Brody Mihocek
3 - Peter Ladhams
2 - Kane Farrell
1 - Jack Petruccelle
1 - Nick Coffield
1 - Luke Davies-Uniacke