Sandringham Dragon Harry Sheezel says he’s happy to go anywhere when he’s drafted in November.
Sheezel is considered all but a certainty to be on an AFL list in 2023, having been constantly floated as a top-10 pick throughout the year.
AFL Media’s draft guru Cal Twomey rated the prospect as the fourth best player available to recruiters in his September rankings.
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The 17-year-old averaged 2.6 goals a game for the Dragons throughout 2022 while also finding plenty of the footy, averaging 19.3 disposals a game.
He also saved his best footy for Vic Metro’s Grand Final, booting four goals in what Twomey described as an “electric” performance.
Despite spending most of his time inside the forward half, standing at 184cms and 77kgs, Sheezel can see a move into the midfield in the future.
“I think I’m more of a forward (at the moment),” he told AFL Trade Radio’s Trade Exchange.
“I think in the first few years f my AFL career that’ll probably be my position, but I think I do have the capacity to play midfield, maybe even full-time as well as pinch-hitting in there
“So whatever club I go to, we’ll see what they want.”
Sheezel was also questioned about the potential of being drafted interstate.
His Dragons teammate Will Ashcroft is seen as the best player in the draft and Brisbane will likely need to match a bid for their father-son prospect inside the first few picks.
Outside of North Melbourne with the first pick, Essendon is the only other Victorian side to have a pick inside the top five.
With the very real chance Sheezel will head to an interstate club, the crafty forward said he plans to be loyal to whoever drafts him.
“Yeah, it sits fine with me (moving interstate). I probably would prefer to stay here in Melbourne with my family because we’re so close, but I think I’m a pretty loyal person,” he added.
“If I was to go interstate I’d work really hard to give it my best shot.”
Dragons coach Wayne Cripps said on Thursday he believed Sheezel had “closed the gap” between himself and Ashcroft throughout the year.
“He has such x-factor, he’s a match-winner. He’s got some real bags of tricks as a forward,” Cripps added.