The Geelong Football Club has participated in the Australian Football League (AFL) Draft since it was first established in 1986, when it was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A mid-season draft was held each year from 1990 to 1993, allowing clubs to add players during the season. Since 2016, clubs have had the option of nominating category B rookies to directly join their club's rookie list, rather than via the Rookie Draft as previously required. [1]
^ | Father–son selection | RE | Rookie elevation | B | Category B rookie |
‡ | Re-drafted player after delisting | + | Free agency compensation pick | ← | Selection was traded from another club [nb 1] |
Since free agency was introduced at the conclusion of the 2012 season, Geelong has seen players both arrive and depart the club via free agency.
Period | Player | Status | Free agent type | Notes | Ref |
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2012 | Shannon Byrnes | Outgoing | Unrestricted | Signed with Melbourne; no compensation. | [155] [156] |
Jared Rivers | Incoming | Unrestricted | Previously with Melbourne | [157] | |
Jonathan Simpkin | Outgoing | Delisted | Signed with Hawthorn; no compensation. | [158] [156] | |
Tom Gillies | Outgoing | Delisted | Signed with Melbourne; no compensation. | [159] [156] | |
2013 | No transactions | [160] | |||
2014 | Taylor Hunt | Outgoing | Delisted | Signed with Richmond; no compensation. | [161] [162] |
Joel Hamling | Outgoing | Delisted | Signed with Western Bulldogs; no compensation. | [163] | |
Sam Blease | Incoming | Delisted | Previously with Melbourne | [164] | |
2015 | Scott Selwood | Incoming | Restricted | Previously with West Coast | [165] |
Dawson Simpson | Outgoing | Unrestricted | Signed with Greater Western Sydney; no compensation. | [166] | |
2016 | No transactions | [167] | |||
2017 | Steven Motlop | Outgoing | Restricted | Signed with Port Adelaide; received end of first round draft selection as compensation. | [168] |
2018 | Luke Dahlhaus | Incoming | Unrestricted | Previously with Western Bulldogs | [169] |
Daniel Menzel | Outgoing | Delisted | Signed with Sydney; no compensation. | [170] | |
Jordan Murdoch | Outgoing | Delisted | Signed with Gold Coast; no compensation. | [171] | |
2019 | Ryan Abbott | Outgoing | Delisted | Signed with St Kilda; no compensation. | [172] |
Wylie Buzza | Outgoing | Delisted | Signed with Port Adelaide; no compensation. | [173] | |
2020 | Isaac Smith | Incoming | Unrestricted | Previously with Hawthorn | [174] |
2021 | Tyson Stengle | Incoming | Delisted | Previously with Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL) [a] | [175] |
2022 | Francis Evans | Outgoing | Delisted | Signed with Port Adelaide; no compensation. | [176] |
^ | Father–daughter selection | RS | Rookie signing | ‡ | Re-drafted player after delisting |
+ | Compensation pick | ← | Selection was traded from another club [nb 3] |
Period | Received | Traded with | Traded | Note(s) | Ref. |
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2018 | pick 7 pick 20 | Greater Western Sydney | pick 11 | Multi-club trade | [186] [187] |
— | Collingwood | pick 15 | |||
2019 | No transactions | ||||
2020 | pick 10 pick 20 pick 27 pick 39 | Melbourne | pick 5 pick 35 pick 49 | [188] | |
2021 | Chantel Emonson pick 15 | Melbourne | Olivia Purcell pick 37 | [189] | |
Chloe Scheer | Adelaide | pick 20 | |||
2022 | Ingrid Houtsma | Richmond | Stephanie Williams | [190] | |
Jacqueline Parry Shelley Scott | Melbourne | Jordan Ivey pick 51 | [191] | ||
pick 21 pick 42 | Carlton | Phoebe McWilliams pick 17 | [192] | ||
pick 33 | Collingwood | Olivia Barber | [193] | ||
pick 24 pick 56 | Western Bulldogs | Millie Brown pick 21 | [194] | ||
Mikayla Bowen | West Coast | pick 24 | [195] | ||
2023 | Kate Surman | Port Adelaide | Maddy Keryk pick 12 | [196] | |
pick 1 | Sydney | Laura Gardiner | [197] |
Period | Player | Status | Free agent type | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 expansion club signing period | Richelle Cranston | Incoming | Expansion signing | Previously with Melbourne | [198] |
Melissa Hickey | Incoming | Expansion signing | Previously with Melbourne | ||
Erin Hoare | Incoming | Expansion signing | Previously with Melbourne | ||
Anna Teague | Incoming | Expansion signing | Previously with Melbourne | ||
Cassie Blakeway | Incoming | Expansion signing | Signed from Geelong's VFLW team | [199] | |
Kate Darby | Incoming | Expansion signing | Signed from Geelong's VFLW team | ||
Renee Garing | Incoming | Expansion signing | Signed from Geelong's VFLW team | ||
Rebecca Goring | Incoming | Expansion signing | Signed from Geelong's VFLW team | ||
Jordan Ivey | Incoming | Expansion signing | Signed from Geelong's VFLW team | ||
Danielle Orr | Incoming | Expansion signing | Signed from Geelong's VFLW team | ||
Aasta O'Connor | Incoming | Expansion signing | Previously with Western Bulldogs | [200] | |
Maddie Boyd | Incoming | Expansion signing | Previously with Greater Western Sydney | ||
Phoebe McWilliams | Incoming | Expansion signing | Previously with Greater Western Sydney | ||
2018 free agency | No transactions | ||||
2019 free agency | Hannah Burchell | Outgoing | Delisted | Signed with Richmond; no compensation. | [201] |
Mia-Rae Clifford | Outgoing | Delisted | Signed with Fremantle; no compensation. | [202] | |
2020 free agency | No transactions | ||||
2021 special assistance | Olivia Fuller | Incoming | Mature age signing | Signed from Geelong's VFLW team | [203] |
Claudia Gunjaca | Incoming | Mature age signing | Signed from Geelong's VFLW team | ||
2021 free agency | Richelle Cranston | Outgoing | Delisted | Signed with Western Bulldogs; no compensation. | [204] |
Rachel Kearns | Incoming | Rookie list signing | Signed from Gaelic football | [203] | |
2022 free agency | Samantha Gooden | Incoming | Rookie list signing | Signed from netball | [205] |
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