WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - JAYDEN HUNT

[DeeSpencer 23,569]

Kent handballs to Hunt.... oh that's not ending well.

[Whispering_Jack 28,096]

It's a proud moment for me as a life member of the South Metro Junior Football League. A number of lads from the competition were drafted tonight including #2 Josh Kelly and of course two of the three players drafted by Melbourne - Christian Salem and Jayden Hunt.

BTW Hunt is an athlete blessed with pace and for those worrying about us missing out on Nathan Freeman and his burst of pace, Hunt is no slouch and he definitely has an enormous upside.

When I saw the playing list for the VFL Young Guns game, my interest was piqued noting his age and where he came from in comparison to the others on the list. He played a couple of games with Old Brighton Grammarians Under 19s late in the season and featured both times in their best players.

The quintessential smokey!

[Striker475 696]

57...worth the shot.

[Dee man 299]

Born 3/4/1995.

[Carlos Danger 380]

"We're pleased because we rated Christian Salem who has got some elite ability and will add to our midfield mix. The approach going in was to get the best available player at that pick. Jay Kennedy Harris fulfils a need for us with speed and endurance, he has really good character and is a nice kid. On that alone we are rapt to get him into our footy club. Jayden Hunt came through school footy [at Brighton Grammar] with Josh Kelly and Salem and was right up with them as a player when he was much younger early but they grew and he didn't and he dropped off until he grew again. He did some eye-catching things in school games this year."

- Jason Taylor, national recruiting manager

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-11-21/2013-draft-what-the-clubs-said

[Striker475 696]

Seems like they're absolutely rapt with him.

Interesting. Wonder how he'll go if he chunks up a bit.

[monoccular 16,513]

Robert shaw is a brilliant coach of young footballers.

He is churning them out at BGS.

Must be something in the sea air for sure.

....and they love playing in red and blue!

[McQueen 17,864]

Kent handballs to Hunt.... oh that's not ending well.

...and back to Kent, and back to Hunt (repeat)

Not ending well in my attempts.

[monoccular 16,513]

Somehow, Brighton Grammar didn't win the APS premiership, despite having three draftees (2 - Kelly, 9 - Salem, and Hunt) two more who played for Vic Metro U18 (Le Grice and Hayes) and another who played in the Vic U16 team a couple of years ago. That's six guns, and they were all playing the majority of matches.

Maybe their not winning premierships despite being scattered with young stars reflects lack of depth at a much smaller school than the likes of MGS, Xavier, Scotch and Caulfield, nor the huge sports scholarship that win Haileybery several flags.

[Machsy 2,858]

As far as I can tell, Hunt is the only player drafted that the AFL website did not and still does not have either a profile picture, nor a highlights video.

We've done alright in the recent past with kids of a similar vein: Howe, Tom McDonald, Terlich, Matt Jones...

They all prompted a "Who the..?!" response.

Lets hope Hunt joins the list.

[Deetective Sgt. Taggert 380]

As far as I can tell, Hunt is the only player drafted that the AFL website did not and still does not have either a profile picture, nor a highlights video.

We've done alright in the recent past with kids of a similar vein: Howe, Tom McDonald, Terlich, Matt Jones...

They all prompted a "Who the..?!" response.

Lets hope Hunt joins the list.

Pretty sure Howe had his own youtube highlights video before he was drafted. But I agree, and there is something more exciting and intriguing about lessor known players as opposed to those with big write ups and high expectations from the get go.

[Axis of Bob 10,438]

Highlights video up on MFC site.

Looks to be a tallish mid/half back who has really good pace.

[binman 39,223]

Highlights video up on MFC site.

Looks to be a tallish mid/half back who has really good pace.

Yep. I suspect that that is the Roos template for mids in a nutshell (an an insight into his game plan)

[M_9 1,798]

Trivia fact: Jayden is the nephew of former Dee Andy Moir (#29 remembered mainly for his speccie on the goal line)

[Hellish Inferno 992]

Good pair of hands too

[Whispering_Jack 28,096]

Trivia fact: Jayden is the nephew of former Dee Andy Moir (#29 remembered mainly for his speccie on the goal line)

And the number 29's vacant too!

Trivia fact 2: Jayden is a descendent of five-time Collingwood premiership player Harold Rumney, who was part of the Magpie era when they won four successive flags from 1927-1930.

[Rocknroll 945]

I love a outside of the box late draft pick

Think J Howe, Think Matt Jones both I think have served us well

Well done Jadyen good luck with your career at the dees, hopefully you can burn up the G with at pace of yours.

[the fork 357]

Just watched his highlights and have to say his pace is electric. Love that we have taken a genuine punt. Speed was obviously the trait underlined on the recruiters whiteboard this year.

[rjay 24,112]

Just watched his highlights and have to say his pace is electric. Love that we have taken a genuine punt. Speed was obviously the trait underlined on the recruiters whiteboard this year.

Good pace and balance with the ball, nice kick. It's going to be interesting to watch him develop but he has a huge upside and might just be the bargain pick of the draft.

[Ron Burgundy 8,584]

I don't know why didn't we secure GWS' pick 48 as part of the Dom Tyson + pick 9 for pick 2. GWS passed on this pick, and we then used pick 57 on Jayden Hunt.

It's all academic if we would've picked Hunt with pick 48, but I would've thought we could've got an upgrade from 57 to 48 given that GWS didn't even use it.

Are there any players between 48 and 57 that seem worthy/better than Hunt?

[whatwhat say what 19,942]

We got an upgrade from 74 to 57 I thought.

[Satyriconhome 10,013]

I don't know why didn't we secure GWS' pick 48 as part of the Dom Tyson + pick 9 for pick 2. GWS passed on this pick, and we then used pick 57 on Jayden Hunt.

It's all academic if we would've picked Hunt with pick 48, but I would've thought we could've got an upgrade from 57 to 48 given that GWS didn't even use it.

Are there any players between 48 and 57 that seem worthy/better than Hunt?

...don't know, bit late now though wouldn't you think, if somebody hasn't got a life they may want to hunt down the vision on 10 or so players today and out guess professional recruiters

[alias275 259]

Most importantly, we have added 2 more J names to our list.

[mfcrox 143]

Know nothing about him... he had a quiet game in the Young Guns game:

7 kicks
6 handballs (5 contested possessions)
4 marks
3 tackles
2 clearances
0 scoring shots

However, we had absolutely no hesitation in reading his name out... no 'umms' or 'ahhs' at all. From what I've read and seen post-draft it sounds like we may have got a little diamond in the rough.

[DemonOX 8,551]

Born 3/4/1995.

Geez that makes me feel old!