The 2007 Australian Football League draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2007/08

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off-season. These were trade week, the national draft, which was held on 24 November 2007, the pre-season draft and the rookie draft.

Player movements

Trades

2007 was the first year that clubs were allowed to trade picks without the trade involving a player. The trade week was headlined by the desire of West Coast premiership captain Chris Judd to return to Victoria, after six years with the club having been drafted to the Eagles in

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. His departure created much attention and speculation among the Melbourne-based clubs, the media and the football community. In the weeks following the announcement of his departure, Judd met with four clubs: Essendon, Melbourne, Collingwood and Carlton. On 2 October 2007, Judd announced that his preferred club was Carlton, and Carlton was also considered most likely to secure a trade with West Coast, because the club held two early draft picks which could be used in negotiations. On 11 October 2007, Judd was officially traded to Carlton along with a third round selection in the

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(No. 46 overall) for Carlton's first and second round selections (No. 3 and 20) and Josh Kennedy, who was reluctant to leave Carlton.The Australia (2010)
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Retirements and delistings

The 2007 AFL season is notable for the unusually large number of players who retired, particularly senior and "champion" players.

2007 national draft

2008 pre-season draft

2008 rookie draft

Draft firsts

This draft has been the first ever draft where elevated NSW scholarship players ( Taylor Walker, Craig Bird, Ryan Davis, James Wilsen, Khan Haretuku) were drafted to their respective clubs by the draft under the rule, clubs must give up their last selection in either rookie or senior draft in order to draft that elevated scholarship player.

Selections by league

National and Pre-season draft selection totals by leagues:

Notes

References

External links

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