This is the third and final part of The Roar’s AFL draft preview for 2014. The draft will take place on Thursday on the Gold Coast.

Pick 21: St Kilda – Jarrod Garlett
Height: 177 cm, Weight: 72 kg

Garlett has really shown recruiters he wants his opportunity at AFL level. Garlett had an amazing draft combine, where he ran a level 15.2 beep test, as well as second place at the standing vertical jump with 76cm and finished in the Top 10 for the clean hands and goal kicking tests.

Garlett is very flashy with his pace and breaks the opposition line. He is able to run and carry the ball forward. He is a tough match up, with his ability to hit the scoreboard while playing multiple positions at both ends of the ground. Garlett had a great U18 carnival, and his endurance allowed him to run out these games showing recruiters he has all the skills to be anything in the future.

Garlett played four games for South Fremantle reserves, averaging four tackles and four clearances, indicating just how much he wants the ball. Although his cousin Dayle had some off-field issues, Jarrod has learnt from his mistakes and should be able to move from Western Australia without any issues.

Whispers: Alex Neal-Bullen and Connor Blakely a possibility, will they draft two mids or a mid and a tall?

Pick 22: St Kilda – Reece McKenzie
Height: 196 cm, Weight: 100 kg

I really like Reece McKenzie. This kid really could be anything, and has the ability to be one of the best talls in the draft. Although McKenzie misses out on the first round, he has an uncanny ability to create headaches for opposition teams hitting the scoreboard.

At the combine McKenzie stood out, finishing equal first in the clean hands test, as well as finishing second in the 20m sprint with 2.87sec which is considered elite. His vertical jump of 72cm shows that he has the ability to beat defenders on the lead and the ability to take the ball at the highest point and you could say he is one of the best marks in the draft.

After switching from basketball early this year, McKenzie has only one season of TAC Cup footy behind him, but he sent a strong message to recruiters when he kicked 10.2 against Eastern Rangers showing that his short preseason hasn’t stopped his ability to impact games. At school level McKenzie was a bit of a bully, kicking eight goals for Marcellin in his final game by three quarter time.

Recruiters watching couldn’t believe their eyes when he turned things on in the last quarter kicking, another eight goals to break a school record. He finished with 16.4. McKenzie will fill the gap that McCartin may have filled if they had picked him with Pick 1 and will be able to make an impact at AFL level with another full preseason under his belt.

Whispers: Same as above

Pick 23: GWS – Brayden Maynard
Height: 186 cm, Weight: 88 kg

Brayden Maynard might find himself at Adelaide should they rather take a small over one of the talls available. Maynard has x-factor and a classy kick. Maynard had a great finals series for Dragons where he played in defence, using his pace and his kicking to help the Dragons make the preliminary final.

Maynard averaged 22 disposals at TAC Cup level, and although didn’t have the carnival for Vic Metro as he would have hoped, he bounced back for the Dragons ensuring that he did all he could to help them towards the back part of the year.

With a preseason at AFL level, and some work in 2015 he should be able to build his tank at GWS helping him transition into a midfielder at AFL level in the future, where he looked most comfortable at TAC Cup level towards the end of the season.

Maynard has the ability to play forward and knows where the goals are, as well as his pressure on his opponents with his strong tackling presence around the ground. Maynard could be considered as a perfect sub at GWS having the ability to come on in the third quarter and make an impact at all ends of the ground.

Whispers: Alex Neal-Bullen and Connor Blakely a possibility.

Pick 24: GWS- Jack Steele (Academy)
Height: 186 cm, Weight: 82 kg

Jack Steele really impressed me at Etihad Stadium for NSW/ACT against Queensland. Steele averaged 21 disposals at an efficiency of 79 per cent which is very good for U18 level at the Championships. Steele was overlooked last year with injury, but he works very hard in the midfield and can also go forward with good skills in traffic.

At TAC Cup level, some sides sent a tagger to Steele, who to his credit he was able to shake the tagger off and winning clearances for NSW/ACT showing selectors that he deserved the All-Australia honours over someone like Neal-Bullen. Steele could find himself in contention to play next season and his classy ball skills could be used off a wing alongside Josh Kelly at GWS.

Whispers: None, could have gone close to Top 10 if in the open pool.

Pick 25: North Melbourne – Alex Neal-Bullen
Height: 182 cm, Weight: 77 kg

Alex Neal-Bullen had an outstanding U18 championship before being snubbed by missing out on All-Australian honours. Playing nine games in the SANFL this year for Glenelg as an inside midfielder, he averaged 20 disposals. He has an ability to get out of packs and uses the ball very well. He might not be blessed with pace, but Neal-Bullen makes up for it with his great footy mind and his ability to read the play is second to none.

At the stoppages he makes an impact with majority of his possessions coming in the contested positions in and under packs. A few knocks are his lack of speed, but I can see Neal-Bullen being seen as a Ben Jacobs-type inside midfielder, and with the plan of North Melbourne to make Ben into a running outside mid by increasing his speed, Neal-Bullen has the chance to take his position on the inside.

Neal-Bullen has a big upside and could easily mould into a 200-game hard nut inside midfielder in the future.

Whispers: Connor Blakely, Connor Menadue a chance

Pick 26: Western Bulldogs- Ed Vickers-Willis
Height: 190 cm, Weight: 82 kg

Possibly one of the smartest draft prospects for 2014, Vickers-Willis has had a great year at TAC Cup and at the U18 Champs. According to one recruiter, Vickers-Willis is the smartest and most switched on player they have ever interviewed at U18 level.

Vickers-Willis has great leadership skills as indicated from him being school captain at Melbourne Grammar School.

Vickers-Willis was named at Fullback in the All Australian side, which might be hard to comprehend at his height of 190-centimetres, but what Vickers-Willis doesn’t have in height in makes up for it in his intercept marks.

Vickers-Willis has the ability to transition into a midfielder with his height and great ball skills, however will be suited to play in defence for his immediate future but not as a key defender.

However his 19 disposals on average in his nine TAC Cup games, he will really impact games off half back with his marking skills being a key skill for him as a defender. Although Vickers-Willis might not be the most heard of name in the draft, he has done some great jobs shutting down Petracca and Moore in 2014.

Expect Vickers-Willis to be fast tracked into the leadership at the Dogs and will suit the new Dogs coach for 2015.

Whispers: Connor Blakely, Connor Menadue or a tall such as Daniel Nielson a possibility

Pick 27: Western Bulldogs- Connor Menadue
Height: 188 cm, Weight: 69 kg

Carlton have been pretty keen on Menadue, meeting with him recently. Although he could slide to the dogs should Carlton pick a tall with Pick 19. Menadue had a good TAC Cup season at the Jets, a natural defender and a better running players in the draft he has the ability to impact games off Half-Back.

His great endurance is shown from his three-kilometre time trial result. He finished in 10 mins and seven seconds making him sixth overall, as well as showing he isn’t just one-dimensional after recording a 2.88 secs 20m sprint.

Menadue was easily best on ground in the Jets’ loss in the TAC Cup final with his penetrating kick able to impact games off his own boot.

Menadue also kicked 16 goals from 16 games at TAC Cup level showing he can play at all ends of the ground. Menadue is unlikely to feature in his first year at the Dogs, but expect him to grow as a footballer in nature and in size with his height giving him the ability to build into an inside midfielder.

Whispers: Same as above

Pick 28: Carlton – Connor Blakely
Height 187 cm, Weight: 81 kg

Connor Blakely wins a lot of his own footy and is a creative midfielder. Blakely is excellent by hand having the ability to dish the ball out to outside runners.

Blakely wins his own footy on the inside and has the smarts in contested ball situations to rack up disposals even at his light frame.

Blakely has made a good impact for Swan Districts at WAFL level and his defensive abilities have had recruiters praising his efforts to run defensively to help out teammates rather than running forward without the ball. One recruiter I spoke to in June believed that if Blakely made the most of his senior opportunity in the WAFL, he could have pushed for Top 10 pick.

However that looks unlikely to occur, however Blakely is a fantastic tackle that doesn’t let anyone get past him. Although his running game could be improved, Carlton should be able to turn this around in the preseason with Blakely having the ability to play AFL in his first year in 2015.

Whispers: Carlton will look for a mid with pace or a good inside game, Touk Miller is an option as an inside mid

Pick 29: Gold Coast- Touk Miller
Height: 177 cm, Weight: 80 kg

Touk Miller has continued where he left last season, and was named as the captain for Vic Metro in 2014.

Miller is an inside tough midfielder who had an outstanding season in the TAC Cup who wins the contested ball as easy as he finds it to butter his toast in the morning.

The aggression that Miller displays makes him such a hard-nut to tackle and his breakaway speed from the centre circle give him the ability to penetrate the ball long into his teams’ forward line.

With the Suns screaming out for another contested ball ‘hard-nut’ Touk Miller is their man. Miller’s brain and leadership is very strong leading from the front on numerous occasions from School football in 2013 or at Vic Metro level in 2014.

Miller is a ball machine and knows where the goals are with his eagerness to win the footy making him very tough to tag in the future due to his superior desire of wanting the ball.

Whispers: Gold Coast have been known to do something different, Cavka or Webb may be considered

Pick 30: Collingwood- Peter Bampton
Height: 182 cm, Weight: 83 kg

Bampton has had the advantage for Norwood playing senior footy for the last two seasons. Although Bampton missed the U18 champs through injury, Collingwood will be getting a gem with Pick 30, as a player that could easily have pushed for first round honours.

Bampton is a strong inside midfielder and a contested ball specialist, who could play Round 1 next year if Collingwood would want him to. The great thing about Bampton is that he goes hard at the ball, and opponents are usually the ones to come off second best after a contested ball challenge.

With Beams leaving, expected Bampton to fill the gap and his two years of senior SANFL footy will hold him in good stead for Collingwood.

Whispers: Hard to tell what Collingwood will look for in the draft. Possibility of a ‘project’ tall such as Oscar McDonald or Tyler Keitel.