2007 AFL draft
The 2007 Australian Football League draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2007/08 Australian Football League 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.| Player | Original club | :Category:Australian Football League clubs|New club | Traded for |
| Martin Mattner | draft pick #28 | ||
| John Meesen | draft pick #37 | ||
| Chris Judd and draft pick #46 | Josh Kennedy, draft picks #3 and #20 | ||
| Josh Kennedy, draft picks #3 and #20 | Chris Judd and draft pick #46 | ||
| Cameron Wood | draft pick #14 | ||
| Travis Johnstone | draft pick #14 | ||
| Brad Moran | draft pick #37 | ||
| Brad Symes | draft pick #28 | ||
| Jordan McMahon | draft pick #19 | ||
| Henry Playfair | draft pick #44 | ||
| Adam Schneider | draft pick #26 | ||
| Sean Dempster | draft pick #26 | ||
| Mitch Morton | draft pick #35 | ||
| Steven King | draft pick #90 | ||
| Charlie Gardiner | draft pick #90 | ||
| Ben Hudson and draft pick #43 | draft picks #30 & #38 | ||
| Tim Callan and draft pick #66 | draft pick #62 | ||
| Ben Davies | draft pick #96 | ||
| Sam Power | draft pick #48 | ||
| Richard Hadley | draft pick #52 | ||
| Draft pick #22 | draft picks #30 and #35 |
Retirements and delistings
The 2007 AFL season is notable for the unusually large number of players who retired, particularly senior and "champion" players.| Name | Club | Date Retired | Reason |
| Jonathan Hay | 22 February | Contractual problems resulting from bi-polar issues. | |
| Darren Gaspar | 4 May | To help Richmond's younger players and go for a youth policy. | |
| Brett Montgomery | 25 May | Disk bulge in neck. | |
| Rhys Archard | 29 July | Return to family in rural Victoria. | |
| Luke Darcy | 30 July | Frustrated and angry at game due to knee injuries. | |
| Anthony Koutoufides | 31 July | Hip injury; had already planned to retire at the end of the season. | |
| Mark Ricciuto | 16 August | Body could no longer cope with AFL football. | |
| Matthew Robbins | 24 August | Struggled throughout the year despite having a ripping 2006 season. | |
| Josh Mahoney | 24 August | Unable to hold down a regular position. | |
| Troy Cook | 24 August | It seemed the right time for him to leave the game. | |
| Shane Parker | 24 August | Was always going to struggle to play the year out and there was no way he could continue. | |
| Chris Scott | 25 August | Injury. | |
| Ray Hall | 28 August | Serious hip injury that had sidelined him for the entire 2007 season. | |
| Trent Knobel | 28 August | Persistent ankle injury. | |
| Kent Kingsley | 28 August | Injury. | |
| Darryl Wakelin | 29 August | Struggled with injury. | |
| Matthew Lappin | 29 August | To help his club focus on playing younger players. | |
| Nathan Brown | 29 August | Ready to start the next chapter of his life. | |
| Clint Bizzell | 29 August | Right time to do so. | |
| Byron Pickett | 31 August | Waning passion for the game. | |
| Chris Johnson | 31 August | Decided to leave the game – he was the last ever Fitzroy player in the AFL. | |
| Andrew Thompson | 1 September | Right time to do so. | |
| Matthew Clarke | 1 September | One year contract expired; he decided to leave the game. | |
| James Hird | 1 September | Right time to do so. | |
| Josh Wooden | 5 September | Nagging hip injury. | |
| Richie Vandenberg | 6 September | Due to a troublesome back injury, his body could not cope any more. | |
| Brett Voss | 18 September | Made the most of his time as an AFL footballer. | |
| Ben Dixon | 19 September | Inability of his body to prepare well enough for senior football. | |
| Rowan Jones | 19 September | Right time to do so. | |
| Glenn Archer | 22 September | Right time to do so. | |
| James Clement | 23 September | Family health; right time to do so. | |
| Joel Smith | 25 September | Thought the time was right, it was time to move on. | |
| Kasey Green | 26 September | Wanted to move back to Perth. | |
| Chris Heffernan | 2 October | His opportunities to play senior football beyond 2007 were limited. | |
| Scott Camporeale | 2 October | Injury. | |
| Chris Grant | 2 October | Injury and right time to do so. | |
| Aaron Hamill | 2 October | Injury and right time to do so; he felt it was in the best interest of the club moving forward. | |
| Mark Bolton | 3 October | Had been struggling to make the starting 22 in 2007 and recognised the right time to do so. | |
| Nathan Buckley | 5 October | Chronic hamstring injuries had curtailed his ability to remain fit for selection. | |
| Paul Licuria | 5 October | Battled injury and form problems this season. | |
| Nathan Ablett | 5 October | Ending career after winning 2007 Premiership. | |
| Justin Longmuir | 31 October | Chronic knee injury. | |
| Stephen Doyle | 31 October | Series of knee injuries. | |
| Lance Whitnall | 12 November | Knee injury. |
| Player | Club | Date |
2007 national draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | League | :Category:Australian Football League clubs|Club |
| Priority | 1 | Matthew Kreuzer | Northern Knights | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 2 | Trent Cotchin | Northern Knights | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 3 | Chris Masten | East Fremantle | WAFL | |
| 1 | 4 | Cale Morton | Claremont | WAFL | |
| 1 | 5 | Jarrad Grant | Dandenong Stingrays | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 6 | David Myers | Perth | WAFL | |
| 1 | 7 | Rhys Palmer | East Fremantle | WAFL | |
| 1 | 8 | Lachlan Henderson | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 9 | Ben McEvoy | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 10 | Patrick Dangerfield | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 11 | Patrick Veszpremi | Northern Knights | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 12 | Cyril Rioli | St Mary's | NTFL | |
| 1 | 13 | Brad Ebert | Port Adelaide Magpies | SANFL | |
| 1 | 14 | Jack Grimes | Northern Knights | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 15 | Robbie Tarrant | Bendigo Pioneers | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 16 | Matthew Lobbe | Eastern Ranges | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 17 | Harry Taylor | East Fremantle | WAFL | |
| Priority | 18 | Alex Rance | Swan Districts | WAFL | |
| 2 | 19 | Callan Ward | Western Jets | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 20 | Tony Notte | Swan Districts | WAFL | |
| 2 | 21 | Addam Maric | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 22 | Scott Selwood | Bendigo Pioneers | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 23 | Tayte Pears | East Perth | WAFL | |
| 2 | 24 | Clayton Hinkley | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 25 | Tom Collier | Tassie Mariners | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 26 | Brett Meredith | Northern Knights | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 27 | Andy Otten | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 28 | Marlon Motlop | Wanderers | NTFL | |
| 2 | 29 | Brendan Whitecross | Zillmere | QAFL | |
| 2 | 30 | Jarrhan Jacky | Subiaco | WAFL | |
| 2 | 31 | John McCarthy | Dandenong Stingrays | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 32 | Levi Greenwood | Port Adelaide Magpies | SANFL | |
| 2 | 33 | Matthew Westhoff | Central District | SANFL | |
| 2 | 34 | Dawson Simpson | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 35 | Sam Reid | Zillmere | QAFL | |
| 3 | 36 | Steven Browne | West Perth | WAFL | |
| 3 | 37 | Scott Thompson | Geelong | VFL | |
| 3 | 38 | Myke Cook | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | |
| 3 F/S | 39 | Darcy Daniher | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 40 | Chris Mayne | Perth | WAFL | |
| 3 | 41 | James Polkinghorne | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 42 | Jack Steven | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 43 | Easton Wood | Camperdown/Geelong Grammar School | HFNL | |
| 3 | 44 | Scott Simpson | Dandenong Stingrays | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 45 | Stuart Dew | AFL | ||
| 3 | 46 | Dennis Armfield | Swan Districts | WAFL | |
| 3 | 47 | Toby Thoolen | Bendigo Pioneers | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 48 | Jarrad Boumann | Dandenong Stingrays | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 49 | Mitchell Farmer | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 50 | Dan McKenna | Gippsland Power | TAC Cup | |
| 4 | 51 | Dean Putt | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 4 | 52 | Bradd Dalziell | East Fremantle | WAFL | |
| 4 | 53 | Kyle Cheney | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | |
| 4 | 54 | Cale Hooker | East Fremantle | WAFL | |
| 4 | 55 | Mark Johnson | AFL | ||
| 4 | 56 | Matt Austin | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | |
| 4 | 57 | Fraser Gehrig | AFL | ||
| 4 | 58 | Tony Armstrong | NSW/ACT Rams/Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 4 | 59 | Craig Bird | NSW/ACT Rams/Nelson Bay | TAC Cup | |
| 4 F/S | 60 | Adam Donohue | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |
| 4 F/S | 61 | Jaxson Barham | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |
| 4 | 62 | Josh Smith | West Perth | WAFL | |
| 4 | 63 | Guy O'Keefe | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |
| 5 | 64 | Pass | |||
| 5 | 65 | Pass | |||
| 5 | 66 | Tom McNamara | South Adelaide | SANFL | |
| 5 | 67 | Pass | |||
| 5 | 68 | Pass | |||
| 5 | 69 | Kepler Bradley | AFL | ||
| 5 | 70 | Eljay Connors | Bendigo Pioneers | TAC Cup | |
| 5 | 71 | Aaron Kite | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 5 | 72 | Blake Grima | AFL | ||
| 6 | 73 | Pass | |||
| 6 | 74 | Jason D'urso | |||
| 6 | 75 | Taylor Walker | NSW/ACT Rams/North Broken Hill | TAC Cup |
2008 pre-season draft
2008 rookie draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | :Category:Australian Football League clubs|Club |
| 1 | 1 | Clayton Collard | ||
| 1 | 2 | Aaron Joseph | Tassie Mariners | |
| 1 | 3 | Trent Zomer | Eastern Ranges | |
| 1 | 4 | James Mulligan | Southport | |
| 1 | 5 | Rhys Magin | Zillmere | |
| 1 | 6 | Brent Connelly | Gippsland Power | |
| 1 | 7 | Phil Smith | Calder Cannons | |
| 1 | 8 | Glenn Chivers | Oakleigh Chargers | |
| 1 | 9 | James Moss | Central District | |
| 1 | 10 | Matthew O'Dwyer | ||
| 1 | 11 | Hugh Sandilands | Oakleigh Chargers | |
| 1 | 12 | Lewis Stevenson | Claremont | |
| 1 | 13 | Luke Casey-Leigh | Sandringham Dragons | |
| 1 | 14 | Nathan Grima | Central District | |
| 1 | 15 | Nick Salter | Woodville-West Torrens | |
| 1 | 16 | Brodie Moles | Tasmania | |
| 2 | 17 | Jarrod Silvester | Coburg Tigers | |
| 2 | 18 | Lachlan Hill | Oakleigh Chargers | |
| 2 | 19 | Austin Wonaeamirri | St Mary's Football Club | |
| 2 | 20 | Henry White | North Adelaide | |
| 2 | 21 | Jarrod Atkinson | Bendigo Bombers | |
| 2 | 22 | Luke Pratt | Swan Districts | |
| 2 | 23 | Pat Garner | ||
| 2 | 24 | Luke Miles | Swan Districts | |
| 2 | 25 | Jared Petrenko | Woodville-West Torrens | |
| 2 | 26 | Brendan Murphy | County Carlow | |
| 2 | 27 | Timothy Walsh | Port Adelaide Magpies | |
| 2 | 28 | Ashley Arrowsmith | Calder Cannons | |
| 2 | 29 | Kevin Dyas | County Armagh | |
| 2 | 30 | Cruize Garlett | Perth | |
| 2 | 31 | Daniel Boyle | Murray Bushrangers | |
| 2 | 32 | Jeremy Laidler | Calder Cannons | |
| 3 | 33 | Tristan Cartledge | ||
| 3 | 34 | David Ellard | Swan Districts | |
| 3 | 35 | Jake Spencer | Redland Bombers | |
| 3 | 36 | John Shaw | Sandringham Dragons | |
| 3 | 37 | Calib Mourish | ||
| 3 | 38 | Pearce Hanley | County Mayo | |
| 3 | 39 | Andrew McQualter | ||
| 3 | 40 | Ed Curnow | Geelong Falcons | |
| 3 | 41 | Jake Orreal | Unregistered | |
| 3 | 42 | Alex Grima | Tassie Mariners | |
| 3 | 43 | Will Sullivan | Western Jets | |
| 3 | 44 | Alan Obst | ||
| 3 | 45 | Ryan Willits | ||
| 3 | 46 | Chris Kangars | Geelong Falcons | |
| 4 | 47 | Cameron Howat | ||
| 4 | 48 | Michael Shields | County Cork | |
| 4 | 49 | Shane Valenti | Sandringham Zebras | |
| 4 | 50 | Ryley Dunn | ||
| 4 | 51 | Khan Haretuku | UNSW Eastern Suburbs | |
| 4 | 52 | Brodie Martin | Sturt | |
| 4 | 53 | Matthew Beckmans | Turvey Park | |
| 4 | 54 | Cameron Stokes | Darwin | |
| 4 | 55 | Callum Wilson | South Fremantle | |
| 4 | 56 | Michael Wundke | North Adelaide | |
| 4 | 57 | Shane Mumford | ||
| 5 | 58 | Aaron Bruce | Eastlake | |
| 5 | 59 | Beau Wilkes | ||
| 5 | 60 | James Wilsen | St George | |
| 6 | 61 | Dean Terlich | Murray Bushrangers | |
| 6 | 62 | Ryan Davis | North Shore Bombers |
Draft firsts
This draft has been the first ever draft where elevated NSW scholarship players 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:| League | Players selected | State |
| TAC Cup | 40 | VIC |
| WAFL | 18 | WA |
| SANFL | 4 | SA |
| QAFL | 3 | QLD |
| VFL | 2 | VIC |
| NTFL | 2 | NT |
| HFNL | 1 | VIC |