Former Collingwood and Adelaide forward Ben Crocker admits he hasn’t had as much interest as he would have liked ahead of the upcoming mid-season draft.
Crocker spent four seasons on the Magpies' list between 2016 and 2019 and played for the Crows in 2020 before being delisted.
Now pushing his case to join a third AFL club with Carlton’s VFL side, Crocker said he “hadn’t heard a whole lot” from AFL clubs, but is determined to keep performing well for the Blues.
“To be honest I haven’t heard from clubs as much as I would have liked,” he said on SEN SA Breakfast.
“I’m not sure how the mid-year (draft) works, I guess every clubs has their different approaches to how they go about things and I suppose some clubs are looking to get back up (players in) and others are looking at the best players.
“I haven’t heard a whole lot (of interest), but to be honest I’m just focusing on what I’m doing on game day (for Carlton’s VFL side) because I feel that’s as much of an impact as I’ll have and as much as I’ll do at the moment.”
Crocker has kicked 16 goals in the VFL for the Blues this year, impressing onlookers with his ability to hit the scoreboard playing as a medium sized forward.
The 24-year-old said he considered going back to his old club Collingwood to play VFL football but opted to test himself in a new environment.
“I always had the ambition to keep trying, even last year didn’t really go to plan,” Crocker said.
“It was a difficult year for me, I definitely thought I had qualities for AFL and if I could get some consistency under my belt, I could put my hand up to play again.
“I thought about going back to Collingwood and playing VFL there to be around friends again, but I thought the best chance for me was to go somewhere fresh with new eyes on me and landed myself at Carlton.”