This year, Bob Murphy and Andy Maher will be awarding the Joel Brooks Medal to the fourth-year player that has the best season, breaking out after three years of development in the league.
On SEN’s Bob and Andy, the pair will be handing out weekly votes, with a running leaderboard to be kept here.
Which fourth year player will break out and become a star in 2021?
“We have a philosophy that in the fourth year of player’s careers they take off. They take flight. They become the player that by the end of their career we know them for,” Murphy explained on SEN’s Bob and Andy.
“In the American system you have three years of college, then you turn pro. So these players that are eligible are in their fourth year of league footy.”
The medal is named after SEN producer Joel Brooks, who came up with the concept.
Here are their votes from Round 18:
5. James Worpel (Hawthorn)
4. Rowan Marshall (St Kilda)*
3. Luke Davies-Uniacke (North Melbourne)
2. Liam Ryan (West Coast)
1. Tom McCartin (Sydney)
*Ineligible, technically.
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Leaderboard
24 – Andrew Brayshaw
21 – Aaron Naughton
20 – Tim Kelly
17 – Zac Bailey
15 - Changkuoth Jiath
14 – Jack Henry
13 - Oscar McInerney
10 - Bayley Fritsch
10 - Cam Zurhaar
9 – Oscar Allen
9 – Jaidyn Stephenson
9 – Tom McCartin
8 – Adam Cerra
8 – Brandon Starcevich
7 - Liam Ryan
6 – Hunter Clark
6 - Jack Higgins
5 – Lachie Fogarty
5 – Sam Taylor
5 - Liam Baker
5 - Luke Davies-Uniacke
5 - Callum Coleman-Jones
5 - James Worpel
4 - Wil Powell
4 - Dylan Moore
3 – Noah Balta
3 - Brody Mihocek
3 - Peter Ladhams
3 - Charlie Ballard
2 - Kane Farrell
1 - Jack Petruccelle
1 - Nick Coffield
1 - Paddy Dow
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