2015 AFL draft

2015 AFL draft
General information
Date(s)	24, 27 November 2015
Time	5:30 pm ACDT (24 November) 11:00 am AEDT (27 November)
Location	Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
Network(s)	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL
First selection	Jacob Weitering (Carlton)
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The 2015 Australian Football League draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2015 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year.

The key dates for the trading and drafting periods were:^[1][2]

• Academy players to be nominated by 15 September. With a bidding process held on 24 November along with father–son selections during the national draft.
• The free agency offer period; held between 9 October and 18 October. Three further free agency periods are held for delisted players, between 31 October and 9 November, 11 November to 20 November, and 25 November to 26 November.
• The trade period; held between 12 October and 22 October.
• The 2015 national draft; held on 24 November at the Adelaide Convention Centre, which, for the first time, included live bidding for academy and father-son selections.
• The 2016 pre-season draft; which was to be held on 27 November, but was cancelled when all clubs declined to take part, and
• The 2016 rookie draft; which was held on 27 November.

Additionally, following the guilty verdicts handed down to 34 past and present Essendon players in January 2016 for doping violations, Essendon was given the opportunity to recruit top-up players between January and March 2016.