2014 AFL draft
Name Club Date Notes
Campbell Brown Gold Coast 5 December 2013 Sacked after punching teammate Steven May
Nick Duigan Carlton 9 December 2013 Retired due to ongoing injury , effective immediately
Dayle Garlett Hawthorn 25 March 2014 Retired due to struggles with the demands of AFL football , effective immediately
Heath Scotland Carlton 20 May 2014 Retired due to an ongoing ankle injury , effective immediately
Josh Bootsma Carlton 3 June 2014 Sacked due to breaches in club and AFL 's code of conduct
Darren Glass West Coast 12 June 2014 Retired due to ongoing injury , effective immediately
Jonathan Brown Brisbane Lions 23 June 2014 Retired due to repeated head injuries , effective immediately
Ben Rutten Adelaide 1 July 2014 Retired , effective at the end of the season
Tom Williams Western Bulldogs 9 July 2014 Retired due to ongoing injury , effective immediately
Lenny Hayes St Kilda 15 July 2014 Retired , effective at the end of the season
Nick Maxwell Collingwood 16 July 2014 Retired due to ongoing injury , effective immediately
Dom Cassisi Port Adelaide 17 July 2014 Retired , effective at the end of round 18
Dean Cox West Coast 21 July 2014 Retired , effective at the end of the season
Beau Maister St Kilda 22 July 2014 Retired due to a shoulder injury , effective immediately
Jake King Richmond 28 July 2014 Retired due to ongoing injury , effective immediately
Nathan Bock Gold Coast 29 July 2014 Retired due to ongoing injury , effective immediately
Shannon Byrnes Melbourne 30 July 2014 Retired due to ongoing injury , effective immediately
Jason Winderlich Essendon 6 August 2014 Retired , effective at the end of the season
Brent Moloney Brisbane Lions 11 August 2014 Retired due to ongoing injury , effective immediately
Tom Murphy Gold Coast 12 August 2014 Retired , effective at the end of the season
The 2014 AFL draft consists of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2014 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year. This was the last year in which any team passed on a selection in the national draft. The key dates for the trading and drafting periods are:
Final club lists for the 2015 AFL season were lodged to the AFL on 5 December 2014. The 2014 draft was the best draft from a NSW/ACT perspective in recent history, as there were as many as seven players recruited from the region. Isaac Heeney was taken at pick 18, followed by Jack Hiscox, Abe Davis, Jack Steele, Dougal Howard, Logan Austin and Jeremy Finlayson. This total of seven new recruits (Dan Robinson was a rookie upgrade) was just one player less than what was recruited from the traditional football state of Western Australia.