A total of 16 Sydney Swans players are set to be in the running for the 2020 AFL Rising Star award.
The AFL Rising Star award was established in 1993 to recognise and encourage talented young players in the league.
One player is nominated at the completion of every home-and-away round and a panel of experts selects the winner at the end of the season.
The winner must be under the age of 21 at January 1 of that year, must not have played more than 10 senior games by the start of the season and must not have been suspended by the AFL or state-league tribunals during the season.
In 2007, the Rising Star award was named in memory of former AFL Commission chairman Ron Evans, and the winner has since received the Ron Evans Medal.
Nathan Buckley won the inaugural AFL Rising Star award in 1993 and three Swans have claimed the honour: Adam Goodes in 1999, Dan Hannebery in 2010 and Callum Mills in 2016.
Check out below the list of Sydney players eligible for the 2020 AFL Rising Star award (in alphabetical order).
Joel Amartey
Drafted: 2017 (Sandringham Dragons)
AFL games: 0
Role: Key forward/ruckman
James Bell
Drafted: 2017 (QBE Sydney Swans Academy)
AFL games: two
Role: Midfielder
Zac Foot
Drafted: 2018 (Dandenong Stingrays)
AFL games: 0
Role: Forward/winger
Will Gould
Drafted: 2019 (Glenelg)
AFL games: 0
Role: Defender
Matt Ling
Drafted: 2017 (Geelong Falcons)
AFL games: 0
Role: Defender
Jack Maibaum
Drafted: 2016 (Eastern Ranges)
AFL games: 0
Role: Key defender
Justin McInerney
Drafted: 2018 (Northern Knights)
AFL games: 1
Position: Winger
Hayden McLean
Recruited: 2019 (pre-season supplementary list rules)
AFL games: 4
Position: Key forward/ruckman
Barry O’Connor
Drafted: 2019 (Wexford, GAA)
AFL games: 0
Position: Key defender
Harry Reynolds
Drafted: 2018 (Sandringham Dragons)
AFL games: 0
Position: Defender
Brady Rowles
Drafted: 2019 (Bendigo Pioneers)
AFL games: 0
Position: Midfielder
Dylan Stephens
Drafted: 2019 (Norwood)
AFL games: 0
Position: Midfielder
Ryley Stoddart
Drafted: 2017 (Eastern Ranges)
AFL games: 4
Position: Defender
Elijah Taylor
Drafted: 2019 (Perth Football Club)
AFL games: 0
Position: Forward
Chad Warner
Drafted: 2019 (East Fremantle)
AFL games: 0
Position: Midfielder
Sam Wicks
Drafted: 2018 (QBE Sydney Swans Academy)
AFL games: 0
Position: Small forward
