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Agility
7.905s
2026 national combine
8.38s7.80s
4 / 15 published results in this event
10.00s7.70s
0.21s from benchmark
Darcy Jones · 2022 · 7.70s
National historical benchmark · AFL: combine records and test protocols ↗
2026 AFL National Draft
Archie Spencer: 2026 AFL Draft profile
Master of Traffic Control
2026 NATIONAL DRAFTTop 60 · EDITORIAL RANGEVIC
- Position
- Defender/Midfielder
- Listed height
- 182 cm
- Club / region
- Eastern Ranges (Victoria Metro)
- Projected range
- Top 60 (editorial)
Published player details
Defender/Midfielder · 182cm · Eastern Ranges
AFL: October small prospects ↗ · Website details checked 26 October 2026.
SOTARAMAFL SCOUTING VIEW
Archie Spencer scouting report
Archie Spencer is the 2026 draft’s "master of traffic control." Standing at 182cm, the Eastern Ranges midfielder is already a decorated premiership player from his 2025 bottom-age season, establishing himself as a baseline pillar of Vic Metro's elite summer program. Spencer is a highly powerful, strong-cored inside bull who hunts ground balls with relentless intensity. What separates him from traditional inside pluggers is his extraordinary art of the handball—he completely unpicks congestion by absorbing heavy contact, riding or breaking tackles, and using incredibly fast, clean hands to release outside runners. He put the entire competition on notice with a magnificent 32-disposal, 5-clearance, and 6-inside 50 masterclass earlier this season against Oakleigh, proving that when the footy is in tight, he dictates terms.
Spencer can make a crowded contest easier for the players around him by controlling the first touch and finding a release before the pressure settles. His ability to contribute in a defensive role adds another way to bring those decisions into the game. We would look for his competitiveness to remain balanced by good positioning, so his desire to influence the next contest does not take him away from the job the team needs.
AFL player comparison
Tom Liberatore
Spencer is a flawless stylistic match for the Liberatore "stoppage extraction specialist" blueprint. At 181cm, he plays with a low center of gravity and an incredibly strong frame that allows him to stand up in tackles where other midfielders would be pinned. Like Libba, Spencer doesn't need a high-flying linear sprint to damage teams; his primary weapon is his split-second vision and supreme disposal poise while being wrestled to the turf. His 32-disposal statement game showcased his ability to continually fish the ball out of dense traffic and execute perfect, defense-splitting handballs on the move, making him the ultimate facilitator for a team’s outside runners.
Scouting text, projected ranges and comparisons are SotaramAFL editorial assessments, rather than confirmed club decisions or predictions of career achievements.
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Match statistics and combine testing
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PROSPECT INTELLIGENCE / 2026
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Top 60 projected band
74 profiles share this band · editorial snapshot, 19 October 2026
Pick 1Pick 30Pick 60
Highlighted span: picks 1–60. A range, not an exact ranking or consensus score.
Dots show known results from the same event and protocol. Higher on the bar means faster or higher. This leader-biased sample does not represent the whole draft class.
Compare with a named historical mark. These are benchmark gaps, not all-time rankings or percentiles. National and state conditions can differ.
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How to read this profile
Rankings use only published results collected for the same test and event, with competition ranking for ties. The denominator is the number of known results, not all participants. Preliminary and unofficial figures are shown without ranks or historical comparisons. Reaching-hand, side-specific and counter-movement protocols stay separate.
Scouting bands are the site's existing editorial view; no numerical skill ratings have been inferred from prose. Historical marks use the AFL's records reference. The 2km event began in 2017; no 3km, beep-test or Yo-Yo conversion is used. Harry Sharp's 2020 mark is a historical reference across differing event conditions. Finlay Yeo's WA agility result may surpass the national benchmark without changing that benchmark's event scope.
Research reviewed 26 October 2026. Read coverage and source discrepancies →
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