VICTop 5
Harry Van Hattum
Ruck/Key Forward
Northern Knights (Victoria Metro)
Scouting profile
2026 AFL National Draft
Cooper Ramsay: 2026 AFL Draft profile
Raw Athletic Unicorn
2026 NATIONAL DRAFTTop 60 · EDITORIAL RANGEWA
- Position
- Ruck
- Listed height
- 203 cm
- Club / region
- East Fremantle (WAFL Colts / WA)
- Projected range
- Top 60 (editorial)
SOTARAMAFL SCOUTING VIEW
Cooper Ramsay scouting report
Cooper Ramsay is the 2026 draft’s "raw athletic unicorn." Standing a towering 203cm, the East Fremantle product has one of the most fascinating backstories in the pool. Discovered at a talent 'come and try' day after crossing over from a high-level soccer and basketball background, Ramsay has a developmental ceiling that is genuinely scary. After being restricted by shin stress fractures in 2025, he has returned with a vengeance in 2026 as Western Australia's premier mainline ruckman. Renowned for a vertical leap and reach that are already at an elite AFL standard, he plays the position with the mobility and follow-up speed of a player 15cm shorter. While he is still refining his pure ruck craft, his sheer size and athletic upside place him firmly in the "highest ceiling" category of this year's tall timber.
Ramsay's appeal is in the range of ways a mobile ruck can become part of a passage after the aerial contest. A follow-up at ground level or a well-positioned marking option can give his midfield another route forward. We would give him a clear development path through the fundamentals of the role, so his movement and reach support repeatable ruck decisions rather than being asked to replace them.
AFL player comparison
Sam Draper
Ramsay mirrors Draper’s exact developmental pathway and archetype. Like Draper, Ramsay was a late convert to Australian Rules football from a soccer/basketball background, which explains his elite footwork and spatial awareness despite his 203cm frame. Both players are "athletic freaks" who rely on raw power, a massive vertical leap, and an aggressive follow-up at ground level rather than years of traditional ruck schooling. He is the ultimate "plenty to work on, but so much to work with" prospect—a player who will occasionally make a raw mistake, but will follow it up by winning a center clearance and bombing it inside 50.
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
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How to read this profile
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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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