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2026 AFL National Draft
Jackson Philips: 2026 AFL Draft profile
Hybrid Powerhouse
2026 NATIONAL DRAFTTop 20 · EDITORIAL RANGEVIC
- Position
- Midfielder/Forward
- Listed height
- 182 cm
- Club / region
- Dandenong Stingrays (VIC Country)
- Projected range
- Top 20 (editorial)
Jackson Philips scouting report
Jackson Phillips is the 2026 draft’s premier "hybrid powerhouse." After spending his 2025 season as a surgical distributor off half-back and the wing, the 182cm Stingray has exploded into his draft year as a dominant inside-outside midfielder. He is a "stat-stuffer" with elite endurance and a ruthless competitive streak, evidenced by his Round 2 performance where he racked up a game-high 27 disposals. Renowned for his dual-threat ability to crush opponents at the stoppage and then hurt them on the transition, he has quickly established himself as a "blue-chip" utility who can impact the game in every corridor.
AFL player comparison
ConnorRozee
A stylistic comparison from the scouting database, not a prediction of career output.
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Phillips mirrors Rozee’s transition from a high-skill outside flanker to a powerful, explosive central midfielder. Like Rozee, he possesses the "silky" foot skills to punish teams on the lead and the leg power to burst away from congestion, making him a nightmare to tag because of his versatility across the mid-forward line.
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Source: the existing SotaramAFL 2026 scouting database, republished as a dated editorial snapshot. Listed facts have not been independently re-reported for this page. See methodology and corrections.