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2026 AFL National Draft

Sam Devers: 2026 AFL Draft profile

Penetrating Kicker

SotaramAFL scouting view · Snapshot 19 October 2026

2026 NATIONAL DRAFTTop 45 · EDITORIAL RANGEVIC
Position
Defender
Listed height
189 cm
Club / region
Eastern Ranges (VIC Country)
Projected range
Top 45 (editorial)

Sam Devers scouting report

Sam Devers is the 2026 draft crop’s explosive "line-breaking prototype". Standing at an imposing 189cm, the Eastern Ranges defender/midfielder combines legitimate key-position size with the dynamic burst speed of an outside line-breaker. A key member of the Ranges' premiership system as a bottom-ager, Devers showed enormous resilience after an off-season shoulder reconstruction sidelined him for the first half of the 2026 campaign

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Devers' absolute weapon is his elite rebound drive paired with penetrating, line-breaking distribution. He doesn't settle for sideways chipping; he backs his speed to burst past the first wave of forward pressure and uses a lethal, long boot to pierce the corridor and hit targets through the middle of the ground. His size-to-speed profile gives recruiters a high-ceiling canvas that can transition seamlessly from an aggressive rebounder into a big-bodied midfield weapon

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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.