Essendon 2026 List Tracker: Contracts, 2025 Trades & Draft Selection Updates

Last Update: October 31, 2025.

Essendon finished season 2025 with 12 Uncontracted Players. And due to taking four selections in the Mid-Season Draft, finished with 4 too many players on its list. To help keep everyone up to date, we will post the rolling updates here.

Incoming Players

1. Brayden Fiorini (Gold Coast)

   • Brayden is officially a Bomber, traded for a Future 2026 3rd Round Pick.

Confirmed Exits

1. Dylan Shiel - Delisting confirmed August 28

2. Alwyn Davey Jnr - Delisting confirmed September 1

3. Jye Menzie - Delisting confirmed September 1

4. Sam Draper - Free Agency (Brisbane) confirmed September 9

5. Jayden Laverde - Delisting confirmed September 21

6. Todd Goldstein - Delisting confirmed September 21

7. Oskar Smartt - Delisting confirmed September 22

8. Ben Hobbs - Delisting confirmed October 20

9. Luamon Lual - Delisting confirmed October 20

10. Will Setterfield - Delisting confirmed October 31

Re-signed

1. Jayden Nguyen - Category B Rookie - Re-signed until 2026 on August 19

2. Nick Bryan - Re-signed until 2027 on August 20

3. Vigo Visentini - Category A Rookie  - Re-signed until 2027 on August 21

4. Jaxon Prior - Senior List (Assumed, not confirmed, was a Category A Rookie in 2025) - Re-signed until 2026 on September 10

5. Lachlan Blakiston - Category A Rookie - Re-signed until 2026 on September 10

6. Liam McMahon - Category A Rookie - Re-signed until 2026 on September 10

*Archie Roberts has also been re-contracted post season, however he already had a contract for 2026.

Essendon's Current Draft Order - 2025 National Draft

First Round

Pick 5

Pick 6 (Melbourne Tied)

Pick 21 (Sam Draper Compensation)

Second Round

Pick 27 Pick 30 (St Kilda Tied).

Summary

• Exits - 10

• Uncontracted Players Remaining - 0

• Incoming Players - 1

• Open List Spots - 5

At the final List Lodgment, Essendon has 5 available list spots in order to use 5 picks in the Draft (Two 1st Round Selections, Draper Compensation Pick and our two 2nd Round Selections). Essendon also has one Category B Rookie spot available.

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