Draft hopeful Bigoa ‘Biggy’ Nyuon is determined to follow in the footsteps of a pair of Sudanese AFL players.

Nyuon was born in Sudan but arrived in Australia at the age of two and shares a similar story to that of Sydney’s Aliir Aliir and North Melbourne’s Majak Daw.

The St Kilda NextGen Academy product and Dandenong Stingrays big man, who stands at 196cm, is hoping his AFL dream is realised next week so he can continue that trend.

“They are setting a great example for us kids, showing us there is a chance you can make it,” Nyuon said on SEN Breakfast.

“It does give you that hope as a Sudanese kid. You think that football isn’t meant for us, we’re all about our soccer and athletics and whatnot but when you do see AFL stars like Aliir Aliir and Majak, you do sort of gravitate towards them.

“It gives you that hope. It’s one of the reasons why I fell in love with the game, watching Majak play his first game. I was like, ‘wow, this is what I want to do, this is unreal’.

“When you do so those boys on TV you are proud because of where they’ve come from and what they are all about and you just want to fulfil that role as well.”

Nyuon insists getting the opportunity to strut his stuff at the elite level would mean everything to him.

It would mean even more if it happened in front of his loving mother who left Sudan for Australia to raise eight children, one of which is Biggy's older brother Gach who was rookie listed by Essendon in 2015.

“Just getting that chance to do what you love and making it a job in some sort of way,” he added.

“It’s very rare that you meet people that genuinely love and have a passion for the jobs they do. So doing that as an AFL footballer would be unreal.

“Also just making mum proud. Being seen on TV would be massive for my family.

“I think my mum would cry.”

As for the position he plans to excel in, Nyuon is earmarking a key post at either end of the ground.

“I’d like to further develop my football as a backman. So to be a key back or even a key forward,” he said.

“If I was to play in the ruck I’d have to put on a fair bit of size which would take a long time considering my genetics.

“I would prefer key position, sort of having that freedom to run off the back and take the game and use my speed.”

The 2019 National Draft takes place next Wednesday, November 27 and Thursday, November 28 at Marvel Stadium.

Listen to Nyuon’s chat with Garry & Tim below: