St Kilda recruit Nathan Freeman, the top 10 draft pick who was severely hamstrung in his brief career at Collingwood, has suffered another hamstring injury.

The Saints confirmed Freeman suffered a strain to his right hamstring – the same one that gave him the most trouble at Collingwood, which he sought a trade from at the end of the 2015 season.

Hamstrung: St Kilda recruit Nathan Freeman is injured again. Credit:Getty Images

But the Saints say this hamstring is a "regulation strain" and, fortunately, has occurred in a different part of the muscle to the area that caused him trouble at Collingwood.

St Kilda general manager of football performance Jamie Cox called the injury "a little setback" that the club medicos believed would be OK.