For the third time, the Crows will hold pick No.14 in the AFL National Draft.

The last player selected by Adelaide at No.14 was All-Australian half-back Brodie Smith.

Smith, 22, was the Club’s first selection in the 2010 National Draft.

Recruited from SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens, Smith was a member of the AIS-AFL Academy and represented South Australia at the Under-18 National Championships, earning All-Australian honours in 2010 and being crowned SA’s Most Valuable Player. The long-kicking Crow has played 76 games since making his AFL debut in Round One, 2011.

Adelaide also previously held pick No.14 at the 2003 and 2006 national meets.

The Club selected key-position players on both occasions, taking Sandringham Dragons forward Fergus Watts in ‘03’ and Glenelg utility James Sellar in ‘06’. Watts played five games for the Crows before joining St Kilda where he only added one more match to his tally because of injury. Sellar played 44 games in seven seasons at West Lakes. See the first round of each draft below

It will be the first time in four years a club other than Greater Western Sydney will pick at No.14.

In the previous three national drafts, the Giants secured Devon Smith (2011), Aidan Corr (2012) and forward Cam McCarthy (2013). Adelaide had pick No.14 in 2010, using it to acquire Smith.

Premiership players Lewis Jetta (2009) and Grant Birchall (2005) were both pick No.14s. Jetta was taken by the Sydney Swans with the selection immediately after Daniel Talia, who became a Crow at No.13 in 2009. Melbourne co-captain Jack Grimes (2007) and Port Adelaide forward Angus Monfries, who was originally drafted by Essendon in 2004, are other recent No.14 picks.

North Melbourne captain and two-time premiership player Adam Simpson is the most successful-ever pick No.14. Simpson, who now coaches West Coast, played 306 AFL games after being selected with No.14 in the 1993 AFL National Draft. The Kangaroos also recruited tough midfielder Daniel Harris (2000), who played a total of 160 career games, and 155-game defender Shannon Watt (1997) at No.14.

South Australian-born forward Nick Holland is another pick No.14 success story. The North Adelaide junior joined Hawthorn with the first-round selection in 1992 and played 179 career games. Two-time All Australian Ben Allan (1989), who played 145 games for Hawthorn and Fremantle, and former Port Adelaide and Brisbane Bears forward Fabian Francis (1991) were also pick No.14s.

The first-ever player selected at No.14 was Tasmanian Scott Adams, who was drafted by Brisbane in the 1986 AFL National Draft.

2010 AFL National Draft, First Round

1. David Swallow (Gold Coast)

2. Harley Bennell (Gold Coast)

3. Sam Day (Gold Coast)

4. Andrew Gaff (West Coast)

5. Jared Polec (Brisbane Lions)

6. Reece Conca (Richmond)

7. Josh Caddy (Gold Coast)

8. Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

9. Dion Prestia (Gold Coast)

10. Daniel Gorringe (Gold Coast)

11. Tom J. Lynch (Gold Coast)

12. Lucas Cook (Melbourne)

13. Seb Tape (Gold Coast)

14. Brodie Smith (Adelaide)

15. Billie Smedts (Geelong)

16. Ben Jacobs (Port Adelaide)

17. Shaun Atley (North Melbourne)

18. Matthew Watson (Carlton)

19. Isaac Smith (Hawthorn)

20. Jayden Pitt (Fremantle)

21. Jed Lamb (Sydney Swans)

2006 AFL National Draft, First Round

1. Bryce Gibbs (Carlton)

2. Scott Gumbleton (Essendon)

3. Lachlan Hansen (North Melbourne)

4. Matthew Leuenberger (Brisbane Lions)

5. Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)

6. Mitch Thorp (Hawthorn)

7. Joel Selwood (Geelong)

8. Ben Reid (Collingwood)

9. David Armitage (St Kilda)

10. Nathan J. Brown (Collingwood)

11. Andrejs Everitt (Western Bulldogs)

12. James Frawley (Melbourne)

13. Jack Riewoldt (Richmond)

14. James Sellar (Adelaide)

15. Daniel O’Keefe (Sydney Swans)

16. Mitchell J. Brown (West Coast)

2003 AFL National Draft, First Round

1. Adam Cooney (Western Bulldogs)

2. Andrew Walker (Carlton)

3. Colin Sylvia (Melbourne)

4. Farren Ray (Western Bulldogs)

5. Brock McLean (Melbourne)

6. Kepler Bradley (Essendon)

7. Kane Tenace (Geelong)

8. Raphael Clarke (St Kilda)

9. David Trotter (North Melbourne)

10. Ryley Dunn (Fremantle)

11. Beau Waters (West Coast)

12. Ryan Murphy (Fremantle)

13. Brent Stanton (Essendon)

14. Fergus Watts (Adelaide)

15. Troy Chaplin (Port Adelaide)

16. Josh Willougby (Sydney Swans)

17. Billy Morrison (Collingwood)

18. Llane Spaanderman (Brisbane Lions)