AFL draft expects are tipping Bellbrae football prodigy Charlie Curnow will not pay a price at the draft table for refusing to provide a breath test to Geelong police.

The 18-year-old hot draft prospect today issued a statement acknowledging he had made a drunken mistake in Geelong on early Friday morning.

“I have done the wrong thing,” Curnow said.

“I’ve behaved badly and let people down. I take full responsibility for my actions, I am extremely remorseful and I will accept the consequences.”

Curnow is still considered likely to be drafted in the top 10 in Tuesday’s AFL draft, possibly by Essendon, despite the late-night indiscretion.

Curnow, spotted at the Geelong Hotel in Yarra St last night, is being charged with being drunk in a public place, refusing a breath analysis and not displaying P-plates after being pulled over by Geelong police about 3.30am.

Sources at the Geelong Falcons say the behaviour with which he has been charged is out of character.

The Falcons’ regional manager Michael Turner is set to visit Curnow at his home tonight while the Falcons list will be addressed before training tonight.

The 191cm, 95kg Geelong Falcon is the younger brother of Carlton’s Ed Curnow.

Local draft experts are saying that Curnow’s draft prospects should not be affected.

Curnow has been likened to Hawthorn superstar Jarryd Roughead and some recruiters believed the hard-running big man could become the best player from this year’s draft.