THE West Coast Eagles are poised to snare Brisbane utility Elliot Yeo.

The emerging 19-year-old is understood to have settled on a switch back to his home state to continue his blossoming career after considering a switch to West Coast or Fremantle.



Yeo is set to sign a three-year contract with West Coast.

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He is the first of up to five Brisbane youngsters possibly on the move after an unsavoury end to the season, which included Michael Voss being sacked as coach and a looming exodus of young players.



Talented young ruckman Billy Longer, utility Sam Docherty, midfielder Jared Polec and forward Patrick Karnezis, as well as former Eagles big man Brent Staker, have all been linked with possible departures from Brisbane.



Yeo is most likely to be swapped to West Coast for a second round pick at next month's national draft.



West Coast will have their first pick at number six after finishing 13th and then a second-round selection in the mid 20s.

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Brisbane is understood to be willing to accept a pick early into the 20s for Yeo, who has been targeted by the Eagles as a possible bigger-bodied midfielder after an impressive season sweeping from the Lions defensive lines.



Yeo was recruited to Brisbane with pick 30 in the 2011 national draft.



The dashing 189cm and 80kg utility has played 27 games across his two years at Brisbane - including 19 this season - and averaged 15 possessions a game in 2013.