Prized Melbourne recruit Jake Lever will begin training with his new club on Monday, little more than seven weeks after he played for Adelaide in the 2017 grand final.

The Demons used two first round draft picks to secure the 21-year-old intercept defender who left the Crows after playing 56 games in three seasons.

Happy days: New Demon Jake Lever.

Lever would have been entitled to take a longer break and join the group in early December however he wants to join his new teammates on the group's first day of pre-season.

Meanwhile the Demons are going to be patient with co-captain Jack Viney this pre-season as he works to improve the range and flexibility in the ankle he injured late in 2017.