The 2018 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) traded and recruited players following the completion of the 2018 AFL season.
Ty Vickery retired prior to the start of the season after playing 125 games for Richmond and Hawthorn.
Kurt Tippett retired prior to the start of the season after playing 178 games for Adelaide and Sydney.
Cyril Rioli retired in July after playing 189 games for Hawthorn.
Brendon Goddard was delisted by Essendon at the end of the season, after playing 334 games for St Kilda and Essendon.
Samuel Peter Walsh is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was awarded the 2019 NAB Rising Star Award. He was drafted by Carlton with their first selection which was also the first overall in the 2018 national draft.
Walsh as AFL Rising Star in the 2019 AFL Grand Final Parade