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Callum Twomey
November 16, 2015 6:55 AM
WHEN he was in year nine at The Peninsula School, Jacob Weitering had a good role model three years ahead of him.
Lachie Whitfield was touted as the likely No.1 draft choice for more than a year before he was finally taken by Greater Western Sydney at the 2012 NAB AFL Draft.
Weitering watched Whitfield, a fellow student at Peninsula, handle the acclaim and spotlight and still manage to perform on the field. He couldn't have known at the time that in his own draft season – this year – he would have been in a very similar position.
The key defender has been viewed as the likely No.1 choice since the start of the season, when he dominated older and senior opponents playing for the NAB AFL Academy against VFL teams.
The 195cm and 92kg prospect captained Vic Country to its undefeated division one title at the under-18 championships and was named an All Australian.
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