After the Melbourne Football Club unsuccessfully bid pick three in the 2015 national draft on Callum Mills , Oliver was recruited by them with their first selection and fourth overall . He was predicted by '' Fox Footy '' as one of the draftees who would have an immediate impact in the 2016 season , and after playing well in the 2016 NAB Challenge , he made his debut in the two-point win against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round one . He was highly praised during his debut match where he recorded twenty-two disposals , with fifteen of them contested , and seven clearances from 58 percent game-time , and it was labelled as one of the best debuts in the previous fifteen years by '' Fox Sports Australia '' journalist , Tiarne Swersky . At the end of the first half , Oliver had seventeen disposals and led the contested possession and clearance count with eleven and five respectively ; his first half was described by 1988 Brownlow Medallist , Gerard Healy , as " one of the best debut halves he 'd seen " and former player , Scott Lucas , labelled him as the " real deal " . Furthermore , his debut match was rewarded with the round nomination for the Rising Star and he became the equal favourite at the time for the Rising Star alongside Sydney defender and eventual winner , Callum Mills . He also received two Brownlow votes , indicating he was judged as the second best player on the ground by the field umpires . He played the next three matches , which saw him praised within the industry along with comparisons to former player , Lenny Hayes , before being rested for the ANZAC Day eve match against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round five . He played in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) for Melbourne 's affiliate team , the Casey Scorpions , the next week before returning to the senior side for the seventy-three point win against at Metricon Stadium in round seven . Oliver played the next five out of six matches , missing the forty-five point loss against at TIO Traeger Park in round ten due to a corked quad , before being dropped for the round fifteen match against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground . He returned to the AFL side for the twenty-nine point win against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round twenty , in which he was praised for his toughness and ability to bounce back from a Cyril Rioli bump in the first quarter , whereby Rioli received a fine from the match review panel . He played the next two matches before missing the last match of the season against at Simonds Stadium . He then returned to Casey for the VFL finals , including playing in the grand final loss against at Etihad Stadium . He finished the AFL season with thirteen matches , which resulted in an eighth place finish in the Rising Star and finished twentieth in Melbourne 's best and fairest count
Rising Star
2016 AFL Rising Star
Clayton Oliver