Viney was rated by recruiters as the " sixth to eight best player " heading into the 2012 AFL draft , however , under the father – son bidding system , speculation grew that the Gold Coast Football Club would bid their first round pick in the draft , the second overall , forcing to match the bid with the third overall selection . Gold Coast ultimately chose not to bid pick two on Viney , and after the Port Adelaide Football Club bid their first round selection on him , Melbourne matched the bid with their second round pick , and recruited him with their second selection and twenty-sixth overall in the 2012 national draft . Viney made his debut in the first round of 2013 against Port Adelaide at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , despite losing the match by seventy-nine points and the team being labelled as " embarrassing " , Viney was praised by the media for his performance in the match and his leadership on and off the field . After the ninety-five point loss against in round twenty-one at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , he received the round nomination for the Rising Star where he recorded twenty-eight disposals , five tackles , five marks , four clearances and a goal . He was praised by then-Melbourne caretake coach , Neil Craig , for his competitive mindset and Craig drew comparisons between Viney 's mindset and 2016 Brownlow Medallist , Patrick Dangerfield 's . He managed thirteen matches in his debut season after missing eight matches in the middle of the season through a toe injury . His season was rewarded with the Harold Ball Memorial Trophy as Melbourne 's best young player and he finished fourteenth overall in the best and fairest count
Rising Star
2013 AFL Rising Star
Jack Viney