Fremantle's first pick in Thursday's AFL national draft, Anthony Morabito, has laughed off comparisons with Sydney superstar Adam Goodes even though he'd love to be even half as good because 'there's one Brownlow'.

Taken by the Dockers at No.4 on Thursday night, after Melbourne duo Tom Scully and Jack Trengove and Richmond selection Dustin Martin, 18-year-old Morabito is delighted that he won't have to leave his home town.

"There's not really one word to describe it, I'm actually feeling a lot of things right now," Morabito said.

"(There's) excitement, I guess the relief in a way, there was a long wait from draft camp to the actual draft so it's a bit of a relief to know where you're heading and where your future lies."

"(I'm) over the moon, it will make the transition hopefully a lot easier not having to move."

Told by Fremantle that it was strongly considering picking him, though he 'didn't think it was set in stone' by any means, Morabito was aware of the comparisons those in the know had made between him and dual Brownlow Medallist Goodes.

But while he was flattered by such suggestions, the powerfully-built 190cm, 90kg wingman-midfielder wasn't getting too carried away with the talk.

"It's big shoes to fill, if I'm half as good as him, there's one Brownlow," Morabito joked.

"I don't know what I think about that. I guess he's a player to try and emulate but nothing that you want to (think too much about)."

"That's something (the comparisons) being a similar height and being able to run through the midfield, it's pretty easy to draw a comparison there."

Also happy with the fact he's heading to Fremantle because there are already a few of his former Peel Thunder team-mates at the club, Morabito believes he will be ready for a senior debut in 2010.

"I like to think so (that I'm ready)," he said.

"I played half a season of WAFL footy and it's the next level up from that to AFL so I'd like to think that in the next 12 months I can push myself to the next level."

"It's the end of your junior career in a sense, you're actually in the big league now and you've got to work from the bottom up so you're a little fish in a big pond as they say."

Another Western Australian also given the chance to stay in his home state is West Coast's first pick, Bradley Sheppard from East Fremantle, who the Eagles took at pick No.7 overall after they'd been expected in recent weeks to nominate Swan Districts' Lewis Jetta.

"I still haven't come to terms (with being drafted) ... it's just such a surreal experience hearing my name get called out (by the) Eagles," Sheppard said.

"It's always (been) a dream to stay home and I just can't wait to get down to training (for) the first session and prove my selection."

Looking forward to some hard work on the training track and hoping to get down to the club as soon as possible to start his AFL career, Sheppard hasn't been too distracted in the lead-up to the draft because of his university studies.

A running defender who stands 186cm and weighs 78kg, the 18-year-old has been working on a sports science degree although he may switch to commerce either next year or in 2011, Sheppard believing it's 'important to get a degree under my belt' and get his mind off football at times.