Ben Jarman Biography

Adelaide has let go of two father-son selections, with Ben Jarman and Jackson Edwards among three delistings that also included Harry Dear.

"Harry, Jackson and Ben are all quality young men and their commitment during their time at the club has been first-class," Adelaide football manager Brett Burton said.

"On behalf of everyone at the Adelaide Football Club, we wish them all the best in the future. They will always be part of the Crows family."

Ben Jarman says he is elated to finally be part of the Crows as a father-son rookie selection.

"It's been a bit of a whirlwind the last few hours, very exciting time though," Jarman said.

"It was obviously a very long process, but I'm just glad it's all over now.

"Growing up, you want to play for the team you supported.

"To end up at the Crows is pretty surreal and I'm very excited to begin tomorrow."

Adelaide is set to have its first father/son recruit after confirming small forward Ben Jarman will be offered a place on the Crows' rookie list.

The Crows took a gamble when they decided not to nominate Jarman – the son of Adelaide and Hawthorn great Darren – for the NAB AFL Draft.

After not getting picked by any of the 18 clubs on Friday night, the Crows are allowed to nominate Jarman as a father/son rookie selection ahead of Monday's rookie draft.

The only way Jarman doesn't get to the Crows is if he is picked up in the pre-season draft on Monday, which is extremely unlikely.

"As long as Ben gets through the pre-season draft, which I think we all know these days it's rare that's someone is taken in the pre-season draft, we would certainly guarantee Ben a rookie spot," Adelaide list manager Justin Reid told 5AA radio.

Adelaide's national recruiting manager Hamish Ogilvie defends the club's decision not to nominate Ben Jarman as a father-son pick.

"It's certainly not a decision we made lightly, we certainly don't want to put the family or Ben through the pressure that he's been through," Ogilvie said.

"We're trying to make the best decisions for the club, but having said that, we've been transparent with the Jarman family all the way through.

"We just can't make decisions on personal feelings, we've got to weigh everyone up the same."

Adelaide will head into next week's NAB AFL Draft without any rights over Ben Jarman after deciding not to nominate the small forward as a father-son pick.

Clubs had to confirm by Friday whether they would nominate father-son prospects ahead of next week's draft, with the Crows choosing not to have any bidding rights on the son of premiership hero Darren.

Had the Crows nominated Jarman at the national draft and he didn't received a bid, they would have been forced to use their last live selection to grab him. The option of not nominating provides them with more flexibility heading into the event.

"As we have previously stated, we will be true to our talent order, which Ben is part of, and see how the draft selections fall," Crows list manager Justin Reid said.

Adelaide nominates Ben Jarman as a potential father-son recruit at next month's NAB AFL Draft.

The son of two-time Crows premiership player Darren Jarman appears a strong chance to land at the Crows after Hawthorn decided not to nominate the 18-year-old.

"Ben has been finishing year 12 so we have respected that and kept some distance but the nomination needed to be lodged today and we are pleased to have done that," Adelaide list manager Justin Reid said.

Father-son prospect Ben Jarman is the early standout at the NAB AFL Draft Combine, finishing in the top 10 for all of the skills testing.

Jarman scored 28 of a possible 30 points in the clean hands exercise, which sees prospects having to gather the ball at ground level before shooting off handballs at different distances.

Ben Jarman doesn't know exactly how many times he has watched the vision of his father Darren's five-goal last quarter in Adelaide's Grand Final win over St Kilda in 1997, but he can confirm it's been plenty.

"It's pretty good, he puts it on a fair bit, especially after a few beers," Ben said.

"He likes to get it out and brag a bit at how good he was, but it's good fun. He says the last goal is the best, but I didn't mind the left-foot snap."

Because Darren played more than 100 games for both Hawthorn and Adelaide (including the 1991 flag for the Hawks), Ben qualifies as a father-son for both clubs.

"There's on-going talks with both of the clubs," Jarman said.

"It's been such a long year with school, state and SANFL commitments and I'm sure over the next few weeks I'll talk to my parents and family about it.

"I'm like any other kid who wants to be picked up. I'll make a decision over the next three or four weeks. I'm happy to go anywhere, the dream of mine is to play AFL and I'll do it anywhere."

Hawthorn and Adelaide both remain in the race to secure father-son prospect Ben Jarman at this year's NAB AFL Draft.

Jarman's manager Dimitris Parhas said reports that he had already nominated Hawthorn were off the mark.

"No decision has been made as yet regarding Ben’s preferred club nomination," Parhas said.

"In conjunction with Ben and his parents, we will be assessing the merits of this decision over the next month."