Essendon select Noah Gown with pick No.60 in the 2018 National Draft.
"Noah will be an exciting key-position player for the Club. He had a terrific second half to the year with Gippsland and is a young man that has a huge upside. We don’t know what his ceiling is yet and that is an exciting prospect," Essendon recruiting manager Adrian Dodoro said.
"He is a talented all-rounder, who is a natural, competitive beast and for us getting another tall forward with the capacity to go back was pretty enticing so we’re delighted to welcome him to the red and black."