FOR every Tom Scully and Jack Trengrove in tomorrow's AFL national draft, there's also an Andrew Hooper.

While Scully and Trengrove are almost certain to be snatched up by Melbourne at picks one and two, 18-year-old Hooper knows he'll have to wait a lot longer to hear his name read out by recruiters - if it's read out at all.

"I've got to expect both ways - excitement if I get picked up, or disappointment if I don't," Hooper said.

"But I've achieved what I wanted to this year and I've done everything possible to give myself the best chance of getting drafted."

Hooper, from Ross Creek, southwest of Ballarat, has had a stellar season.

The midfielder and small defender was captain of the Victoria Country under-18 team at this year's national championships, tied for the Larke Medal for the carnival's best player and earned a spot in the back pocket of the All-Australian team.

But Hooper concedes it's the "height factor" that may have a hand in his fortunes tomorrow night.

At just 172cm, Hooper is 16cm shorter than the average AFL player and would stand eye-to-eye with renowned "shorties" Brent Harvey and Alwyn Davey.

But his results at last month's AFL draft camp defied his stature - of the 75 AFL hopefuls invited, Hooper was ranked second in agility, third in the 20m sprint and equal third in the standing vertical jump.

"I can't help my height - that's just my genes," he said. "I guess it just means I have to work harder to prove to the doubters that I can do it."

Hooper said his job as an apprentice builder had helped "keep my mind off footy things" in the lead up to the draft.

His back-up plan is a season with VFL club the Ballarat Roosters, to "prove I can play at senior level".

Tomorrow night, however, Hooper says: "I'll just sit at home with the family and hopefully I'll be lucky enough to hear my name."