Draper is a host of the 200 Plus podcast with Network 10 sports journalist Nick Butler and North Melbourne Football Club player Charlie Comben.[5]
AFL career
2020 season: debut
Draper debuted in Round 9 of the 2020 AFL season in Essendon's 63-point loss against the Brisbane Lions.[3][6] On debut, he picked up 9 disposals, 2 marks and 2 tackles, and kicked a behind.[7]
He quickly became a fan favourite through the remainder of the 2020 season due mostly to his extremely physical style of play and mullet hairstyle. He went on to play 8 games and win the club’s Lindsay Griffith’s Rising Star award at the conclusion of the season.[8]
2021 season
Draper suffered a syndesmosis injury in Round 2 after a good start to the beginning of the season.[9] He was out of the team for 12 weeks before returning to the lineup in Round 14.[10]
2022 season
Draper kicked Goal of the Year against the Gold Coast Suns in Round 18. Eddie Betts called it Goal of the Year during the course of live commentary.[11]
^The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.