Mate Colina signs with Richmond as a Category B rookie.

Colina is a 213cm athlete who is Noah Balta's cousin and is close with ruck coach Ivan Maric and ruckman Ivan Soldo.

Colina played division-one basketball at the University of Hawaii and was in the same Australian under-17 basketball squad as Brisbane forward Tom Fullarton and ex-Eagle Patrick Bines in 2016.

He won't join Richmond until the upcoming college basketball season ends in March next year.

Marc McGowan for AFL.com.au