Melbourne uses a Category B Rookie spot to round out its ruck stocks, adding 206cm teenage basketballer Kyah Farris-White to its list.

"I actually played football for longer than I played basketball," Farris-White explained.

"Growing up that was my thing. If you look back to primary school – you know when you write your letter to yourself for when you graduate, mine would've said AFL player on it.

"Basketball was a late pick up for me as I got taller."

Nathan Schmook for AFL.com.au