GWS-bound Kelly could haunt the Dees

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JOSH Kelly is the man who could haunt Melbourne.

The Demons rejected the best midfielder at this year's draft twice despite some recruiting experts tipping Kelly as a future Brownlow medallist.

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The Brighton Grammar star with razor sharp skills on both sides is certain to follow spearhead Tom Boyd to GWS with pick No. 2 at next week's AFL draft.

Recruiters rate Kelly's kicking in the top five in the draft and combined with his gut running he's set to join Lachie Whitfield, Tom Scully and potentially Jono O'Rourke and Will Hoskin-Elliott as the outside silk feeding the Giants' fearsome attack.

Some clubs were surprised the Dees offloaded rights to Kelly, who ran a 15.1 beep test and won the 3km time trial for the second-straight year, in a trade for Dom Tyson and No. 9 from GWS.

The Dees also overlooked Kelly last year when they picked Jesse Hogan instead at the mini-draft.

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GWS list manager Stephen Silvagni was known to be a huge fan of Kelly and the Giants took little time accepting Melbourne's trade, desperate to add Kelly to their growing band of powerful midfield runners.

So professional is Kelly, after last year's draft camp he sourced ex-Melbourne Victory strength and conditioning coach and current St Kilda high performance manager Adam Basil as his sprints coach.

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Josh Kelly shone for Vic Metro. Source: News Limited

Kelly cut his 20m sprint time to 3.02s at this year's draft camp and soared into the top five at the repeated sprints, highlighting his drastic improvement on the back of Basil's technique training and advice in the gym.

"Last year I would've viewed myself as an outside player but I've tried to improve my contested footy. That's something I still have a lot of room for improvement in, as well as my run and carry,'' said Kelly.

Only five clubs spoke to the son of North's Phil Kelly _ who fell 39 games short of qualifying under the father-son rule _ at the draft combine with the rest certain he would be gone by their first pick.

"I'd be extremely excited,'' Kelly said of the prospect of heading to the Giants.

"They've got a young list that looks extremely exciting. With the draft picks they've had and the list they're developing I'd be stoked to head up there.''

Kelly's pinpoint skills are so elite his mates tell him he was originally a right footer before emulating others and becoming a leftie.

"Being a skinny kid in juniors I couldn't go in and win the ball as much, so I kept working on skills.''

"His composure is advanced well beyond his years,'' one recruiter said.

"It's beautiful to watch him take his time to find the best option and then nail it by foot and he's also got the ability to finish from 50m out.''

JOSH KELLY

Club: Sandringham Dragons

Age: 18

Height: 187cm

Weight: 79kg

Position: Midfield

SuperCoach avg.: 154 pts (TAC Cup)

Draft range: 2

In the mix: GWS (2)

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Josh Kelly is headed to the Giants. Source: News Limited

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