Davidson is in the lowest pay category for AFL players apart from rookie-listed players. Under the AFL’s CBA, players taken at picks 1-10 this year are awarded a base contract of $140,000.

Davidson is in the lowest pay category for AFL players apart from rookie-listed players. Under the AFL’s CBA, players taken at picks 1-10 this year are awarded a base contract of $140,000.

Davidson is in the lowest pay category for AFL players apart from rookie-listed players. Under the AFL’s CBA, players taken at picks 1-10 this year are awarded a base contract of $140,000.

Moneyball: All the trade and contract news around the AFL. Essendon has 14 players who come off contract this year — including breakout defensive star Zach Reid and free agent Sam Draper.

Moneyball: All the trade and contract news around the AFL. Essendon has 14 players who come off contract this year — including breakout defensive star Zach Reid and free agent Sam Draper.

Davidson is in the lowest pay category for AFL players apart from rookie-listed players. Under the AFL’s CBA, players taken at picks 1-10 this year are awarded a base contract of $140,000.

Essendon has almost a third of its playing group set to come out of contract at the end of the season and will use the second half of this year to assess their options beyond 2025.