Essendon agonised long and hard before selecting Victorian midfielder Andrew McGrath with the No.1 pick at the AFL draft.The Bombers began Friday nights draft in Sydney by claiming McGrath, from TAC Cup club the Sandringham Dragons, with the first No.1 pick in the clubs history.Hes a winner ... hes a leader and theyre hard to find, so that was probably the major reason we decided to take him, Essendon list manager Adrian Dodoro said.He performs at a high level and when he performs he wins.Greater Western Sydney opted for another Victorian midfielder in Tim Taranto with the second overall pick, with Brisbane pouncing on North Ballarat onballer Hugh McCluggage at No.3.Gold Coast dominated early proceedings at Sydneys Hordern Pavilion and the Suns selected three midfielders and a defender with their four picks inside the top 10.AFL national talent manager Kevin Sheahan declared this years talent pool heavy with midfielders and the first round proved him right.Most players picked early were midfielders or projected to move into the middle as they gained AFL experience.Fremantle chose a tall defender, local product Griffin Logue of Swan Districts, at No.8 and Port Adelaide snared a tall forward - the Murray Bushrangers Todd Marshall at No.18.The Western Bulldogs finished off the first round with the only ruckman picked - South Fremantles Tim English.Six clubs - Collingwood, St Kilda, Geelong, Richmond, Hawthorn and Melbourne - didnt have a pick in the first round after dealing them away during the trade period.The Pies snared both their father-son targets, matching a North Melbourne bid for Gavin Browns son Callum at pick 35 and securing Peter Daicos son Josh at pick 57 after no other clubs bid for him.West Coast landed Chris Watermans son Jake with the 77th and final pick of the draft.Those arent the only famous names to return to the AFL, however, after the Saints picked Ben Long, the nephew of Michael Long, with their first selection at 25.Willie Rioli, cousin to Hawthorns Cyril and Richmonds Daniel, will play for West Coast after the Eagles swooped at pick 52.However, Ben Jarman, son of Adelaide and Hawthorn great Darren, did not get picked up, leaving the Crows to claim him at Mondays rookie draft.Mature-age players were also well-represented as Geelong picked Tom Stewart and Timm House from the Cats VFL side and Melbourne selected Footscray forward Mitch Hannan.The Giants also threw delisted Docker Matt de Boer a lifeline, selecting the defender with the 58th pick overall. 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Step 1 - REGISTRATIONTo enter, log-in to your ESPN.com account or create a new account on ESPN.com if you havent created one yet. After creating an account, you are ready to play College Pickem. A valid ESPN member name and password will be used as an identifier to sign in to game play, and to keep track of your entrys score and standing. If you are already a registered ESPN account holder, you do not need to go through the account creation process.Step 2 - GAME SETTINGS?After you have signed in, you will be prompted with a Play Now for Free button. After you click on the button you will be automatically redirected to the Entry Settings page where you will be asked to name your entry and decide whether you would like email reminders.Name your entry - Use the text box to determine how your entry will be displayed in the game.Scoring system - Use the radio buttons to select whether youd like to pick Straight scoring or using Confidence scoring.Email Reminders - Use the radio buttons to select whether or not youd like to receive email reminders pertaining to game locks and game rules.Once you have completed your game settings click on the Continue button.Step 3 - MAKING YOUR SELECTIONSTo select the team you think will win, click on the [empty] checkbox next to the team name.All entries will use a ROLLING LOCK, meaning each game locks individually when it kicks off. ?This allows you to pick any game that hasnt yet started, even if that weeks games are already underway.You will not be able to re-assign a confidence value that was previously assigned to a game that is already underway. ?The game will typically have the earliest games assigned lower confidence values by default to allow late users to still compete for prizes.Selections submitted after the deadlines are considered invalid. Sponsors computer is the official time keeping device for this game.?If you are playing the confidence game mode, once youve made all of your picks, you can reorder your confidence values by selecting the move button and then selecting here in the corresponding place where youd like to move that selection. ?For example, if you move a pick from the 9 points of confidence to 1 point of confidence, the pick that was previously 1 will move down to 2, 2 will move down to 3, etc.Step 4 - Scoring & PrizesConfidence Scoring and PrizesFor the Confidence game mode, you are challenged to assign a confidence value to each game in addition to selecting which team will win. ?The HIGHER THE CONFIDENCE VALUE, the MORE POINTS YOU WILL EARN if you selected the winning team. ?For purposes of this game, 10 is the maximum confidence value each week.The entry that earns the most points EACH WEEK (and wins any tiebreakers) will win the confidence weekly prize(s).The entry that earns the most points THIS SSEASON (and wins any tiebreakers) will win the confidence overall prize.ddddddddddddThe entry that earns the 2nd most points THIS SEASON (and wins any tiebreakers) will win the confidence?runner-up prize.Straight Scoring and PrizesFor the Straight game mode, you are challenged to select which team will win each game. ?Each game is worth 1 point.The entry that earns the most points EACH WEEK (and wins any tiebreakers) will win the straight weekly prize.The entry that earns the most points THIS SEASON (and wins any tiebreakers) will win the straight overall prize.The entry that earns the 2nd most points THIS SEASON (and wins any tiebreakers) will win the straight runner-up prize.Accumulating PointsYou receive the amount of confidence points that you assigned to each game for which the winning team was correctly selected. You do not receive or lose points for incorrect picks. You will accumulate points from the date of your first winning pick. You may begin playing after the start of the promotion but you will not receive any points for the games you have missed. In the event that a scheduled college football game listed does not occur as scheduled (e.g., a game is cancelled, postponed, etc.) no points will be awarded to any entrant.Entrants are allowed (but not required) to submit a predicted score for the tiebreaker game of each week as indicated as such in the selection area. This prediction is used for weekly tiebreaker purposes only. Ties will be broken in accordance with the tie-breaker procedure contained in the official rules.Your season-to-date point total is displayed on the frontpage, entry page, group pages (if youre in a group) and on the bottom of the leaderboard page (unless youre already in the Top 50!). Overall leaders will be displayed on the leaderboard each Monday morning. There are 14 weeks in the game, with 10 games each week.Step 5 - Creating or Joining A GroupYou have the option to group yourself with friends, co-workers, or completely random fans by joining or creating a group in the Group Directory. Within each group, your entry will be automatically ranked. Most of the groups in ESPNs College Pickem are public and can be joined at any time. If you want to play with a specific group of people you know, create a private group and make it only accessible to those whom you have given the group password. The creator of a group sets the groups name, motto, password (only if private). Groups can have an unlimited number of members and you can move your entry freely from one group to the next. All of this is easily found on the Group Directory page. There is no prize awarded for being the top entrant in your group. ' ' '