Harry Sheezel thoroughly deserves his spot in the North Melbourne leadership group after being voted in by his teammates at just 19 years of age.
That’s the word from fellow Kangaroo Aidan Corr, who described Sheezel as the type of person “you want your son to be like”.
The Roos announced their 2024 leadership group on Thursday, with Sheezel and Corr joining Bailey Scott under co-captains Jy Simpkin and Luke McDonald.
Sheezel has been at Arden Street for a little over 12 months but is already the “perfect candidate”.
“He’s incredible, isn’t he? He’s sort of what you want your son to be like,” Corr told SEN Breakfast of his younger teammate.
“He just has a major influence over the group already. The bulk of our group is pretty young, so for him to be in there, he is touching base with a lot of those guys on a regular basis off-field and on-field, so he was voted in by his peers.
“He doesn’t everything right, he doesn’t miss, he’s consistent… he’s a really humble, good kid. He works hard, he pushes the group and everyone listens what he has to say.
“So I think he’s the perfect candidate to be in there regardless of age.”
Despite claiming North Melbourne’s best and fairest in his debut season alongside the Rising Star award, Sheezel isn’t resting on his haunches as improvement awaits.
Instead, the rebounding defender – who has the potential to feature all across the ground in 2024 – wants to follow the path tread by breakout Magpie Nick Daicos this season.
“It's important to try and not drop and to try and back it up,” Sheezel told reporters in November.
“What Nick did was incredible last year, and they (Collingwood) were obviously able to win the flag.
“So, to have some team success like that would be incredible. I think that's the main focus.”
Sheezel spent time in the United States across the off-season, meeting with Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr and training at Stanford University alongside George Wardlaw and Blake Drury.
He’s already put pen to paper until 2026 and averaged 27 disposals, 5.4 marks and 5.2 rebound 50s in his first season at the top level.
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