Legendary commentator Dennis Cometti says that the AFL draft age should be raised and players are being drafted at too young an age.

Cometti made the remarks as he discussed the fallout from the Jesse Hogan saga.

The Fremantle recruit was stood down by his club for round one after ‘poor alcohol choices’ stemming from a battle with clinical anxiety.

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“We’re drafting some of these blokes too young,” Cometti told Mix 94.5. “It’s something I’ve thought about for a while.

“At 17, to be a player who is going to an AFL club, is very difficult if you’re separated from your family.”

Players must turn 18 by December 31 for the season they will join the club.

A product of the Claremont Football Club, Hogan was drafted at age 17 to join Melbourne in 2012, where he spent six years.

Cometti said cross-country moves at such a young age were risky.

“We send these 17 and 18-year-olds away after the draft and they earn more money than they’ll probably ever earn again in their lifetime, so that’s a problem as well,” he said.

“And no one is there to console you after a heavy loss or a bad game.”

Cometti said he felt sorry for Hogan, saying: “everyone wanted to see him” on the park for his new club.

The former Melbourne player lost his father and had surgery for testicular cancer in the last two years before joining the Dockers in last year’s draft.