Zac Smith

Midway through the season he had to choose whether to accept an offer from the newly formed GC17 team or to elect for the 2008 AFL Draft.

[3] Smith made his debut in round 2, 2011, in the Gold Coast Suns' inaugural AFL match against Carlton at the Gabba.

He joined teammate Brandon Matera as AFL Rising Star nominees in Gold Coast's inaugural season.

[4] In 2013, Smith was the Gold Coast Suns’ Domestic Violence Awareness ambassador and a leader of their Horizons program, earning him the prestigious Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award that came with a $20,000 prize to be distributed to a charity of his choice.

Smith was also a passionate White Ribbon ambassador "who had gone above and beyond to identify how he and his teammates could support the cause and deliver key messages".