Even though the co-captain has worn jumper #31 to back-to-back premierships, and in a football sense is very definitely ‘cool, calm and collected’, #31 is widely considered more ‘clunky’ than ‘cool’.

So much so that across 18 AFL teams last week 12 did not even field a player wearing #31. And of the other six only Andrews, Western Bulldogs 188-gamer Bailey Dale and Melbourne 180-gamer Bayley Fritsch had any sort of seniority.

It’s a number that in football is more associated with the Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend Ron Barassi, who wore #31 throughout his career, or more recently Dustin Fletcher, who wore #31 throughout his 400-game.

But when it comes to the Brisbane Lions and the draft #31 is ultra cool. Because it’s a pick which has delivered one out-and-out champion, and another who is writing himself very nicely into the club record books.

Simon Black, games record-holder, triple premiership star, Brownlow Medallist and Norm Smith Medallist, was pick #31 in the 1997 draft.

And in what shapes as one of the club’s all-time great selections, pick #31 in the 2023 draft delivered Logan Morris, who last weekend kicked himself into the record books in big, bold print.

With two goals in the recent Gabba match against Geelong, Morris became the 31^st player in Brisbane history to kick 100 goals for the club - and the youngest.

Only four days beyond his 21^st birthday, he was 134 days younger than the man who has held that honour for 26 years, Daniel Bradshaw.

A dual premiership player, Bradshaw is now 2^nd on a list which includes Eric Hipwood (21/290) and Justin Leppitsch (21/319), and comparable ‘oldies’ Luke Power, Jonathan Brown (22), Darryl White, Jason Akermanis, Zac Bailey and Josh Green (23).

And, having posted his ‘century’ in his 54^th game, Morris was 5^th quickest to this milestone, behind only Alastair Lynch (48 games), Bradshaw and Joe Daniher (50 games) and Charlie Cameron (52 games), and ahead of Brad Hardie and Jarrod Molloy (59), Leppitsch (63), Hipwood (66) and Green (72).

It was such a statistical highlight that Morris grabbed top billing in the statistical review from teammate Bailey, who kicked his 200^th goal against Geelong.

And that despite the fact that Bailey was just the 13^th player among 358 players in Brisbane history to 200 goals after just 20 of 1157 Fitzroy players over 100 years hit the same mark.

At 26 years 233 days Bailey was the fifth-youngest in Brisbane history behind only key forwards Bradshaw (24/142), Jonathan Brown (25/168) and Hipwood (25/288), and utility Jason Akermanis (26/62).

And in his 175^th game, forward/midfielder Bailey was 10^th on a quickest list headed by key forward Joe Daniher (94 games), goalsneak Cameron (96) and talls Bradshaw (97), Lynch (104) and Brown (120).

Black is clearly the best player chosen at #31 in 40 years of draft history, with only three other 200-gamers – Paul Chapman (280), Shane Wakelin (252) and Jordan Roughead (201. Fritsch, at 180 games, will most likely be a fourth next year.

But already Morris, just 54 games into his career, is fourth on the goal list for players drafted at #31 behind 2007-09 Geelong premiership player Chapman (366), 2021 Melbourne premiership player Fritsch (302) and Mark Stevens, who went at #31 in 1993 to North Melbourne and kicked 123 goals in 122 games with North and Adelaide.

If Logan Morris had played in the Fitzroy era and posted the same goal-kicking numbers he’d be 4^th youngest among 43 players to 100 goals all-time behind only Garry Wilson (20 years 170 days), John Murphy (20/275) and Gary Lazarus (20/284).

And if Zac Bailey had played in Fitzroy days he’d sit 12^th youngest player to 200 goals on a list which has Murphy (23 years 236 days), Richard Osborne (23/247) and Wilson (23/336) at the top.

Jack Moriarty, a star of the 1920-30s who was named at full forward in the Fitzroy Team of the Century and is the club’s all-time leading goal-kicker, was the quickest Fitzroy player to 100 goals (27 games) and 200 goals (55 games).