MORE than 100 discarded players will have a chance to find a new AFL home when the delisted player free agency period opens on Thursday.

As part of the AFL's introduction of free agency this year, delisted players will, for the first time, be able to sign with a new club without entering the draft.

Among the delisted group are 22 players with 40 or more games of AFL experience - including Steven Salopek, Sam Sheldon, Cheynee Stiller, Bret Thornton, Cameron Wood, Kyle Reimers, Matthew Bate, Ricky Petterd, Matt Campbell, Jacob Surjan, Raph Clarke, Jason Gram, Jarred Moore and Justin Sherman.

They may suit a club searching for a ready-made contributor.

Unlucky former Geelong rookie Jonathan Simpkin is also sure to receive consideration.

The goalkicking midfielder impressed in his four games for the Cats this season, and also made it back-to-back best and fairests for the club's VFL team.

He was cut only because rookie lists have been reduced from six players to four for next season.

Tom Gillies, Lucas Cook, Josh Toy and Cruize Garlett are among others who may attract interest, while Liam Jurrah is being considered for a rookie list spot by Port Adelaide.

The signing window runs until 2pm AEDT on November 13.

Players still unsigned at that time can then enter the NAB AFL Draft on the Gold Coast.

Who's available: Name (former club), age, games

Brad Symes (Adel) 27, 80
Will Young (Adel) 22, 2

Josh Dyson (BL) 21, 1
Brad Harvey (BL) 20, 0
James Hawksley (BL) 23, 32
Bryce Retzlaff (BL) 21, 11
Sam Sheldon (BL) 23, 43
Cheynee Stiller (BL) 26, 100

Paul Bower (Carl) 24, 70?
Blake Bray (Carl) 20, 0
Mitch Carter (Carl) 21, 0
Andrew Collins* (Carl) 23, 11
Nick Heyne (Carl)22, 3?
Rohan Kerr (Carl) 20, 0?
Matthew Lodge (Carl) 19, 0
Bret Thornton (Carl) 28, 181

Simon Buckley (Coll) 25, 26
Jonathon Ceglar (Coll) 21, 0
Paul Cribbin (Coll) 20, 0
Daniel Farmer (Coll) 20, 0
Shae McNamara (Coll) 27, 0
Luke Rounds (Coll) 21, 6
Lachlan Smith (Coll) 19, 0
Trent Stubbs (Coll) 20, 0
Kirk Ugle (Coll) 20, 3
Cameron Wood (Coll) 25, 48

Brendan Lee (Ess) 25, 2
Sam Lonergan (Ess) 25, 79
Anthony Long (Ess) 21, 0
Kyle Reimers (Ess) 23, 60
Michael Ross (Ess) 21, 2

Gavin Roberts (Fre) 21, 0
Jay van Berlo (Fre) 24, 32
Jordan Wilson-King (Fre) 19, 0

Tom Gillies (Geel) 22, 13
Jonathan Simpkin (Geel) 25, 4
Orren Stephenson (Geel) 30, 8

Piers Flanagan (GC) 20, 3
Sam Iles (GC) 25, 26
Hayden Jolly (GC) 20, 6
Alik Magin (GC) 21, 8
Lewis Moss (GC) 20, 0
Josh Toy (GC) 20, 13

Stephen Clifton (GWS) 25, 5
Rhys Cooyou (GWS) 21, 1
Tim Segrave (GWS) 20, 0

Jarrad Boumann (Haw) 23, 2
Michael Osborne* (Haw) 30, 163
Adam Pattison (Haw) 26, 66
Tom Schneider (Haw) 20, 0

Matthew Bate (Melb) 25, 102
Jamie Bennell (Melb) 22, 57
Lucas Cook (Melb) 20, 0
Liam Jurrah (Melb) 24, 36
Ricky Petterd (Melb) 24, 54
Jai Sheahan (Melb) 19, 0
Leigh Williams (Melb) 22, 0

Matt Campbell (NM) 25, 82
Cruize Garlett (NM) 23, 32
Malcolm Lynch (NM) 24, 2
Brad Mangan (NM) 21, 0
Ben McKinley (NM) 25, 48
Ben Speight (NM) 22, 10
Gavin Urquhart (NM) 24, 41
Ben Warren (NM) 23, 29

Mitch Banner (PA) 22, 19
Mitch Curnow (PA) 20, 0
Jarrad Irons (PA) 20, 3
Simon Phillips (PA) 25, 9
Steven Salopek (PA) 27, 121
Jacob Surjan (PA) 27, 121
Daniel Webb (PA) 23, 0

Andrew Browne (Rich) 22, 12
Dean MacDonald (Rich) 20, 0
Addam Maric (Rich) 22, 31
Gibson Turner (Rich) 19, 0
Jeromey Webberley (Rich) 24, 16
Piva Wright (Rich) 19, 0

Warrick Andreoli (StK) 20, 0
Daniel Archer (StK) 21, 1
Raph Clarke (StK) 27, 85
Sam Crocker (StK) 20, 0
Jason Gram (StK) 28, 154
Brett Peake (StK) 29, 118
Dean Polo (StK) 26, 77

Nathan Gordon (Syd) 22, 2
Eugene Kruger (Syd) 21, 0
Jack Lynch (Syd) 19, 0
Dylan McNeil (Syd) 21, 0
Brett Meredith (Syd) 23, 16
Jarred Moore (Syd) 26, 68
Mark Seaby (Syd) 28, 120

Anton Hamp (WCE) 20, 0
Michael Mascoulis (WCE) 19, 0
Ryan Neates (WCE) 21, 0
Callum Papertalk (WCE) 20, 0
Andrew Strijk (WCE) 25, 13
Gerrick Weedon (WCE) 21, 1

Tom Hill (WB) 21, 0
Andrew Hooper (WB) 21, 7
Brodie Moles (WB) 26, 17
James Mulligan (WB) 23, 3
Matt Panos (WB) 21, 0
Justin Sherman (WB) 25, 138

* Collins and Osborne will continue to train with their respective clubs, in the hope of being re-listed in the pre-season draft.