STRENGTHS:

+ Aerial ability
+ Competitiveness
+ Mobility
+ Reading the play
+ Skills
+ Versatility

IMPROVEMENTS:

- Size
- Speed

Mraz projects as a key position prospect who can play in each third of the ground. He found a home down back, but provides a decent chop-out in the ruck and had planned to go forward to exploit favourable matchups throughout the year. His absence in the Vic Country lineup was pronounced, as he would have been the lone genuine key back above 195cm, which the side arguably lacked.

In his two Coates Talent League appearances this year, Mraz had the confidence to play relatively loosely off the opponent's back shoulder, trusting his reading of the play to react and impact the contest. He was challenged by fellow Vic Country tall Floyd Burmeister in the second of those games, with the GWV forward utilising his pace advantage and thriving off the freedom he was afforded.

Still, Mraz is quite a mobile tall who showcases his sound mechanics in possession. His skills are quite clean by hand and foot, able to join in on transitional passages and help move the ball out of defence. That quality also translates to his work in the ruck, where he can follow up on his initial efforts at the contest, or roam around the ground to impact with his aerial presence.

Even without the benefit of a full season, Mraz returned to showcase his running base at the National Draft Combine. His 2km time trial effort of 6:32 rates highly for a player his size, as does his 8.468-second agility test. Such numbers are useful offensively, but also help him close in on the contest and impact defensively.

Mraz is quite the competitor aerially. He backs his defensive craft and is rarely beaten one-on-one, able to split aerial duels and bring the ball to ground when the option to intercept mark doesn't present. His 88cm running vertical jump proves he has the spring to be a secondary ruck, on top of what that trait offers as a contested marker.

Given his limited exposure as a top-ager, picking out glaring improvement areas for Mraz is difficult. He aimed to add size to his frame and certainly did so this year. There will be queries coming off such a serious injury, and while his work ethic to rehabilitate has been exceptional, whether he can return with the same explosiveness in the way of speed and leaping remains to be seen.