Touted as a top-10 pick - certainly a first rounder - Josh Gibcus is one of the few lucky ones who is as close to assured that his life will change on Wednesday night as you can be.

Invited to attend the Draft and await his name, the athletic key defender is set to live out his childhood dream.

Gibcus focused on his final exams at St Patrick's College before sitting down to do the media rounds that are required of a mooted top-10 Draft pick.

He admits, there's barely a question that hasn't already been asked of him, however he's taking everything in his stride.

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"Everything's been going pretty well. I'm pretty excited where I've been able to end up," he said.

"This year has gone pretty good and I couldn't have asked for more.

"Hearing my name around the top 10, I'll admit is a confidence booster and it's a bit surreal to be honest to be able to think that I could possibly go that high in the coming days."

Likened to Melbourne premiership defender Jake Lever, Gibcus is expected to fall anywhere in the first round from pick four to 18.

However if he was to make it to the top 10, there's a fairly big chance he will be moving interstate with only Hawthorn and Richmond having live picks from his home state.

However a move away is not phasing him one bit as he has spent much of his childhood moving around with his family.

"I'm open to moving interstate, being a country boy from Victoria, I've always understood that I'll have to move," he said.

"I moved around a lot as a kid from Queensland to Western Australia and then to Ballarat.

"Doing that has been pretty big for me and it's allowed me to understand what moving is about and I think if I was lucky enough to chosen by an interstate team I'd be comfortable.

"The family are very supportive of it, they've always helped me and always been there for me if needed. They are looking to move back to Western Australia early next year."

With that in mind, a possibility of Fremantle picking him up is a very real option with the Dockers having picks eight and 10 - after Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs use their father son picks, expected at two and three.

However when quizzed about what clubs have been in contact, Gibcus won't give too much away.

"I've had a few clubs contact me a few times and I guess that's a good sign that I've had that contact," he said.

"I've got to talk to the clubs and get to know what they are about, what their club is and what they want in a person.

"All of the clubs are pretty unique in their own way personality wise, I think it's a good thing that they aren't all the same.

"I've had some clubs where I've spoken to recruiters and some I've also been lucky to have spoken to some coaches."

Gibcus said he was indebted to his family and all his junior clubs right up to East Point and the GWV Rebels for helping him get to where he is.

"It's been a dream of mine since I was five years old to have a footy career," he said. "I played a few sports growing up, bit of basketball, but footy has been my biggest passion in my life.

"I left Queensland when I was seven and when I got to WA I played with the Mount Hawthorn Cardinals, where I was lucky enough to make the under 12 state side and got to know a lot of the WA players up for the draft in the next few days.

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