Alex van Wyk arrived at Alberton as pick 14 in the 2026 mid-season draft, a 203cm tap ruckman plucked from North Adelaide, where he was averaging 23 hitouts a week in the SANFL. Before that he won consecutive best and fairests in Norwood's reserves and pulled on the South Australian jumper at under-18 and under-20 level. Wearing the No.47 guernsey, he has played 3 AFL games.