It’s the State’s most famous footy factory — and now Northampton has another AFL debutant in Brynn Teakle.

The towering ruckman, who was an East Fremantle player just 14 days ago, will make his debut for Port Adelaide on Saturday, coach Ken Hinkley confirmed on Thursday.

The Power took Teakle with pick eight in this month’s mid-season draft in a bid to bolster their ruck stocks, depleted by a long-term injury to Scott Lycett.

His three-goal SANFL debut at the weekend caught the eye of coaching staff, with Hinkley labelling him a great football story.

“In my time in football I have never seen anyone get their first game within 14 days,” he said.

“It’s one of the great stories of the mid-season draft.”

The 22-year-old played league games for East Fremantle after carving out an arduous four-year apprenticeship in the reserves.

He had previously trained with Essendon and featured in a pre-season game for them against the Eagles in 2020.

They handed a debut to mature-aged big man Sam Hayes earlier this season, but he was omitted ahead of their Thursday night clash with Richmond last week, where they played forward Jeremy Finlayson in the ruck.

On draft night, Teakle told The West Australian the Power had flagged the prospect of an early debut.

“They did mention it a little bit that there is opportunity there,” he said.

“It just comes down to my work ethic and my ability to get there and make a difference.”

He is likely to become the second mid-season draftee to debut this season, with former North Melbourne defender Sam Durdin set to play for Carlton tonight.

The athletic 203cm ruck joins the likes of Jamie and Patrick Cripps, Harry Taylor, Tarkyn and Andrew Lockyer, Daniel Chick, Paul Hasleby, Liam Anthony and Josh Kennedy as AFL players from the farming community just north of Geraldton.