Chris Scott has announced that both Jack Bowes and Cooper Whyte will debut in Cats colours on Thursday night against Carlton at the MCG.
Whyte, a left-footed midfielder who is tough in the contest with a touch of flair, was taken with the 64th selection in the 2021 NAB AFL Draft.
"It's really exciting for us this week, we'll have a couple of players play their first game for the Cats," Scott told media on Wednesday morning.
"Cooper Whyte will come in as a young player making his AFL debut and Jack Bowes will play as well. So they're the ins, and (Tom) Stewart is the out.
"We're not ready to communicate the other out at the moment. In any case, I'd rather focus on the exciting part"
Scott said the 20-year-old's strength might be in his versatility.
"When we brought him in, we didn't necessarily earmark him in a specific position, we thought one of his strengths would be that he would end up being really flexible player," Scott said.
"He's a beautiful ball user so he is the type of guy you want with the ball in his hands but he's also got some speed and some real footy smarts as well, so he's probably a midfielder who can play back and forward I suspect."
Bowes’ Geelong debut was forecast by Scott last week and assistant coach Shaun Grigg on the To The Final Bell podcast on Monday, following 83 games with the Gold Coast Suns.
He was reportedly close to playing against the Magpies last Friday but was held back with a minor calf complaint, but got through half a game in the VFL last Saturday unscathed.
Scott said the former Sun's ball use will be a significant asset for the Cats going forward.
"Jack is a little similar in that we brought him in thinking his best position was probably going to be an inside midfielder but the flexibility to play in other spots, with our inside mids at the moment, it can be a hard place to break into, (is valuable)", he said.
"I think he'll be in there a little bit but he'll be in other spots as well... but his ball use is going to be a real asset for us as well and we're likely to try and get him into spots where we can get the ball into his hands."
Bowes and Whyte will be the 1107th and 1108th players to pull on the Hoops for the Cats respectively.
