Hawthorn set to offer Will Langford pay rise in contract extension offer Hawthorn is hopeful of retaining Will Langford. Picture: Alex Coppel Source: News Corp Australia HAWTHORN Grand Final hero Will Langford is in line for a significant pay rise from an imminent contract extension after his remarkable rise to Hawthorn matchwinner. The son of Hawthorn great Chris this year went from bit-parts tagger to a central cog in the Hawks midfield, culminating in a three-goal, 21-disposal Grand Final. The former NSW rookie was also scintillating in the Grand Final and is one of the few high-profile Hawks to come out of contract next year. Hawthorn recruiting boss Graeme Wright said after Thursday's draft the club was confident it would quickly re-sign Langford and a handful of encouraging kids. They include hard-running midfielder Liam Shiels and unlucky ruckman John Ceglar, dropped for the Grand Final for ex-St Kilda ruckman Ben McEvoy. Will Langford was one of Hawthorn's best players in their 2014 Grand Final victory over Sydney. Hawthorn's stars like Jack Gunston, Cyril Rioli and Jarryd Roughead are locked away, with 32-year-olds Sam Mitchell and Shaun Burgoyne showing no sign of slowing. "We have got a few younger guys we need to put some time into (with new contracts), Langford and Liam Shiel and even John Ceglar, but we tend to work pretty quickly on those things and get them tidied up,"" Wright said. Langford was outstanding this year. He really jumped up and we needed someone like him to help in the midfield. He is a real athlete and he has some drive about him and he was outstanding for us in the back half of the year. In the draft the Hawks took Murray Bushrangers defender Daniel Howe (pick 31), Geelong Falcons small defender Teia Miles (pick 49) and Oakleigh Chargers 201cm ruckman Marc Pittonet. Their real find in the trade period was securing former pick 2 Jon O'Rourke with their first pick, but Wright said he was still being eased into training. Teia Miles, drafted to Hawthorn, with his family: Geoff, Demi, Kerrie and friend Mitch Duncan. His two seasons at Greater Western Sydney were plagued with hamstring issues, so Hawthorn's fitness staff are trying to build him up methodically. He has been there for nearly two weeks now and he is going well, he has had some hamstring problems in the past so they are doing a lot of core and strengthening work with him and he isn't in the kicking drills but he's in the running and he will join in skills at the training camp Maroochydore in 10 or 12 days time James (Frawley) has been there training and the senior boys are back on Monday and Tuesday. Hawthorn has a chance at the first three-peat since Brisbane in 2002-3 but the Hawks are aware of the enormity of the task. We would love to think it can happen again but it's a long way away. From our perspective the young guys have come back in good shape, the senior guys have filtered though even though they are not supposed to be around and they look in good condition and hungry and ready to go and the young guys are hungry too.