He's been active, always looking to the inside of the ground to set up a scoring chance.
And he's taken a few risks, trying things others might have not considered or perhaps thought too difficult to pull off. He kicks goals, he takes marks, goes in head first and comes out first and then creates from there.
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As one of the top NAB AFL Draft hopefuls, Lennon wants to keep doing all of those things this year.
But having been told by recruiters last year they wanted to see him in the midfield in 2013, Lennon is intent on also growing his game.
"I think I'll always be a half-forward, so I am comfortable playing there," Lennon told AFL.com.au this week in Italy, during the AIS-AFL Academy's tour of Europe.
"If I can get as comfortable playing in the midfield I'll be pretty happy."
It's a gradual process but the signs early in the season have been good. At 188cm, Lennon makes for a nicely sized midfielder.
Over summer with the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup, he has worked hard at competitive drills, and one-on-one contests so he's ready for what will come this season.
His endurance is still evolving, but the swimming, running, boxing and long-distance training has him more prepared for his move up the field.
In the Knights' round-one win over the Calder Cannons before Lennon departed with the Academy squad, he had 20 disposals and kicked two goals. And against Collingwood's VFL side last week, he had 16 disposals, took six marks and was one of his side's best.
"I can play forward and back but I think if I can plan in the midfield it will give me a better chance to get a game," he said.
"I haven't done it much before so I'm not really used to it and I'm trying to find out different techniques and different ways people go about it.
"You see Scott Pendlebury and people like him, they're the match-winners and set everything up so I'd like to try to do that."
Lennon's taste of state-level footy last year has him surer of what to expect in 2013 when it matters most.
At last year's NAB AFL Under-18 Championships, he was one of a few players for Vic Metro to make an impact a year being from being draft eligible.
He played three games before not making the team against Western Australia, where Metro needed to win to claim the division one title.
But he learned a few things about how to prepare, and what sort of mindset to take into the carnival the second time around.
"This year I'll have more experience and I wont get so nervous and wound-up about games," he said.
"I remember thinking before a game, 'If I don't get a touch, it's all over,' and those kind of things. Now it's just whatever happens happens.
You know you have put in the hard work. You can't dwell on it if you don't play well."
Sport runs through Lennon's family. His dad, Steve, played at Collingwood under-19s for a couple of seasons in the 1980s before a broken ankle ended his career.
He coached Ben's side to a junior premiership at Macleod, in Melbourne's Northern suburbs, in under-14s.
And Ben's sister, Grace, 21, is a professional golfer, playing tournaments around the world.
"It's been pretty competitive growing up and it's also good getting someone else's perspective," he says.
"We always speak about sport, and how hers is going and how mine's going too."
More than a few people will be talking about how Lennon's football goes this year. He impressed at the AIS European Training Centre in Italy, pushing hard through drills, being loud when he could, and asking questions off the field.
By the time he returns to Australia in a week or so, he expects to have an even greater understanding of the requirements of an AFL player, and what it might be like.
"Training has been good and just being around 30 of the best players in Australia makes it a good challenge," he said.
"We're here to be as professional as we can."
Follow AFL website reporter Callum Twomey on Twitter at @AFL_CalTwomey.
