WYLIE Buzza does not mind that he is already developing cult hero status among Geelong supporters – all he is worried about is not turning into a "dud" cult hero.

The shaggy-haired Queenslander was one of the stories of the 2015 NAB AFL Draft, owing largely to his distinctive name and background.

Describing his AFL experience as a whirlwind journey, Buzza, who turned up to his first day of training in a set of pink boots on Monday, has set himself some limited expectations.

"I don't want to be a dud. I'm happy to be a cult hero, I just don't want to be a bad cult hero," he said.

"I want to be someone they can cheer for and not just someone they can look at."

Buzza, who the Cats selected with pick No.69 in the draft, grew up in a rugby league dominated household – his father, in fact, despised the AFL.

"I literally had no interest in playing the game whatsoever, no-one did back home," Buzza said when introduced in his No.12 guernsey at Simonds Stadium on Tuesday.

Buzza grew up following the exploits of rugby league greats Petero Civoniceva, Darren Lockyer and Johnathan Thurston and admits he'll have to brush up on the AFL history books before starting his own career.

The code-switch came about after he decided to travel to Toowoomba to try out for a school footy team when he was 15 – with the added bonus of being able to skip his classes in the process.

"No-one at school played it, we had no AFL programs, no nothing. It was literally for a day off school," he said.

The key forward decided on pursuing Australian footy when he started playing full-time in the under-16s, realising the game combined the skills he had learnt in other sports growing up.

At 197cm and 99kg, Buzza is a strongly built key forward who can take strong pack marks, as well as being nimble enough to win the ball at ground level.

"I ended up getting No.12 which does remind me of my rugby league days as a second-rower, so they've (the club) tried to keep me with in my roots a little bit," he said.

"To have only picked up the game not long ago and to be able to call myself a professional now is pretty crazy. It's unreal and I can't believe it."