The 403-game legend, famous for his balding head and short stature is the complete contrast to this year's first-round draftee, whose messy mop of hair sits atop a 200cm frame.
While they are opposite in appearance, they do have one thing in common, as Vickery will wear Bartlett's famous No. 29 for the Tigers. Emerging midfielder Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls has relinquished the guernsey for 22.
Vickery joked that the famous number would look a little different on him than it did Bartlett.
"There's not many similarities but hopefully I can create my own legacy with it. Hopefully I won't get the nickname 'Hungry'," Vickery laughed.
"It all happened so fast and I didn't get a chance to think about it. I'm very happy to be taking it and hope to do justice."
Vickery says he has been warmly welcomed to the club where his father John is the boxing coach.
While he was speaking to the assembled media in his first week at Richmond, Vickery's teammates were doing their best to distract the youngster – a sign that he has been accepted as one of their own.
"Yeah, they're pretty quick to get on you if you do anything like a media interview, but it's all in good fun," he said.
"I think I've settled in really well. It's a very young group and easy to fit into in that sense. The young guys have really been eased into it with the training load to manage ourselves and I think I've adapted quite well."
Vickery says he doesn't feel at all strange having his dad around him at his new club.
"I feel like any other player. He doesn't treat me any differently. I've been training under him for years now and I'm really used to it. It doesn't affect me at all; it doesn't play on my mind or anything."
Vickery played this year for the Sandringham Dragons and Haileybury College as a ruckman/forward and will be groomed by coach Terry Wallace to play up forward to start his AFL career.
"Terry said he's happy for me to start as a forward, particularly since I'm younger to develop my body and those aspects of my game. Hopefully I can move back into the ruck as I get older and put on some weight."
