Hunt, selected by Geelong with pick 49 in the NAB AFL Draft, is considered to be much in the same mould as Wojcinski, the man who has worn the No.40 jumper at Skilled Stadium for the past 10 seasons.
Hunt will wear No.38 at the Cats and Oswald believes Geelong – which used its final draft pick on the dasher – might have snared itself a bargain.
"Taylor Hunt will be a very good [pick] 49," Oswald said.
"I can certainly see him as a running half-back, so tell Wojcinski to look out!
"He was an Athletics Australia athlete from a young age, so he's been an elite sportsperson for some time.
"[He's got a] well-trained mind, exciting pace, good skills, another guy where there's a lot of upside. And he'll come on. He will be a good player."
Like most draftees, Hunt will take time. He knows it, too.
It was only 12 months ago that he first knuckled down to a full pre-season.
The former champion discus thrower had once been on track for a potential athletics career, being a member of various national squads throughout his teenage years.
"Athletics season always started in November and finished in March, and three months before November, that's when I'd start athletics," Hunt said.
"It was all a bit much, everything was clashing."
He had always spent his winter months kicking a footy around but come the warmer, spring months then something would give – that something had always been football, until he had a re-think.
Having showed enough potential with the Dragons in 2007 to suggest footy might be worth devoting a bit more time, Hunt thought he might ease back his athletics commitments with an eye to a possible football career.
"My athletics coaches were saying, 'You know you need to put on weight and get your legs a lot bigger and stronger'," he recalled.
"I was sort of reminding them that I didn't want to be too big otherwise I wouldn't have been able to move on the footy field.
"It was a balance of being able to do a bit of both. Once I gave up the athletics, I did heaps of boxing and stuff like that and trimmed down a fair bit.
"I was a lot stronger in Year 10 than what I am now. I used to be able to benchpress [a lot more] … but now I wouldn't even be able to lift [anywhere near what I could] because I've lost a bit of weight and a bit of muscle."
A slightly leaner – and much fitter – Hunt reaped the benefits of more time on the paddock in 2008.
He quickly made a greater impression in the TAC Cup competition and earned a Vic Metro jumper, playing in defence in the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships and showing his trademark run from defence.
But the 183cm defender hasn't ruled out a move further afield in the future.
"Most of my junior footy I was playing key position just because I had a bit of a jump on me and my team didn't have many talls," he said.
"I'm not so good at playing midfield yet because I've never really played in there.
"I'm definitely best suited for a back flank at the moment but if I get a run in the midfield – I've got to learn a couple of things – that'd be good."
