Essendon recruit Ryan Crowley wants to share his experience of being banned from the AFL with the 17 current players suspended in Essendon’s supplements saga.

The 31-year-old former Docker completed a backdated one-year ban last September for taking a prohibited substance and was forced to train alone.

“In time, I’d like to sit down and have a chat with them because it is a unique situation,” Crowley told reporters on Wednesday.

“I am someone who could give them an insight.”

Essendon have signed Crowley as one of their 10 permitted top-up players for the looming AFL season.