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Gold Coast's draftee Izak Rankine's long-term future is sorted but the AFL club says it is not panicking about securing it's other first-year talent.

Highly-touted draftee Izak Rankine's AFL future is secure and Gold Coast is confident fellow first-year players Jack Lukosius and Ben King are soon to follow.

Rankine, who is yet to play a senior match for the Suns after an injury-plagued first year at the club, has committed until the end of the 2022 season.

His new deal means attention is now turned to the two draftees to take to the field for the Suns this season in Lukosius and King.

While both are contracted until the end of next year, coach Stuart Dew said plans to lock down the pair to new deals are slowly progressing.

"It'll happen when they're ready," Dew said.

"We don't want to put any deadlines on it.

"We think given how they are, how they're training and playing, how they've integrated in the club and Gold Coast, that'll come when the time's right.

"There's certainly no rush."

Lukosius was a round one debutant for the Suns and has gone on to play 14 games so far in 2019.

An Adelaide product taken one pick higher than No.3 selection Rankine in last year's draft, a return to South Australia will be in the mix until Lukosius commits to the Suns.

It's a similar situation for King, who debuted in round nine and has kicked five goals in seven games for the Suns, with his twin brother Max playing at St Kilda.

"We don't want to sell anything," Dew said.

"We want them to make their own decision based on what they see around the club.

"With that knowledge, we're really comfortable they'll make the right call and we look forward to that."