Midfielder Dantel Hodges put pen-to-paper on a two-year scholarship with Derby County in the summer of 2024.

Hodges has been associated with the Rams’ Academy since Under-9s level and impressed at all age groups.

He was one of only two players to have progressed right through the ranks to sign a scholarship ahead of the 2024/25 season and he featured 11 times during the campaign, scoring twice.