Defender Luke Banks became a permanent part of the Under-21s squad ahead of the 2025/26 season.
The move followed an impressive 2024/25 campaign that saw him pick up the club’s Scholar of the Season at the End of Season Dinner.
Banks featured 12 times in the U18 Premier League and three times in the FA Youth Cup for the Under-18s.
He joined the Derby County Under-18s squad as a first-year scholar in the summer of 2023.
Banks has been with the Rams since joining as an Under-9s player and has shown his quality by progressing right through the ranks.
He is one of a number of players to have been with the Academy for several years.
He made four appearances for the Under-18s during the 2022/23 season whilst still a schoolboy before linking up with the group on a full-time basis ahead of the 2023/24 campaign.
Throughout the 2023/24 season, Banks made 15 appearances in all competitions, scoring twice.