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Three years on from Mason Mount, Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham all making the Championship play-off final as Derby took on Aston Villa for a place in the Premier League - Levi Colwill helped Huddersfield Town reach the same stage on Tuesday night. The 19-year-old defender played the full 90 minutes as the Terriers kept a clean sheet against Luton Town, with Jordan Rhodes' strike separating the sides.

Colwill joined the west Yorkshire side back in June 2021 after extending his Chelsea contract. While many loans from Premier League sides are left until late in the window, this one felt more prepared with plenty of time to settle into the squad. Not too dissimilar to when a certain Reece James signed for Wigan on loan in late June 2018, also at 18 years of age, before making the step up to the Blues' first team the following season, along with

Mount, Tomori and Abraham. Could Colwill replicate that stellar cast?

"I think I'm ready (for the Premier League)," Colwill told the Athletic in April. "I've learnt a lot this year, so the next step I hope will be in the Premier League with Chelsea, Huddersfield or whoever."

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It didn't take long for the young defender to make an impression in the Championship. Huddersfield Town correspondent Steven Chicken suggested as early as October that it was no mistake Colwill donned the number 26 and that the 19-year-old's ceiling is higher than that of previous loanees Emile Smith Rowe and Trevoh Chalobah.

However, the journey hasn't always been as smooth as those opening weeks, with injuries and illness disrupting the defender's ability to be ever-present for Carlos Corberán's side. Nevertheless,