Sheffield United youngster following in the footsteps of Harry Maguire and Kyle Walker

Sheffield United's list of players who have gone on to represent the club at first team level reads like a who's who of English football.

Some of the biggest names in the country in recent years have emerged from the junior ranks and had stellar careers in the game.

Harry Maguire, Kyle Walker, Phil Jagielka, Billy Sharp, Aaron Ramsdale, David Brooks and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, to name but a few, have been standard-bearers for the United academy.

More recently, Daniel Jebbison and Iliman Ndiaye have added their names to the growing number of Sheffield United graduates and the latest is Femi Seriki.

The right wing-back made his full debut in the 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest on Friday night and at the age of 18, joins Maguire, Walker and his current captain Billy Sharp in doing so.

He was among a crop of players who really caught the eye and excelled under Heckingbottom in last season's title-winning under 23 side.

He was rewarded with a Premier League debut late on in the defeat at Newcastle towards the end of the season.

With a bright future ahead of him, it was expected this could have been a big campaign, but a disastrous loan to United World club Beerschot at the start of the season has stalled his progress.

He featured for just seven minutes and Heckingbottom has had to spend time trying to repair some of the damage done with that failed loan.

However, he says the experience on Friday night will be a big step in the right direction for him.

"I know Femi well," Heckingbottom said.

"This time last year he was in a really good place. He had a loan at Beerschot that did nothing for him and was the wrong thing, so we have been trying to pick him up and get him back to the levels where we expect.

"He's been training