A quartet of Colchester United’s talented youngsters have secured development contracts at the club.

U’s under-18 players JJ Wilson, Diaz Wright, George Brown and Decarrey Sheriff have all penned one-year deals to play in Under-21 Professional Development League Two, this season.

All four tasted under-21 football for Colchester last season and will now be hoping to step up and shine for Wayne Brown and Kevin Horlock’s side, in the coming months.