COLCHESTER United could face their youngest-ever player this weekend.
Todd Miller, who became the youngest player to represent the U's first team back in March 2019, could line up against his former club for Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium, on Saturday.
Miller achieved the Colchester milestone when he came on for Courtney Senior in a League Two game at Exeter City in March, 2019, at the age of 16 years and 166 days.
Miller's appearance for the U's against Exeter under John McGreal was his only first-team appearance for the club and he surpassed the previous record set by Lindsay Smith by 48 days.
Miller made his third league start for Doncaster when he featured in their 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Newport County, last Saturday.
He joined Doncaster on loan in January, having signed a new contract with Premier League side Brighton and Hove Albion last May.
The 20-year-old midfielder left the U's to join the Seagulls in July 2019, penned a new one-year deal with the South Coast club.
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Miller has nine appearances in total for Doncaster since joining them, six of them off the bench.
He made 19 Premier League 2 appearances for Brighton last season, scoring four goals and contributing four assists.
He has played four times for Brighton's academy side, in the current campaign.
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