Sunderland have secured eleven promising young players to new contracts.
Goalkeeper Ben Wilson and defenders Louis Laing, Blair Adams, Liam Marrs and Jordan Watson have all signed new deals with the club.
Joining them are midfielders Roarie Deacon, James Armstrong and Adam Reed.
Young defenders Connor Oliver and Anthony Callaghan plus Jordan Laidler, a striker, have signed their first professional deals having made the step up from the Academy.