The EFL Championship has always been known to be home to some of the brightest young English talent.
Next on the list of talent made in the EFL and moved to the Premier League could be 21-year-old Tom Fellows from West Bromwich Albion.
A West Brom academy graduate and now a first-team regular, he has been one of the players to watch this season in the EFL Championship.
The visualisation below shows Fellows’s ranking for some key metrics compared with the other right-sided attacking midfielders from the Championship and similar leagues.
Tom Fellows Radar Map
After mostly coming off the bench last season, Fellows is one of the first names in the starting XI this season and is currently leading the league for assists with five.
With 1.08 key passes per 90 minutes, Fellows ranks among the best for that metric when compared with similar players.
He is not a natural progressive ball-passer but someone who occupies and plays well in tight spaces.
He ranks above average for dribbles per 90 minutes, with 5.77 attempted dribbles per 90 minutes; most of his progression is through carries.
Fellows is right-footed, and that is why he is also dangerous when he cuts in and shoots when he plays as a left-sided forward.
Fellows is a tall lad who has also shown good ability in the air.
He is not tasked with a heavy defensive workload, so his defensive numbers don’t mean much.
Tom Fellows has gradually risen through the West Brom squad to become a vital component.
He has to wait for his opportunities with the first team, but now that they have arrived, he seems to be making the best of them.
If he continues this form and rises, it will be difficult for West Brom to retain him beyond the summer, especially if they don’t get promoted.
