Michigan State football: David Stone says MSU “feels like home”

Michigan State football is hot on the trail of one of the best defensive linemen in the country and that pursuit looks to be paying off for Mel Tucker and Co.

David Stone, a five-star in the 2024 class and the No. 1 defensive lineman in the nation, just took his second visit to East Lansing in the span of three weeks and it looks like he really enjoyed his time at Michigan State’s junior day weekend.

And then a quote surfaced from his visit that caught everyone’s attention.

Stone told On3 that Oklahoma may be where he’s from, but Michigan State “feels like home.”

This is a big-time quote. And this can’t make Oklahoma fans feel too good about their chances to land Stone. He basically said, “Oklahoma is family by birth but Michigan State is family by choice.”

Not what you want to hear as a Sooner fan.

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Stone is down to 10 programs but that may be closer to 11 because Ohio State recently offered and he’s talked about growing up a Buckeye fan and that may alter his top group.

This visit, however, felt like a special one.

Michigan State just hired Diron Reynolds as the new defensive line coach and Stone got to start building that relationship this weekend. And the fact that Stone said that Michigan State feels like home while Oklahoma is just where he’s from is huge. That kind of backs up the recent predictions from On3 and 247Sports for the Spartans to land Stone.

It feels like Tucker might be on the verge of landing his first five-star as Michigan State’s head coach.