Ohio State offers 2024 5-star DL David Stone

Oklahoma City (Okla.) IMG Academy five-star defensive lineman David Stone received an offer from Ohio State on Wednesday. He is the latest blue-chip defensive recruit to be offered by the Buckeyes today, along with Lee’s Summit (Mo.) Lee’s Summit North five-star defensive lineman Williams Nwaneri and Tucson (Ariz.) Salpointe Catholic four-star EDGE Elijah Rushing.

Stone is the No. 9 overall prospect and No. 1 defensive lineman in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 4 player in Florida.

I’m very grateful to have been blessed with an offer from The Ohio State University 🌰👀#GoBucks @R2X_Rushmen1 @ryandaytime pic.twitter.com/yIzWkG7TGR

— David “Stoney” Stone Jr. (@iamdavidstonejr) January 11, 2023

The Buckeyes have three commitments in their 2024 recruiting class. They are Hollywood (Fla.) Chaminade-Madonna Prep five-star wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, New Palestine (Ind.) four-star interior offensive lineman Ian Moore and Sunbury (Ohio) Big Walnut four-star linebacker Garrett Stover.

For more Ohio State recruiting intel, check out Lettermen Row.

What to know about Stone’s recruitment

On Dec. 23, Stone revealed his top 10 schools: Oklahoma, Texas A&M, USC, LSU, Oregon, Alabama, Michigan State, Miami, Tennessee and Florida. According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, the Sooners have a commanding lead for his commitment at 96.3%.

RPM was released to the public in December. The On3 engineering group teamed up with Spiny.ai to create the industry’s first algorithm and machine learning-based product to predict where athletes will attend college. 

It factors in machine learning, social sentiment, visits and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.

“I feel like out of those 10 schools, those are probably the most realistic options for me to go to,” Stone told On3’s Chad Simmons. “I feel like I can take them seriously in this process and they take me pretty seriously as well.”

The 6-foot-4, 270-pound recruit has an On3 NIL Valuation of $144K. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.