Ole Miss offers 2024 5-star DL David Stone

Oklahoma City (Okla.) IMG Academy five-star defensive lineman David Stone received an offer from Ole Miss on Sunday night. He announced the news over social media.

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 grateful to say I have been blessed with an offer to the University of Mississippi @CoachGolding @LetsGo_Bo5 @Lane_Kiffin @Coach_B_DEAD pic.twitter.com/dqGI7apqzB

— David “Stoney” Stone Jr. (@iamdavidstonejr) January 23, 2023

The 6-foot-4, 270-pound defender announced his top 10 schools on Dec. 23. According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, Oklahoma has 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.

For more Ole Miss recruiting intel, check out OM Spirit.

The Rebels’ 2024 recruiting class contains two players. They are Chandler (Ariz.) Basha four-star quarterback Demond Williams Jr. and Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco four-star linebacker Jordan Lockhart.

Stone has an On3 NIL Valuation of $144K. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. 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.