{"id":925,"date":"2023-01-18T13:45:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T18:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=925"},"modified":"2023-01-18T13:45:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T18:45:07","slug":"could-michigan-state-football-soon-land-2024-quarterback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=925","title":{"rendered":"Could Michigan State football soon land its 2024 quarterback?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Could Michigan State football be on the verge of landing its quarterback for 2024 in the form of four-star quarterback Davi Belfort.<\/h2>\n<p>Mel Tucker could be close to doing something unprecedented for the Michigan State football program. He could be closing in on a third straight four-star quarterback commit.<\/p>\n<p>He already accomplished an impressive feat by landing two straight four-star quarterbacks from out west in Katin Houser (2022) and <a href=\"http:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/michigan-state-football-sam-leavitt-top-100-prospect-on3\/\">Sam Leavitt<\/a> (2023). Both were also committed elsewhere when Tucker began recruiting them and they both flipped to the Spartans.<\/p>\n<p>For 2024, however, Michigan State has its sights set on two big names at quarterback: Jake Merklinger and Davi Belfort.<\/p>\n<p>Merklinger is the higher rated of the two while Belfort is an impressive athlete who seems to be much closer to a decision. And Michigan State could get good news from the latter.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Belfort revealed a top three of Michigan State, Virginia Tech, and Texas A&amp;M.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: Florida 2024 four-star QB Davi Belfort <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaviBelfort?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DaviBelfort<\/a> drops top three, committing soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mjwN1oNndS\">https:\/\/t.co\/mjwN1oNndS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gdKk4xH1I6\">pic.twitter.com\/gdKk4xH1I6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan Wright (@RWrightRivals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RWrightRivals\/status\/1615109871266930707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This feels like a very winnable top three. Although Texas A&amp;M recruits at a high level, Michigan State has developed a very good relationship with Belfort.<\/p>\n<p>Height might be a slight concern as Merklinger has more of that prototypical build, but Belfort is a good athlete. He might be more of a running threat. Belfort stands just 5-foot-10, according to 247Sports, but the Miami prospect has an incredibly high ceiling. He was originally a 2025 prospect but reclassified to 2024 and is still a four-star, and he&#8217;s rising.<\/p>\n<p>Belfort&#8217;s father, Vitor Belfort, is a famous MMA fighter and that would be a cool storyline in itself if he were to pick the Spartans.<\/p>\n<p>Could Michigan State land its third straight four-star quarterback? It&#8217;s looking good here and I would not be shocked if Belfort chose MSU. Some prefer Merklinger, but if Belfort commits first, you definitely don&#8217;t say no.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine back-to-back-to-back-to-back classes with Houser, Leavitt, Belfort, and Bryce Underwood. That would make Michigan State a legit contender nationally.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like Michigan State could be close to landing its 2024 passer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davi Belfort and Jake Merklinger are at the top of Mel Tucker&#8217;s board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[231,59,232,191,189],"class_list":["post-925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fb-recruiting","tag-davi-belfort","tag-featured","tag-jake-merklinger","tag-michigan-state-football","tag-michigan-state-spartans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}