Joe Rexrode

Michigan.com

One day after the start of the college basketball early signing period, Michigan State officially added the big catch of its 2015 class: 6-foot-9 big man Deyonta Davis of Muskegon, a consensus top-30 player nationally.

Davis signed today with MSU, becoming the third member of a consensus top-15 class. He joins 6-5 shooting guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas) and 6-4 guard/forward Kyle Ahrens (Versailles, Ohio).

"In Deyonta Davis we have a 6-10 shot blocker who won a state championship and plays for a great coach in Muskegon," MSU coach Tom Izzo said in a released statement this afternoon. "I think he has blossomed into something special with the best yet to come. He does remind me of an Adreian Payne. He runs the court and is very long, but he doesn't shoot the ball bad either - in fact his shooting is improving each and every day as they work out. But his forte would be to run the court and block shots, and he is very good at that. As he puts on extra strength, I think his plans are to try to win a second state championship, and if he does that, he'll join a guy like Denzel Valentine, and that's worked out pretty well for him. Winning is winning, it doesn't matter which level you win at."

Izzo also discussed the class in general.

"It's a very exciting day here at Michigan State," he said. "We signed three kids that are going to really help us in the near future. The class brings versatility; it brings two very good three-point shooters, it brings some size at 6-5, 6-5 kind of guards, and then a 6-10 guy in Deyonta Davis who we think is going to be one of the best shot blockers and can score points. And maybe as important as anything is that all three guys have won, some of them have played for a championship, one of them won a championship and one plays for one of the best leagues in Texas. So we think we have versatility, we think we have shooters, we think we have some size, and we think we have three guys who are dying to be here, which is maybe as important as anything.

"Matt (McQuaid) is a guy that could play three positions. I think (Kyle) Ahrens is a guy that could play three positions. And DD (Deyonta Davis) is a guy that can play a couple positions, with his size and athleticism, as we put on some strength and weight. We think this could be a phenomenal class, and yet maybe have one more to sign."