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Michigan State football lands diamond in the rough in 3-star DE Alex Okelo

Mel Tucker, Michigan State football (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)

Michigan State football had been trending for days with uber-talented three-star defensive end Alex Okelo and he officially became a Spartan on Sunday.

Alex Okelo is the definition of raw. He has only been playing high school football for a year after missing his freshman and sophomore seasons to focus on basketball, but he broke out as a junior.

Okelo was coerced to play football because of his tremendous size and upside and he ended up recording 60 tackles and seven sacks from the defensive end spot.