The son of former Newcastle coach Rick Stone will debut for the Knights in next weekend's opening-round NRL clash against the Warriors.
Stone's successor, Nathan Brown, has confirmed the former mentor's son, Sam, will make his debut next week.
"He's obviously been around football all his life with his dad," Brown said.
"The game is obviously something he understands very well being around it all his life."
Rick Stone was sacked by Newcastle midway through the 2015 season, his second stint as head coach at the club.
He has since shifted to Huddersfield in the English Super League, however his son Sam remained in the Hunter region.
The back-rower impressed in the Auckland Nines, and will likely come off the bench in next weekend's clash.
He and Luke Yates will become the 12th and 13th players to make their NRL debuts at Newcastle in the past year since Brown has arrived at the club.
Of those, only two haven't been locals.
"This time last year I wouldn't have thought he would be playing first grade," Brown said of Yates, a 21-year-old lock.
"But he's that determined and that hungry and that keen that he toughed it out last year and I don't think he had a day off in the pre-season.
"September and October when the club was not officially training, I don't think he missed a day's training ... and all his hard work has paid off."
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