Washington State will welcome its newest crop of players today with faxes and signed letters of intent rolling in on National Signing Day.
Unlike 2015, there hasn't been a whole lot of drama in the lead up to the 2016 players putting their signatures on the line. This class -- which is full -- has been built by a steady stream of solid players with precious few defections; each quarterback who has committed has eventually decommitted, and WSU lost an offensive lineman on Tuesday night. (Although, that appeared to be more about numbers than an actual "flip.")
This class doesn't have the high-end guys rated four stars who captured fans' imaginations the last couple of years, but it's deep with three-star kids who are perfectly suited to do exactly what Mike Leach wants to do. There might not be a bunch of immediate contributors, but there are players who are well suited to develop under the coaches' watchful eyes.
In the end, the class is expected to be ranked somewhere between 45 and 55. Here's a look at the current list of commitments, updated with their signing status as the LOIs roll in. Follow along!
✓ = Letter received
* = Signed financial aid agreement, already enrolled
GS = Expected to grayshirt
Signed? | Name | Pos | Location | Ht | Wt | Composite Rating | Story |
✓ | Lyric Bartley | DE | Taylorsville, UT | 6'3" | 245 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Renard Bell | ATH | Los Angeles, CA | 5'10" | 165 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Danny Bender | DE | El Cajon, CA | 6'4" | 235 | ★★ | LINK |
✓ | Nilsson Gaisoa | OL | Kailua, Hawaii | 6'5" | 275 | ★★ | LINK |
✓ | Christian Haangana | OL | Milpitas, CA | 6'6" | 347 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Romello Harris | RB | Tulare, CA | 5'10" | 173 | ★★★ | LINK |
Stephen Houston | WR | Oxnard, CA | 6'3" | 185 | ★★★ | ||
✓* | Isaiah Johnson | WR | West Palm Beach, FL | 6'3" | 190 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | D'jimon Jones | DB | Federal Way, WA | 6'1" | 170 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Keenen King | OL | Las Vegas, NV | 6'4" | 297 | ★★★ | LINK |
GS | Isaiah Love | DB | West Covina, CA | 5'11" | 160 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓* | Garrett McBroom | DE | Miami, OK | 6'3" | 260 | ★★ | LINK |
✓ | Derek Moore | LB | Los Angeles, CA | 6'2" | 211 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Chima Onyeukwu | LB | San Pablo, CA | 6'3" | 215 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Dezmon Patmon | WR | San Diego, CA | 6'4" | 202 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Grant Porter | WR | Upland, CA | 6'2" | 184 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓* | Justus Rogers | QB | Bellevue, WA | 6'2" | 215 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Liam Ryan | OL | La Verne, CA | 6'6" | 270 | ★★ | LINK |
✓ | Marcus Strong | DB | Rialto, CA | 5'11" | 170 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Suli Tamaivena | LB | Kirkland, WA | 6'2" | 234 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Robert Taylor | DB | San Francisco, CA | 5'11" | 180 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Skyler Thomas | DB | Perris, CA | 5'11" | 174 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓* | Jalen Thompson | ATH | Downey, CA | 5'11" | 169 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Mason Vinyard | TE | La Mesa, CA | 6'5" | 200 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Joshua Watson | OL | Everett, WA | 6'5" | 265 | ★★★ | LINK |
Josiah Westbrook | WR | Bellingham, WA | 6'1" | 180 | ★★★ | ||
✓ | Jahad Woods | LB | La Mesa, CA | 5'11" | 215 | ★★★ | LINK |
✓ | Frederick Mauigoa | OL | Pago Pago, AS | 6'5" | 295 | ★★★ | LINK |