After hours of pitching WSU to high school players across the country, the WSU football coaching staff finally saw its hard work pay off as 25 players signed their letters of intent on Wednesday.

Usually on National Signing Day many players flip their original commitment to play for another university. However, that was not the case this year for WSU Head Coach Mike Leach. Everybody in the 2016 class stuck to their word of playing in Pullman.

“The most notable thing about this class is that it went as almost entirely as expected,” Leach said. “That’d be the first time in history that’s ever happened, at least for me.”

The 2016 class for WSU ranks as No. 50 best class in the country, according to scout.com. There are no four or five-star recruits in this year’s recruiting class for WSU. There are 22 three-star recruits, according to scout.com.

“We had less academic issues (with this group) than we’ve had in the past,” Leach said. “I would say this is a combination of the biggest and fastest class that we’ve recruited since we’ve been here.”

Leach added he did put emphasis on building the depth and size on the offensive line. Six out of 25 players signed to WSU are on the offensive line. The biggest offensive lineman in this class is Christian Haangana. The 6-5, 365 pound lineman is a three star recruit and the 11th best lineman on the West Coast for the 2016 class.

The highest rated recruit player in this class is three-star wide receiver Isaiah Johnson from Belle Glade, Florida, Johnson is ranked as the No.75 wide receiver in the entire country for 2016, according to espn.com. Johnson chose WSU over Auburn, Florida and Miami. Leach explained why Johnson decided to dawn crimson and gray despite playing high school football on the other side of the country.

“I think one the fact that we lead the nation in passing the last two years and there’s insurance that there will be quality quarterbacks around here for a wide receiver,” Leach said. “I think also from this program, our staff and our work in the past that you have to know the receivers in the NFL.”

Leach and his staff signed only one quarterback in this class, three-star quarterback/athlete Justus Rogers. This doesn’t come as a shock. Leach has a track record of signing fewer quarterbacks in a recruiting class and having a low amount on the depth chart.

“I try to take one every year and then have quality walk-ons,” Leach said. “There’s a point to where if you want them to play well you have to have the time to work with them.”

Leach added there is a possibility of bringing in a few more players for the 2016 class, but he is pretty confident with the 25 players who have officially dawned crimson and gray.