Rahmel Dockery Joins Mike Leach's Inaugural Class of Signees

PULLMAN, WA-Rahmel Dockery is officially part of the inaugural class of signees under new Washington State University Coach Mike Leach.

On Wednesday, the former Curtis High standout was one of 28 players to sign a National Letter of Intent or a Financial Aid Agreement to play for the Cougars.

(Click here to watch Dockery's highlight video provided by WSU)

The 5-foot-10, 170-pound wide receiver is part of a group who “had a habit of winning” in their careers, Leach said at his press conference Wednesday, the same day as touted high school football prospects from the South Sound and beyond made their college plans official.

WSU already had one of the Pac-12’s best receivers last year in Marques Wilson, and on Wednesday secured four-star recruit Gabriel Marks of Los Angeles.

As for Dockery, Leach described him as, “just kind of that standard receiver that can make all the catches (and) comes out of his cuts quickly.”

Following a stellar career for the Vikings, Dockery originally committed to playing for WSU under the regime of former Coach Paul Wulff. In fact, his decision to play for the Cougars over Oregon State was one of the biggest stories locally coming out of last year’s signing period.

But Dockery was ruled academically ineligible in fall of last year and didn’t play. Instead, as Patch first reported, he returned to University Place, got his grades up and planned to return to school this spring.

Meanwhile, WSU cleaned house by firing Wulff and almost all of his staff – including wide receivers coach and Curtis product Mike Levenseller – and hired Leach. The changes threw the future of many of Wulff’s recruits into question.

But on Wednesday, WSU announced that Dockery had signed a financial aid agreement with the school, and he enrolled in classes in January.

(Ninety-five percent of the 393 Patch users who took this poll overwhelmingly voted that Pullman and Leach were the right fit for Dockery. In light of him being part of Leach's inaugural incoming class, what do you think now?)