Like father, like son.

Bobby Mooshagian, the son of Sacramento State football coach Steve Mooshagian, was announced as one of 15 signees to National Letters of Intent to the Sacramento State football program in a small ceremony on Wednesday night.

“Bobby Mooshagian, now that was a tough recruiting job. I had to sleep with the kid’s mother to get him to commit here,” Mooshagian quipped about his son also being recruited by the University of Akron.

Bobby Mooshagian, a wide receiver from San Joaquin Memorial High in Fresno, caught 27 passes for 423 yards despite missing four games because of mono as a senior. San Joaquin Memorial also won a Central Section Div. IV title in his junior year with the school.

“I don’t like to talk about my own son too much,” Steve Mooshagian said, “but he has some of the best hands I’ve ever seen.”

Bobby Mooshagian could be a likely target for a pair of incoming quarterbacks.

Tim Bessolo will enter Sac State with three remaining years of eligibility despite attending Fresno State, Marshall and Long Beach City Community College, respectively. He split time at quarterback last season at Long Beach and helped the school to a Mission Conference title.

After throwing for 2,193 yards and 34 touchdowns as a senior at South Eugene High in Eugene, Ore., Brett McLennan will come to Sac State as one of the most accomplished recruits in this year’s class.

Steve Mooshagian said he was particularly proud of the recruiting job he and his assistants did to improve both the offensive and defensive lines and the tight end positions.

Sac State will have three new tight ends and five new linemen coming in, which makes up more than half of the class.

“I like the balance of this class overall,” the second-year coach said. “We improved our depth on both lines and got some tight ends.

“Last year’s class was bigger but we have the same amount of quality players coming in.”

Steve Mooshagian also made good on his reputation as a master recruiter in the Fresno area as a third of the new recruits are from the central portion of the valley.

“I take great pride in the recruiting process as a whole,” the former Fresno State assistant said. “But we’re all familiar with that area and have some connections, we like to get players from down there.

Of the 15 to commit on the first day schools could announce signees six are mid-year transfers, already attending classes at Sac State and working out with the team.

“In a humble way I’d rate us a ‘B’ for the first two recruiting classes we’ve put together,” Steve Mooshagian said. “We have a class comparable to any school in the Big Sky.”