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  Ty Pennington threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns as Northern Arizona survived a furious fourth-quarter rally to edge Southern Utah 50-49 on Saturday. Pennington connected with Kolbe Katsis for two long scores, including an 88-yard strike that highlighted a 28-point third quarter for the Lumberjacks (1-1). Katsis finished with 135 yards on six catches. Northern Arizona built a 49-28 lead behind Pennington and a balanced run game paced by Seth Cromwell who rushed for 87 yards and two touchdowns. Quran Gossett added a score on the ground as part of the Lumberjacks' four rushing touchdowns.

Southern Utah (1-1) nearly erased the deficit behind running back Joshua Dye, who carried 25 times for 171 yards and four touchdowns. The Thunderbirds added a 95-yard kickoff return score by Ran Sawyer to fuel a 21-point final quarter. Bronson Barron threw for 269 yards and a touchdown for Southern Utah, but the Thunderbirds' comeback fell just short as NAU held on after surrendering 21 straight points late. - AP College Football


(DS#999 QB) Jr/2027 QB Ty PenningtonNorthern Arizona
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  Ty Pennington passed for a touchdown and ran for another and Jaylan Wesley made two big interceptions as Northern Arizona held off Utah Tech 38-31 on Saturday. Wesley returned an interception 39 yards to the Highlanders' 5-yard line that set up Seth Cromwell's second touchdown run for a 24-7 lead. Cromwell scored on a 2-yard run for the Lumberjacks' first points. Utah Tech (1-1) scored twice in the fourth quarter to get within seven points and got the ball back with 1:34 left on its own 15 but Wesley picked off Reggie Graf to end the threat.

Pennington was 21 of 28 for 229 yards passing, with a touchdown and an interception for NAU (1-1). Kolbe Katsis had a 49-yard TD reception for a 31-10 halftime lead and finished with 82 yards receiving on three catches. Graff threw for 75 yards and ran for 74 more, including two touchdowns. Bronson Barben threw for a TD and was picked off twice. NAU, ranked 14th in the FCS coaches poll, won its eighth straight home game, tying a school record set over the 1978 and 1979 seasons. - AP College Football


(DS#999 QB) Jr/2027 QB Ty PenningtonNorthern Arizona
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  2022 MIAA FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Kolbe Katsis, Wide Receiver and Kick/Punt Returner, Pittsburg State,...Playing his first season at PSU, Kolbe Katsis ranked second in the MIAA with 28.1 yards per kick return and was third in the league with 394 total kick return yards. He also recorded the second-longest kick return of the season at 71 yards. A wide receiver, Katsis ranked 13th in the league this season with 40.9 rushing yards per game. The 6-1 redshirt freshman from Owasso, Okla. played in every game for the Gorillas, recording 450 total receiving yards on 20 receptions. He ended the regular season with five touchdowns. - MIAA Football

(DS#999 WR) rSr/2026 WR Kolbe KatsisNorthern Arizona
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  SEPT 5 OVC CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Devon Starling, RB, 6-1, 210, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Tennessee State,...Playing at No. 12 Eastern Washington, Starling rushed for the most yards against a Division I opponent this season (FBS or FCS) with 207 yards. He had 25 rushes to averaged 8.3 yards per carry and also caught three passes for finish the game with 230 all-purpose yards. He had a 43-yard touchdown run at the end of the first quarter to give TSU a 19-15 lead. Starling had seven rushes of more than 10 yards in the game. Others Nominated: Jonah O'Brien, Eastern Illinois; DJ Williams, Murray State. - OVC Football

(DS#999 RB) rSr/2025 RB Devon StarlingNorthern Arizona
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  Boise State has lost three players to the transfer portal in recent weeks, and a local player left the team. Redshirt freshman wide receiver Jalen Richmond was the latest player to announce he was transferring. He didn't appear in any games last season after joining the program as a three-star recruit from Chandler High School in Arizona. Former four-star recruit Casey Kline is also in the portal. He joined the Broncos in 2019 as an edge rusher but didn't see much playing time and moved to tight end in the spring. Offensive lineman Jacob Golden is also transferring after he was suspended from the team following a DUI arrest in June. - Idaho Statesman

(DS#999 WR) Jr/2025 WR Jalen RichmondNorthern Arizona
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  2022 PRESEASON BIG SKY FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: S Morgan Vest (NAU),...A unanimous All-Big Sky First Team selection following the spring season, Vest followed up his abbreviated debut season with an even more impressive fall. Leading the Lumberjacks with 106 tackles, Vest ranked inside the Top 25 of the FCS while tying for the fourth-most tackles in a single season at Northern Arizona. Adding 5 interceptions, 4.5 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery, Vest's impact was seen all over the field. The interception total was tied for the sixth-most in the FCS in 2021 and the sixth-most by a Lumberjack in a single season. - Northern Arizona Football

(DS#13 FS) rSr/2023 FS Morgan VestNorthern Arizona
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  2022 PRESEASON BIG SKY FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: OT Jonas Leader (NAU),...An All-Big Sky selection in both the spring and fall seasons of 2021, Leader enters the fall with 27 consecutive starts along Northern Arizona's offensive line. Starting 11 games at right guard in 2019, Leader began the spring season in the same position for a pair of contests before closing out the five-game schedule with three starts at right tackle. - Northern Arizona Football

(DS#999 OG) rSr/2023 OG Jonas LeaderNorthern Arizona
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  2022 PRESEASON ALL-OHIO VALLEY FOOTBALL (COACHES): RB Devon Starling, Tennessee State,...Starling followed his Co-Freshman of the Year honors by earning second-team All-OVC honors this year. He was injured in the next-to-last game of the year (which limited him to just 15 carries and 39 yards over the final two games) but still finished the year ranked 45th nationally with 800 total rushing yards and three touchdowns. Starling also caught 37 passes (for 312 yards) which was the most on the team, 5th most among all players in the OVC, and tied for 1st among all running backs. That mark was eighth among all FCS running backs. Against OVC champion UT Martin, he rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown and caught 12 passes for 117 yards; the 12 receptions was the most of any FCS running back in a game this season. - Tennessee State Football

(DS#999 RB) rSr/2025 RB Devon StarlingNorthern Arizona
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  With a little over a month to go before the start of training camp, the Arizona football roster is all but set. The Wildcats are expected to have 54 new players - nearly half their projected roster of 112-113 - when they open camp Aug. 3, UA coach Jedd Fisch said. All those players have joined the program since early signing day in December. Arizona also has taken advantage of changes to how scholarships can be allocated. Linebackers Ammon Allen and Dante Smith have received scholarships. Fisch added that he expects "no surprises" in terms of the roster between now and August. - Arizona Star News

(DS#999 ILB) rSr/2026 ILB Ammon AllenNorthern Arizona
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  2021 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE SECOND-TEAM (COACHES): RB - Devon Starling, Tennessee State,...Coming off the OVC Freshmen of the Year Award, Starling continued to amaze and with the leadership of a Heisman Trophy winner calling the shots, he finished with 848 yards in 180 attempts. Starling found the end zone three times with an average of 72.73 yards/carry. Starling rushed for 100+ yards in three games (Kentucky State; 142, Austin Peay; 120 and Eastern Illinois; 122). The Antioch product also contributed as a receiver with 312 yards on 37 catches. His best performance was at UT Martin where he made 12 catches for 117 yards. - Tennessee State Football

(DS#999 RB) rSr/2025 RB Devon StarlingNorthern Arizona
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  2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DB Morgan Vest, NAU,...Safety Morgan Vest joined Daniels on the Big Sky's Second Team, his second career postseason honor from the conference. Finishing with 105 tackles, the fifth most in a single season since 1995, Vest landed 18th in the FCS and fourth in the Big Sky in tackles per game. Finishing with five interceptions, tied for sixth in the FCS, Vest also tied for the sixth most in a single season at Northern Arizona. - Northern Arizona Football

(DS#13 FS) rSr/2023 FS Morgan VestNorthern Arizona
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  11/28/21 - DJ ArnsonrSr/2022, Northern Arizona, 5-10, 190 (DS#24 P) + More +

  2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Punter DJ Arnson, NAU,...Arnson earned his fourth career All-Big Sky accolade as he finished with an Honorable Mention for the fall. Setting a program record for games played at 49 with Vance and Luis Aguilar, Arnson finished his career with a new program record of 11,041 punting yards. Arnson finished the season averaging 43.6 per punt, ranking sixth in the Big Sky and 14th in the FCS. The senior dropped 21 of his 72 punts inside the opponents 20-yard line with just five going for touchbacks. - Northern Arizona Football

(DS#24 P) rSr/2022 P DJ ArnsonNorthern Arizona
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  2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): MLB Harrison Beemiller, NAU,...Both of Northern Arizona's senior linebackers Harrison Beemiller and Tristen Vance also landed Honorable Mention from the Big Sky for the final seasons with the Lumberjacks. Beemiller finished with 79 tackles, including 7.5 tackles for loss, while Vance had 86 tackles with 5.5 going for a loss in all 11 games this fall. Beemiller broke up three passes while forcing two fumbles during the season and Vance added two pass breakups and one forced fumble. Both players earned All-Big Sky honors in the spring as well, with this fall making it two apiece for the senior linebackers. - Northern Arizona Football

(DS#999 OLB) rSr/2022 OLB Harrison BeemillerNorthern Arizona
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  2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): MLB Tristen Vance, NAU,...Both of Northern Arizona's senior linebackers Harrison Beemiller and Tristen Vance also landed Honorable Mention from the Big Sky for the final seasons with the Lumberjacks. Beemiller finished with 79 tackles, including 7.5 tackles for loss, while Vance had 86 tackles with 5.5 going for a loss in all 11 games this fall. Beemiller broke up three passes while forcing two fumbles during the season and Vance added two pass breakups and one forced fumble. Both players earned All-Big Sky honors in the spring as well, with this fall making it two apiece for the senior linebackers. - Northern Arizona Football

(DS#66 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Tristen VanceNorthern Arizona
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  2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DE Carson Taylor, NAU,...Carson Taylor repeated as an All-Big Sky Honorable Mention from the spring, recording 6.0 sacks and 9.0 tackles for loss in addition to three pass breakups, three quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles. - Northern Arizona Football

(DS#40 DE) rSr/2022 DE Carson TaylorNorthern Arizona
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