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  Ty Pennington, Angel Flores and Seth Cromwell each had two touchdowns and Northern Arizona coasted to a 66-6 victory over independent Lincoln (CA) on Saturday in Lumberjacks' coach Brian Wright's debut. Pennington opened the scoring with a 20-yard run and later hit BJ Fleming for a 62-yard score that made it 31-6. Pennington finished 8 of 10 for 116 yards passing. The Lumberjacks, who gave up the ball on downs on their opening possession, had touchdowns on eight-straight possessions. Flores, who was 5-for-5 passing for 80 yards, closed out the first half with an 8-yard TD pass to Bryzai White and a 13-yarder to Ta'ir Brooks that made it 45-6.

Cromwell had two short scoring runs and finished with 43 yards on nine touches as 10 different runners combined for 233 yards. J'Wan Evans and Kenveon Stone closed out the scoring with short runs in the second half. Evans led all runners with 48 yards on six carries. Fleming's 98 yards on three receptions led the eight different receivers. Jack Clavel threw a touchdown pass to Darius Maxwell for Lincoln in the second quarter, but Ammon Allen intercepted the PAT pass attempt and returned it 97 yards for two NAU points. Elijah Taylor had a 15-yard return for a touchdown of a blocked punt for Northern Arizona. - AP College Football


rSo/2027 QB Angel FloresNorthern 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

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

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

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

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

rSr/2025 RB Devon StarlingNorthern 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

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

rSr/2023 FS Morgan VestNorthern Arizona
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  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

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

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

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

rSr/2022 DE Carson TaylorNorthern Arizona
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  2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): WR Hendrix Johnson, NAU,...Johnson broke the 100-catch mark during the fall and finished the fall 27 receptions away from breaking into Northern Arizona's top 10. Now at 1,610 career receiving yards, Johnson ranks 20th all-time and is 356 yards away from the top 10. - Northern Arizona Football

rSr/2024 WR Hendrix JohnsonNorthern Arizona
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  2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): OL Jonas Leader, NAU,...A crucial part of both Martinez and Daniels succeeding early on in their careers, right tackle Jonas Leader earned All-Big Sky Third Team honors for the fall season after being placed on the second team in the spring. Wrapping up his fourth season on the field for the Lumberjacks, Leader extended his run of consecutive starts to 27 straight games this fall. Leader will enter next fall as one of two seniors on Northern Arizona's line alongside PJ Poutasi. - Northern Arizona Football

rSr/2023 OG Jonas LeaderNorthern Arizona
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  SEPT 20 BIG SKY SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Northern Arizona's Harrison Beemiller and DJ Arnson earned their first Player of the Week honors of the year, as the two were instrumental in NAU's 21-19 upset at Arizona. Arnson averaged 51.6 yards per punt on nine attempts, with six punts going over 50 yards and three landing inside the 20-yard line. Arnson's longest punt of the day came on his last kick, going 62 yards to put the Wildcats at their own 15-yard line with 4:30 left in the game. Others Nominated, ST: Sam Clark (Sac State), Rashid Shaheed (WSU), Isaiah Thomas (UC Davis), Ben Raybon (UNC). - Big Sky Football

rSr/2022 P DJ ArnsonNorthern Arizona
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