Shocking #BigSkyFB news broken by my friends and colleagues at Skyline Sports: Bobby Hauck is resigning at Montana
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Anand was at LSU in 2025 as a senior special teams analyst and was a grad assistant at NAU in 2015.
Coleman coached the defensive line at Texas A&M - Kingsville. He started 4 seasons at Syracuse from 2016-19.
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NAU football has finalized its coaching staff for 2026, adding Aman Anand as its special teams coordinator and Kendall Coleman as its defensive line coach.
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Former Higley football and UNLV defensive back Nijrell Eason II is transferring to NAU after playing two games for the Rebels last season.
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NAU football signs Texas Southern linebacker Matthew Cooks from the transfer portal.
Was second on the Tigers last year with 75 total tackles, including 15 against Alcorn State. Also recovered two fumbles to close the season against Alabama A&M.
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NAU football earns the commitment of Missouri Southern State defensive back Diego Oliver.
Had 48 tackles and forced 2 fumbles for the Division II Lions last year. Originally transferred from Eastern Illinois.
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NAU defensive back Nahamani Harris is transferring to Prairie View A&M in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Panthers went 10-4 last year and won the SWAC championship.
Harris had 19 total tackles in 9 games last year.
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NAU redshirt junior OL Seth Smith is transferring to South Carolina for his final year of eligibility.
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NAU’s kicker from last season, Samuel Hunsaker, has a new home, the Pittsburgh Panthers.
Went 11/15 on field goals in 2025, with a long of 50 yards. He had a made 54-yarder wiped away by a defensive penalty too.
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NAU football adds DII Benedict College wide receiver Jaxon Williams. He had 351 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns last season. He has also returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in each of the previous two years.
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NAU special teams coordinator Josh Robinson is also out. Looks like his is taking a job at Michigan State.
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Kansas cornerback and Desert Edge High School alum Aundre Gibson commits to NAU out of the transfer portal.
Redshirted in 2024, played one game against Wagner last season. Originally had offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Iowa State and Oregon out of high school.
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NAU will play FCS national champion Montana State on Sept. 26, 2026, in Bozeman.
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NAU adds former Desert Edge High School offensive lineman KT Carter out of the transfer portal. Played in five games this past season with Hawaii.
Redshirted in 2023. Did not play in 2024.
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NAU backup QB Lathan Boone to hit the transfer portal. Came with Brian Wright from Pitt State.
Appeared in 4 games for NAU. Went 6/10 passing for 49 yards. Rushed for 108 last season. Certainly looked good enough to start somewhere.
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NAU punter Ben D'Aquila has been named an Associated Press FCS First Team All-American.
WR Kolbe Katsis and and DB Quentin Moten were named AP FCS All-American Honorable Mentions.
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NAU defensive coordinator Adam Clark will not be returning to the team next year.
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All-Big Sky Honorable Mentions:
Offense:
Ty Pennington
Specialists:
Isaiah Eastman
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NAU football 2025 All-Big Sky awards:
1st Team Offense:
- Kolbe Katsis
1st Team Defense:
- Travis Arena
- Quentin Moten
1st Team Specialists:
- Kolbe Katsis
- Ben D’Aquila
2nd Team Offense:
- Jeremiah Katt
- Ethan Kramer
2nd Team Defense:
- Brandon Wong
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NAU leading rusher Seth Cromwell will enter the transfer portal, per ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg.
Cromwell spent two seasons with the Lumberjacks after being the 2023 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Freshman of the Year at Missouri Western State.
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NAU redshirt senior WR Elijah Taylor will enter the transfer portal.
Been with the Lumberjacks since 2021. Played 36 career games and totaled 343 career receiving yards on 29 catches.
Has two catches for 28 yards in 2025.
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NAU redshirt senior OL and captain Ethan Kramer hits the transfer portal.
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Southern Utah was the fourth team out. Northern Arizona was not among the first four teams out.
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Three Big Sky teams get first-round byes in the FCS Playoffs.
2. Montana State
3. Montana
8. UC Davis
That’s likely it for the Big Sky.
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For NAU, it finishes the year 7-5 and 4-4 in the Big Sky. Looking at other FCS results, it may have been a tough call to get them in.
NAU went 1/14 on third downs and end the year going 1 for its last 23 on third downs.
Season-low 53 rushing yards.
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NAU turns it over on downs after in the final minute.
[Q4 - 0:32] Weber State 48 - Northern Arizona 28
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Weber State puts the finishing touches on the game with a touchdown by Bird Butler from eight yards out. Second-most points NAU has allowed all year. They gave up 49 to Southern Utah in a win.
[Q4 - 2:19] Weber State 48 - Northern Arizona 28
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Season-ending sack. Weber State swarms Pennington on fourth down.
[Q4 - 2:35] Weber State 41 - Northern Arizona 28
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