2018 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2018 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 21st-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–6, 3–4 in Big Sky play to finish in eighth place.

2018 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2018 record4–6 (3–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAaron Pflugrad (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Thompson (10th season)
Home stadiumWalkup Skydome
(Capacity: 10,000)
2018 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Weber State +^  7 1     10 3  
No. 2 Eastern Washington +^  7 1     12 3  
No. 7 UC Davis +^  7 1     10 3  
No. 17 Montana State ^  5 3     8 5  
Idaho State  5 3     6 5  
Montana  4 4     6 5  
Cal Poly  4 4     5 6  
Northern Arizona  3 4     4 6  
Portland State  3 5     4 7  
Idaho  3 5     4 7  
Northern Colorado  2 6     2 9  
Southern Utah  1 7     1 10  
Sacramento State  0 7     2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games.
Rankings from STATS Poll

On November 19, Jerome Souers announced his retirement. He finished with a 21 year record of 123–114.

Previous season

The Lumberjacks finished the 2017 season 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to San Diego in the first round.

Roster

2018 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks roster
Quarterbacks
  • 3 Geno Campiotti, Freshman
  • 10 Daniel Bridge-Gadd, Sophomore
  • 15 Case Cookus, Junior
  • 17 Connor Leavens, Freshman

Running Backs

  • 2 Nate Stinson, Sophomore
  • 6 Cory Young, Senior
  • 9 Jacob Mpungi, Freshman
  • 22 Joe Logan, Junior
  • 31 Aramis Aldredge, Sophomore

Wide Receivers

  • 1 Emmanuel Butler, Senior
  • 7 Chancellor Brewington, Sophomore
  • 8 Stacy Chukwumezie, Junior
  • 16 Cam Denson, Graduate Student
  • 18 Brandon Porter, Freshman
  • 23 Malik Lovette, Junior
  • 36 DJ Young, Senior
  • 46 Tommie Dorsey, Junior
  • 48 Riley Langton, Freshman
  • 81 Justis Stokes, Sophomore
  • 83 Terrell Brown, Sophomore
  • 84 Anthony Brown, Junior
  • 86 Luke Nguyen, Junior
  • 87 Gino Mastrandrea, Junior
  • 88 Joey Gatewood, Junior
 

Tight Ends

  • 40 Bric Parmley, Freshman
  • 43 Jarek Schultz, Freshman
  • 44 Max Michalczik, Freshman
  • 82 Jacob Ayala, Freshman
  • 85 Matthew Kempton, Sophomore
  • 89 Jonathan Baldwin, Senior

Offensive Lineman

  • 52 Luke Rudolph, Sophomore
  • 53 Jasean Harrison, Sophomore
  • 58 Trevor Reinwald, Junior
  • 61 Cole Habib, Senior
  • 62 Jamison Pruitt, Junior
  • 63 Alim Benbrahim, Freshman
  • 65 Malik Noshi, Junior
  • 66 Chase Laurita, Sophomore
  • 68 Mitchell Kay, Junior
  • 69 Jonas Leader, Freshman
  • 70 Chris Rodgers, Freshman
  • 71 Jason Lindon, Junior
  • 73 Keenan Norris, Sophomore
  • 74 Josh Sparks, Senior
  • 77 James Bain, Graduate Student
  • 79 Jalen Hooper, Freshman
 

Defensive Line

  • 45 Hamilton To'o, Senior
  • 50 Chris Jules, Junior
  • 51 Seth Long, Freshman
  • 54 Brandon Boyce, Senior
  • 56 Brandon Lawless, Junior
  • 76 Seth Clem, Freshman
  • 77 John Clark, Freshman
  • 78 Travis Seideman, Sophomore
  • 90 Aaron Andrews, Junior
  • 91 Sione Talakai, Senior
  • 92 Adonis Battle, Junior
  • 93 Chauntez Thomas, Sophomore
  • 94 Jackson Vaught, Freshman
  • 95 Jalen Goss, Junior
  • 96 Dylon Hessenflow, Freshman
  • 97 Jalen Knox, Freshman
  • 98 Gregory Jordan, Sophomore
  • 99 Carson Taylor, Sophomore

Linebackers

  • 4 Taylor Powell, Junior
  • 11 Jake Casteel, Senior
  • 24 Larry Davis III, Freshman
  • 33 Tristen Vance, Junior
  • 34 Derek Edwards, Freshman
  • 42 Marcus Carrasco, Freshman
  • 46 Cameron Richards, Freshman
  • 48 Jason Pasano, Freshman
  • 49 Ed Obeh, Junior
  • 55 Keenan Mitchell, Sophomore
  • 57 Markquise Simmons, Senior
  • 59 Owen Dickens, Freshman

Defensive Backs

  • 3 Kam'ron Johnson, Senior
  • 5 Jamarri Jackson, Sophomore
  • 10 Elijah Orr, Sophomore
  • 12 Anthony Sweeney, Sophomore
  • 13 Marcus Myers, Junior
  • 19 Heath Beemiller, Freshman
  • 20 Maurice Davison, Senior
  • 21 Sherrod Paige, Junior
  • 25 Ricky Manning, Freshman
  • 26 Nate Perkins Freshman
  • 27 Myles Dumas, Sophomore
  • 28 Wes Sutton, Senior
  • 29 Khalil Dorsey, Junior
  • 30 Jalen Cook, Junior
  • 32 Jalen Swanigan, Junior
  • 35 Curtiss Wilson, Sophomore
  • 36 Jayden Wooden, Freshman
  • 37 Jovon Sewell, Freshman
  • 38 Cejai Parrish, Freshman
  • 47 Dyvine Wallace, Sophomore

Fullback

  • 20 Jacinto Castillo, Freshman

Place Kickers

  • 41 Luis Aguilar, Sophomore

Punters

  • 17 Cameron Horsting, Junior
  • 19 DJ Arnson, Sophomore

Long Snappers

  • 64 Justin Hathoot, Sophomore
  • 80 Harrison Goebel, Junior


Preseason

Polls

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Lumberjacks were predicted to finish in third place by both the coaches and media.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 134 (6)
2 Weber State 124 (3)
3 Northern Arizona 121 (3)
4 Idaho 101 (1)
5 Sacramento State 94
6 Southern Utah 91
7 Montana 82
8 Montana State 76
9 UC Davis 64
10 Cal Poly 40
11 Northern Colorado 30
12 Idaho State 29
13 Portland State 21
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 651 (27)
2 Weber State 636 (19)
3 Northern Arizona 535 (1)
4 Montana 496 (2)
5 Idaho 483 (3)
6 Southern Utah 449 (1)
7 Sacramento State 415
8 Montana State 391 (1)
9 UC Davis 331 (1)
10 Idaho State 170
11 Cal Poly 169
12 Northern Colorado 166
13 Portland State 103

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Lumberjacks had three players selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

Emmanuel Butler – Sr. WR

Khalil Dorsey – Jr. CB

Wes Sutton – Sr. S

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Walter Payton Award[3] Case Cookus QB JR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 14:30 p.m.at UTEP*ESPN3W 30–1017,271
September 84:00 p.m.No. 6 Eastern Washington*No. 18KASW
NAU-TV
L 26–318,938
September 1512:00 p.m.at Missouri State*No. 20ESPN3L 8–407,217
September 224:00 p.m.Southern Utah
KASW
NAU-TV
W 31–235,832
September 292:30 p.m.at Idaho StatePluto TV 243L 42–569,129
October 62:30 p.m.No. 6 Weber State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
ELVNW 28–2410,000
October 2011:00 a.m.at Northern ColoradoELVNL 14–423,522
October 274:00 p.m.Cal Poly
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
KASW
NAU-TV
L 28–386,102
November 31:00 p.m.at No. 6 UC DavisPluto TV 245L 20–427,890
November 107:00 p.m.at Sacramento StateKASW
NAU-TV
Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
November 172:30 p.m.North Dakota
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
KASW
NAU-TV
W 31–164,306
  1. The game against Sacramento State on November 10 was cancelled due to unhealthy air quality as a result of the Camp Fire in Northern California.[4]

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Eastern Washington will be a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.

Game summaries

at UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 10 7 13 0 30
Miners 0 10 0 0 10

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Eagles 14 7 7 3 31
No. 18 Lumberjacks 0 10 3 13 26

at Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Lumberjacks 0 6 0 2 8
Bears 10 13 10 7 40

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 7 16 0 23
Lumberjacks 7 7 10 7 31

at Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 14 14 42
Bengals 7 28 14 7 56

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Wildcats 0 8 13 3 24
Lumberjacks 7 0 14 7 28

at Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 0 0 14
Bears 12 0 16 14 42

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 0 28 10 0 38
Lumberjacks 7 0 7 14 28

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 0 6 0 14 20
No. 6 Aggies 21 0 7 14 42

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0 10 3 3 16
Lumberjacks 14 3 7 7 31

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV 18 20 RV RV NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR  
Coaches RV 20 22 RV RV NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR

References

  1. "Eastern Washington Picked to Win the Big Sky".
  2. "Doss, Buss Headline Big Sky Football Preseason All-Conference Team".
  3. "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  4. "NAU Football Game at Sacramento State Officially Canceled". www.nauathletics.com. Northern Arizona University Official Athletics Website. November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
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