Northern Arizona brings the type of team to the Sun Bowl Saturday that coaches, fans and players circle.
This is a Lumberjack team that returns 19 starters from a playoff team — and that doesn’t include NFL-caliber receiver Emmanuel Butler, who missed last year to injury. Throwing to him is an all-conference, national player of the year candidate quarterback in Case Cookus.
The Lumberjacks' 2017 playoff team that finished 7-5 showed character and resilience by overcoming a crazy, potentially demoralizing start to the season, and comes into coach Jerome Souers’ 20th year with expectations higher than they’ve ever been.