NAU returns a QB, whereas most Big Sky teams don’t, They made the playoffs.
Not following them but NAU seems to have lost more than they gained via transfer. I think Davis is one of the few that gained more than lost.

if I remember correctly, they had brought in a ton of transfer the year before. Something like 25

I read your post too fast, and given the new landscape, I read that as "bought a ton of transfer the year before."

They have put the 2025 Roster back up on the web site.

I don’t see what has changed since it was there last.
Good news is that Davis’ entire starting OL for games 6-12 returns. This includes tackles All Big Sky second team Eli Simonson, and honorable mention Ernesto Nava. Good depth too, including RS Freshman transfer Hasson. None of the FCS previews considered that the entire line returns, Sports Illustrated said Davis returned 4 “contributors” which means players that played 180 plays or so.

The roster inexplicably doesn’t list the year players graduated from high school, which makes their eligibility hard to decipher. In most but not all cases, players who came to Davis as freshmen are listed according to their academic class, not their eligibility. Players who started elsewhere are mostly listed by eligibility. But they are inconsistent even in that,

This is what I would sound like if I did a 2025 Preview and Schedule Prediction for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns or (any other team I know nothing about)......

No lie though.....7-5 isn't crazy.

most of these prediction involve over valuing the loss of Miles Hastings

This analyst says he looks mostly at upperclassmen. He devalues them if they haven’t put up statistics.
Since Davis lists players who were recruited here out of high school by academic year, red shirt sophomores are listed as juniors. (Oddly, Caden Pinnick is listed as a redshirt freshmen, while all his classmates are sophomores)
Jordan Fisher, Sam Goligoski, Trent Carrade, Izaiah Souriolle are examples are guys that got a chance to tiptoe into playing last year as redshirt freshmen. They didn’t generate stats because they didn’t get much of a chance as Davis had a veteran team, yet they are listed as juniors, whereas on most rosters they would be listed as red shirt sophomores.

Curious if we get some project/stadium news before the unofficial "athletic fiscal year" end on July 1st.