Cody Hodgens arrived at Northern Arizona University after spending two seasons as an analyst and consultant for his alma mater, Penn State.

For the Lumberjacks, Hodgens serves as a graduate assistant working with the team’s quarterbacks and wide receivers as he assists the team’s offensive coordinator/QB coach and receivers coach with gameplans, opponent breakdowns, scouting reports among multiple other duties.

During his two seasons on staff at Penn State, Hodgens worked with the quarterbacks during the 2018 season and the program’s running backs in 2019. Quarterback Trace McSorley set school records in wins, completions, passing yards and passing touchdowns in 2018 while earning All-Big Ten Second Team Honors. During the program’s run to a Cotton Bowl championship in 2019, running back Journey Brown finished second in the Big Ten with 6.9 yards per carry and Noah Cain set the school record for touchdowns by a freshman with eight.

Hodgens played at Penn State from 2016 to 2017 after transferring from FIU where he played from 2013 to 2016. During both stints, Hodgens earned All-Academic honors, landing on the Conference USA Academic Honor Roll from 2013 to 2016 and earning Academic All-Big Ten Honors from 2016 to 2017. Hodgens holds a bachelor’s of science in kinesiology and exercise science from FIU as well as a master’s of education from Penn State.