GREELEY, Colo. - Northern Colorado's backup punter asked a friend to lie about his whereabouts the night the starting punter was stabbed in the parking lot of his apartment complex, according to a police affidavit obtained Thursday.
Mitch Cozad is accused of stabbing rival Rafael Mendoza in his kicking leg Monday night in Evans, a small town adjacent to Greeley and about 50 miles north of Denver.
Cozad of Wheatland, Wyo., was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of second-degree assault. He remained free Thursday on $30,000 bond, and Weld County prosecutors said they have until Sept. 22 to formally charge him.
Mendoza, treated and released from a Greeley hospital, will …

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