Montana’s steady, high-IQ back-end anchor
In the 2026 season, Erik Stoll enters as Montana’s leading returning tackler and a proven strong safety after starting the final seven games and piling up 43 tackles, a useful snapshot of a defender coaches trust in the biggest moments. His biggest differentiators are reliability, physical play, and football smarts, plus the off-field bonus of a 3.92 GPA as a biology major, which speaks to discipline and maturity. He looks like the kind of glue player who fits a winning secondary and raises the floor of a defense.
