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Chris Stoll

American football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ118143158
Source-derived summary

Christopher Michael Stoll (born August 3, 1998) is an American professional football long snapper for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seahawks after the 2023 NFL draft.

Early life

Stoll grew up in Westerville, Ohio and attended St. Francis DeSales High School. In high school, he was named a two-time Prokicker.com All-American long snapper selection, in his junior and senior years. Besides playing football, he also played lacrosse, hockey, and basketball. He decided to join Penn State as a preferred walk-on.

College career

Stoll played at Penn State for six years. In his first two years, he did not receive any playing time due to being redshirted and being a backup. In the 2019 season, Stoll played in 13 games while recording three tackles.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Chris Stoll” as american football player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998, 2023, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1998. The account is most persuasive where Chris, Stoll and American can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as american football player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q118143158. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1998, 2023 and 2019.

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A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from Chris Stoll” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.