Chris Stoll long snapper Seattle Seahawks
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The Seattle Seahawks were surprisingly cautious and conservative with their spending on free agents this past offseason, despite going into March having some of the most available cap space in the league.
However, the team splashed the cash on retaining their own players. Left tackle Charles Cross signed a four year, $104.4 million extension in January, wide receiver and return specialist Rashid Shaheed secured a three year, $51 million deal, and most notably Jaxon Smith-Njigba signed a four year $168.6 million re-up to become the highest-paid wide receiver in football.
And on Monday the Seahawks made another less noteworthy but nonetheless roster move by re-signing long snapper Chris Stoll, as reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Seahawks Bringing Back Long-Snapper Chris Stoll
“Seahawks re-signed their long snapper Chris Stoll.” Schefter reported on March 23.
Chris Stoll has been with the Seahawks ever since he entered the league as an undrafted free agent back in 2023.
Stoll was a restricted free agent, having accrued three seasons worth of experience before hitting the market. But the Seahawks were no doubt keen to see him stick around after consistently putting in strong performances for the past few years.
Stoll played in all 17 games of his rookie season, a feat that he has managed to replicate in both 2024 and 2025.
Seattle Retain Key Special Teams Trio For Elite Unit
Seattle had one of the best special teams operations in the league in 2025, something that showed itself dramatically during the NFC Championship Game win against the Los Angeles Rams, and much of that came down to the dynamic trio of Stoll alongside punter Michael Dickson and placekicker Jason Myers.
Dickson and Myers have long received attention as some of the better players at their positions, but the same type of praise has not been given to Stoll, who has yet to receive a Pro Bowl or All-Pro nod over the course of his three years in the NFL to date.
Part of that also comes down to the less visible nature of the long-snapper role – whose work is perhaps the least commented on in football – unless he has the misfortune of making a game-changing mistake on special teams.
Stoll was evidently fairly pleased to be returning to the Pacific North West, still basking in the Super Bowl championship glow.
“That definitely means the world. Us three had a great year together. I think Jay My (Jason Myers) should have been an All-Pro and Pro Bowler, that’s just my opinion. Same thing with Dicko (Michael Dickson). We all had a great year. [I’m] hopeful to continue that [this] year.” Stoll said, via the Seahawks website.