Evan Epperly

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
5-10
Weight:
197
Position:
S
Hometown:
Kalispell, Mont.
High School:
Glacier HS

2018: Epperly will be a leader in Montana’s defensive secondary … Is UM’s fifth-leading returning tackler with 36 take downs as a junior ... Epperly recorded 5 tackles at Southern Utah (11/3) with four being solo tackles, tying his career-high ... Saw action in every game for the Grizzlies this season and started in his final game in the 118th Brawl of the Wild ... Totaled 19 tackles on the season.

2017: Academic All-Big Sky … Played in all 11 games and picked up five starts … Started the last four games of the season at Free Safety … Totaled 36 tackles, 17 solo … Posted one TFL for a loss of six yards … Took two interceptions … Also broke up five passes … For the third-straight year, awarded the Kole Swartz Legacy Scholarship at the Scholar Athlete Awards Banquet.

2016: Academic All-Big Sky... Epperly saw action in 11 games as a sophomore … Registered six tackles, four solo and two assisted … Had a tackle for loss against Southern Utah on 10/1/16… Had a tackle in five of the first six games... Again awarded the Kole Swartz Legacy Scholarship at the Scholar Athlete Awards Banquet.

2015: Saw action in four games as a redshirt freshman… Registered two assisted tackles, one against Montana State, the other in the FCS playoffs against South Dakota State... Awarded the Kole Swartz Legacy Scholarship at the Scholar Athlete Awards Banquet.

2014: He was a redshirt.

HIGH SCHOOL: He earned 11 letters in high school: four in basketball and track, and three in football...He was a first team all-state pick at wide receiver and cornerback... First team all-state punt returner... Had 55 catches for 1,126 yards and 14 TDs, along with 51 tackles, 10 pass break-ups, and five interceptions his senior season...Tabbed "AA" Western offensive MVP... Named to the Great Falls Tribune All-Super State team... Football team was state runner-up in 2013...Team captain in football and basketball...Invited to play in Montana's East-West Shrine Game, and the Montana-Dakota All-Star Game... First team all-state in hoops and in track as a junior and senior...All-time leader in scoring, assists, and steals at Glacier High School...His football coach was former (1988-90) Griz quarterback Grady Bennett... Played in the 2014 Montana/Wyoming basketball All-Star game.

PERSONAL: His major is education...His parents are Jim and Heather Epperly of Bigfork... His aunt, Julie Epperly, played for the Lady Griz from 1988-92.