Erkić grew up playing basketball with his hometown team Radnički Kragujevac.
[1][2][3] On 1 August 1952, Erkić joined Belgrade-based team BSK (later renamed to OKK Beograd).
He played under coaches Strahinja Alagić, Borislav Stanković, and Aleksandar Nikolić until his retirement on 1965.
[4] At the time, his teammates were Radivoj Korać, Slobodan Gordić, Miodrag Nikolić, and Trajko Rajković among others.
[1][5][6][7] After retirement in 1965, Erkić joined a youth system of OKK Beograd as a coach.