Football Information
2017
Regular
English
NFL HIRES 21 FULL-TIME GAME
OFFICIALS
The NFL has hired 21 full-time game officials from
among the current 124-person roster of officials, the NFL and NFL Referees
Association (NFLRA) jointly announced today.
The 21 full-time officials come from all seven
on-field officiating positions and represent a collaborative initiative
intended to promote the common goal of improving every aspect of NFL
officiating.
In
an effort to improve consistency, efficiency and accuracy, the full-time game
officials will work throughout the calendar year on game preparation and game
administration, analyzing current game trends, communicating with the
officiating roster, and assisting to ensure that there is a qualified pipeline
of future officials through scouting efforts.
“We
believe that we will learn a great deal over the course of this initial year
working with the full-time game officials,” said NFL Senior Vice President of
Officiating ALBERTO RIVERON. “Our collective goal is to make a positive
impact on NFL officiating overall.”
“We are supportive of providing our members the
opportunity to voluntarily commit additional time to NFL officiating,
especially in the offseason,” said NFLRA Executive Director SCOTT GREEN.
“This initiative is the result of extensive discussion and planning, and the
NFLRA looks forward to working with the NFL to test and evaluate this new
approach over the next year.”
The NFL
and NFLRA agreed to experiment with full-time officials as part of the last
Collective Bargaining Agreement before last month announcing the intention to
hire full-time game officials for the 2017 season.
A look at the 21 full-time officials by position:
No. | Name | Pos. | College | NFL Experience (including 2017) |
122 | Brad
Allen | Referee | Pembroke
State | 4 |
66 | Walt
Anderson | Referee | Texas | 22 |
23 | Jerome
Boger | Referee | Morehouse | 14 |
135 | Pete
Morelli | Referee | St.
Mary's | 21 |
20 | Barry
Anderson | Umpire | North
Carolina State | 11 |
64 | Dan
Ferrell | Umpire | Cal
State-Fullerton | 15 |
129 | Bill
Schuster | Umpire | Alfred | 18 |
74 | Derick Bowers | Down Judge | East
Central | 15 |
134 | Ed
Camp | Down Judge | William
Paterson | 18 |
59 | Rusty
Baynes | Line Judge | Auburn-Montgomery | 8 |
10 | Julian
Mapp | Line Judge | Grambling
State | 9 |
9 | Mark
Perlman | Line Judge | Salem | 17 |
84 | Mark
Steinkerchner | Line Judge | Akron | 24 |
97 | Tom
Hill | Field Judge | Carson
Newman | 19 |
33 | Steve
Zimmer | Field Judge | Hofstra | 21 |
41 | Boris
Cheek | Side Judge | Morgan
State | 22 |
120 | Jonah
Monroe | Side Judge | Arkansas | 3 |
133 | Steve
Freeman | Back Judge | Mississippi
State | 17 |
93 | Scott
Helverson | Back Judge | Iowa | 15 |
111 | Terrence
Miles | Back Judge | Arizona
State | 10 |
12 | Greg
Steed | Back Judge | Howard | 15 |