2018 Roster of Officials Confirmed

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​2018 ROSTER OF OFFICIALS CONFIRMED

SEVEN FIRST-YEAR NFL OFFICIALS AMONG 2018 CLASS

The NFL roster of game officials for the 2018 season will include seven first-year NFL officials among the group of 121, the league announced today.

Field judge LAND CLARK (Pac-12), field judge MATT EDWARDS (Big Ten), side judge CHAD HILL (SEC), field judge ANTHONY JEFFRIES (SEC), back judge TONY JOSSELYN (SEC), line judge MARK STEWART (Big 12) and field judge DON WILLARD (Big Ten) will make their NFL officiating debuts this season.

Four officials – SHAWN HOCHULI, ALEX KEMP, CLAY MARTIN, and SHAWN SMITH – have been promoted to referee for the upcoming season. Each of them were referees at the highest level of college football prior to entering the NFL at different positions and have been part of the NFL’s Referee Training Program from their first season in the league.

Both Shawn Hochuli (ED HOCHULI) and Alex Kemp (STAN KEMP) are the sons of former NFL referees.

Two sets of fathers and sons are included among the roster of officials — WALT COLEMAN, the dean of NFL officials entering his 30th season, and his son, WALT IV; and STEVE FREEMAN and his son, BRAD — and three sets of brothers – ALLEN and RUSTY BAYNES; JEFF and JERRY BERGMAN; and CARL, DINO & PERRY PAGANELLI.

Steve Freeman and PHIL MC KINNELY are the only current game officials to have also enjoyed NFL playing careers. Freeman played for 13 seasons, including 12 as a defensive back with the Buffalo Bills from 1975–86. McKinnely played for seven seasons on the offensive line from 1976–82, including five seasons with the Atlanta Falcons from 1976–80.

The following is the complete 2018 NFL roster of officials, including crew assignments, which may change during the season due to injury, schedule conflicts, etc.:

No. Name Pos. College Crew NFL Experience (including 2018) 122 Brad Allen R Pembroke State Allen 5 20 Barry Anderson U North Carolina State Cheffers 12 66 Walt Anderson R Texas Anderson 23 108 Gary Arthur LJ Wright State Cheffers 22 72 Michael Banks SJ Illinois State Parry 17 56 Allen Baynes SJ Auburn Hussey 11 59 Rusty Baynes LJ Auburn-Montgomery Boger 9 32 Jeff Bergman LJ Robert Morris Kemp 27 91 Jerry Bergman DJ Robert Morris Coleman 17 34 Clete Blakeman R Nebraska Blakeman 11 23 Jerome Boger R Morehouse Boger 15 40 Brian Bolinger LJ Indiana State Allen 2 18 Byron Boston LJ Austin Anderson 24 74 Derick Bowers LJ East Central Hussey 16 98 Greg Bradley LJ Tennessee Hochuli 10 43 Terry Brown FJ Tennessee Anderson 13 11 Fred Bryan U Northern Iowa Martin 10 86 Jimmy Buchanan FJ South Carolina State Torbert 10 134 Ed Camp DJ William Paterson Hochuli 19 63 Mike Carr DJ Wisconsin Boger 2 60 Gary Cavaletto SJ Hancock Vinovich 16 41 Boris Cheek SJ Morgan State Morelli 23 51 Carl Cheffers R California-Irvine Cheffers 19 130 Land Clark FJ Sevier Valley Tech Cheffers 1 16 Kevin Codey DJ Western New England Hussey 4 95 James Coleman SJ Arkansas Smith 14 65 Walt Coleman R Arkansas Coleman 30 87 Walt Coleman IV LJ Southern Methodist Blakeman 4 99 Tony Corrente R Cal State-Fullerton Corrente 24 94 Hugo Cruz DJ Texas-Pan American Cheffers 4 25 Ryan Dickson SJ Utah Corrente 2 27 Lee Dyer BJ Tennessee-Chattanooga Anderson 16 76 Alan Eck U Bloomsburg Corrente 3 96 Matt Edwards FJ Western Michigan Parry 1 3 Scott Edwards SJ Alabama Torbert 20 81 Roy Ellison U Savannah State Hochuli 16 61 Keith Ferguson BJ San Jose State Morelli 19 64 Dan Ferrell U Cal State-Fullerton Torbert 16 71 Ruben Fowler U Huston-Tillotson Allen 13 88 Brad Freeman SJ Mississippi State Martin 5 133 Steve Freeman BJ Mississippi State Kemp 18 80 Greg Gautreaux FJ S.W. Louisiana Coleman 17 128 Ramon George U Lenoir-Rhyne Blakeman 3 103 Eugene Hall SJ North Texas Cheffers 5 49 Rich Hall U Arizona Kemp 15 93 Scott Helverson BJ Iowa Wrolstad 16 29 Adrian Hill SJ Buffalo Wrolstad 9 125 Chad Hill SJ Mississippi Hochuli 1 97 Tom Hill FJ Carson Newman Hochuli 20 28 Mark Hittner DJ Pittsburg State Smith 22 83 Shawn Hochuli R Claremont Hochuli 5 35 John Hussey R Idaho State Hussey 17 36 Anthony Jeffries FJ Alabama-Birmingham Morelli 1 117 John Jenkins FJ St. Mary's Kemp 5 101 Carl Johnson LJ Nicholls State Wrolstad 15 67 Tony Josselyn BJ Eastern Kentucky Torbert 1 55 Alex Kemp R Central Michigan Kemp 5 121 Paul King U Nicholls State Wrolstad 10 21 Jeff Lamberth FJ Texas A&M Wrolstad 17 73 Joe Larrew FJ St. Louis Blakeman 17 2 Bart Longson LJ Brigham Young Smith 4 10 Julian Mapp LJ Grambling State Parry 10 19 Clay Martin R Oklahoma Baptist Martin 4 39 Rich Martinez BJ Canisius Hochuli 5 8 Dana McKenzie DJ Toledo Blakeman 11 110 Phil McKinnely DJ UCLA Vinovich 17 48 Jim Mello DJ Northeastern Allen 15 118 David Meslow FJ Augsburg Martin 8 78 Greg Meyer BJ Texas Christian Cheffers 17 115 Tony Michalek U Indiana Hussey 17 111 Terrence Miles BJ Arizona State Allen 11 120 Jonah Monroe SJ Arkansas Boger 4 135 Pete Morelli R St. Mary's Morelli 22 92 Bryan Neale U Indiana Smith 5 1 Scott Novak SJ Phoenix Allen 5 24 David Oliver DJ Baker Parry 2 124 Carl Paganelli U Michigan State Anderson 20 105 Dino Paganelli BJ Aquinas Smith 13 46 Perry Paganelli BJ Hope Parry 21 132 John Parry R Purdue Parry 19 17 Steve Patrick BJ Jacksonville State Vinovich 5 15 Rick Patterson SJ Wofford Anderson 23 79 Kent Payne LJ Nebraska Wesleyan Martin 15 131 Mark Pellis U Allegheny Parry 5 9 Mark Perlman LJ Salem Vinovich 18 6 Jerod Phillips DJ Northeastern State Wrolstad 3 47 Tim Podraza LJ Nebraska Corrente 11 109 Dyrol Prioleau SJ Johnson C. Smith Blakeman 12 30 Todd Prukop BJ Cal State-Fullerton Corrente 10 5 Jim Quirk BJ Middlebury Blakeman 9 44 Jeff Rice U Northwestern Coleman 24 31 Mearl Robinson FJ Air Force Vinovich 2 126 Brad Rogers FJ Lubbock Christian Smith 2 50 Aaron Santi FJ Southern Oregon Kemp 4 129 Bill Schuster U Alfred Boger 19 45 Jeff Seeman LJ Minnesota Morelli 17 104 Dale Shaw FJ Allegheny Boger 6 113 Danny Short DJ North Carolina-Charlotte Martin 2 14 Shawn Smith R Ferris State Smith 4 90 Mike Spanier LJ St. Cloud State 20 12 Greg Steed BJ Howard Hussey 16 84 Mark Steinkerchner LJ Akron Torbert 25 22 Steve Stelljes DJ Friends Morelli 17 68 Tom Stephan DJ Pittsburg State Anderson 20 112 Tony Steratore BJ California, Pa. Boger 19 75 Mark Stewart LJ Pittsburg State Coleman 1 102 Bruce Stritesky U Embry Riddle Vinovich 13 100 Tom Symonette DJ Florida Kemp 15 53 Sarah Thomas DJ Mobile Torbert 4 62 Ron Torbert R Michigan State Torbert 9 13 Patrick Turner DJ Cal State-Long Beach Corrente 5 52 Bill Vinovich R San Diego Vinovich 14 26 Jabir Walker SJ Murray State Coleman 4 7 Keith Washington FJ Virginia Military Institute Corrente 11 116 Mike Weatherford FJ Oklahoma State 17 58 Don Willard FJ Illinois State Hussey 1 119 Greg Wilson BJ USC Martin 11 54 Steve Woods U Wabash Morelli 2 4 Craig Wrolstad R Washington Wrolstad 16 38 Greg Yette BJ Howard Coleman 9 33 Steve Zimmer FJ Hofstra Allen 22

Two officials – Mike Spanier and Mike Weatherford – will not be assigned to crews and will work with different crews throughout the season.