According to a report, a former Husker football player will be the referee for Super Bowl 50.

A report by footballzebras.com says that NFL officials were informed Wednesday of their assignments for the Super Bowl and that former Husker quarterback Clete Blakeman is slated to referee the Super Bowl.

Blakeman worked the NFC divisional game between the Green Bay Packers and the Arizona Cardinals, and made national headlines when he failed to flip the coin prior to the start of overtime and had to reflip.

Blakeman played quarterback at Nebraska from 1984-87, and has been an NFL official for eight seasons, with six of those as a referee. This would be the first Super Bowl assignment for Blakeman.

Brakeman began his career as a Big 12 official before moving to the NFL as a field judge, eventually moving to referee. Blakeman is also an Omaha attorney.

