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Note: Years listed refer to season the official began or ended career in the NFL. At the start of the 1998 season, the NFL switched position titles of back judge and field judge. Prior to 1998, the field judge was the deep official in the center of the field, and the back judge was deep on the sideline.
The NFL's highest-rated official at each position is selected to work the Super Bowl. This is determined by the league using an evaluation system to grade each official's calls during the year. However, only officials who have worked in the league for at least five seasons and have previously worked during the playoffs are eligible to officiate ...
2012 NFL referee lockout; List of NFL officials; List of Super Bowl officials + Art McNally Award; 0–9. 2001 NFL referee lockout; A. Bruce Alford Sr.
The numbers against the spread take a similar dip, going from 50.1% to 37%. Also, home teams in non-Smith games receive 4.6% fewer penalties and 34.8% more in Smith games.
The National Football League Referees Association (NFLRA), established in 1972 as the Professional Football Referees Association is a labor union that serves as the collective bargaining agency for game officials with the National Football League (NFL). The NFLRA has been involved in two work stoppages, lock outs taking place in 2001 and 2012.
On April 8, 2015, Thomas was hired as the first full-time female official in NFL history, [note 1] and for the 2020 NFL season, she was on the officiating crew headed by referee Shawn Hochuli. [4] She wears uniform number 53. In January 2021, she became the first woman to earn an on-field assignment for an NFL playoff game.
In 2017, the NFL hired her as a replay official. She officated the 2020 AFC Championship game. [38] She is also doing replay officiating for the XFL. [42] [43] In 2012, Shannon Eastin became the first female official of an NFL game. [44] She was a replacement line judge while the league had locked out the regular officials due to a labor dispute.
He wears uniform number 14. He entered the league in the 2015 season as an umpire, and was promoted to referee for the 2018 season, following the retirements of Terry McAulay and Gene Steratore. Smith becomes only the sixth African American referee in NFL history, following Johnny Grier, Mike Carey, Jerome Boger, Don Carey and Ronald Torbert. [1]