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NFL renames officiating development program to honor Wayne Mackie
The NFL honors Wayne Mackie in its largest class of development officials.
The development roster for the 2022 season has been released by the National Football League. Part of the news included the second name change in the program’s history — becoming the Mackie Development Program (MDP) to honor the late Wayne Mackie. Mackie, a former head linesman, served as the vice president of officiating evaluation and development for 5 seasons, which involved coordinating the pool of officials in this program for potential hires and additional supplemental training.
The Officiating Development Program began in 2013 as a way to give certain college officials advanced training by working in NFL training camps and preseason games. Initially, the program had 21 officials, but under Mackie’s leadership, that number has grown to 56 for the 2022 season.
The college officials in the development pool are eligible to be hired by the NFL. Since the development program began, every new NFL official was in the development program for at least one season and, with one exception, also in the season prior to being hired. There are 8 women in the program this season, the most in the history of the program. Two of those women have returned to the development program after a hiatus of 5 years or more.
2022 Mackie Development Program officials
Positions listed are from prior seasons, unless the 2022 roster lists a more specific position. In some cases, a general position is listed (SW, short wing or line-of-scrimmage official; DF, downfield official). Number of years is specific to the NFL development programs. Pro Experience lists the year an official worked an NFL preseason game (with teams and referee), college all-star game (Shrine Bowl, NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, Senior Bowl, Senior Bowl practices, and Legacy Bowl; all selected by NFL Officiating), and spring leagues. Development Seasons include all NFL development programs with special development programs indicated (*only worked in a college all-star game, †development program specifically for retired NFL players, ‡invited to participate in a specialized clinic). All information is from the Football Zebras database of NFL recruits, compiled from publicly available information.
| Yrs | Conference | Pro Experience | Development Seasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW | Derek Anderson | 3 | Big 12 | 22/Senior/DJ, USFL/DJ | 2020-22 |
| BJ | Krystle Apellaniz | 1 | Big 12 | 2022 | |
| SW | Baron Ballester | 4 | American Athletic | 20/NFLPA/LJ | 2019-22 |
| DF | Bryan Banks | 3 | Big Ten | 21/Senior/U&R, 22/Shrine/R, USFL/R | 2020-22 |
| LJ | Brett Bergman | 1 | Big Ten | AAF/L, XFL/L, USFL/LJ | 2022 |
| LJ | Jay Bilbo | 1 | CFO West | 2022 | |
| FJ | Wes Booker | 5 | SEC | 18/Senior/FJ, 19/Senior/Prac, XFL/Supervisor | 2018-22 |
| BJ | Courtney Brown | 1 | Conference USA | 2022 | |
| U | Scott Campbell | 2 | Big 12 | 19/Senior/Prac, AAF/U, XFL/U | 2019*, 2022 |
| R | James Carter | 6 | SEC | 15/Senior/R, 17/Senior, 19/NFLPA, 21/Senior/R&U, AAF/R, XFL/R, USFL/R | 2017-18, 2019*, 2020-22 |
| DF | Conor Clougherty | 3 | ACC | 2020-22 | |
| LJ | Cat Conti | 2 | Mountain West | 15/DAL-SF/Parry, 22/NFLPA/L | 2015, 2022 |
| DF | Gabriel DeLeon | 3 | Big 12 | 2020-22 | |
| SW | Matt Dornan | 3 | Pac-12 | 2020-22 | |
| U | Jeremy Epps | 1 | Conference USA | 2022 | |
| SW | Walter Flowers | 1 | SEC | USFL/LJ | 2022 |
| SW | Josiah Ford | 1 | ACC | 22/NFLPA/H | 2022 |
| DF | Glen Fucik | 5 | SEC | 19/Senior/Prac, 22/Shrine, AAF/F, XFL/F, USFL/FJ | 2018-22 |
| DF | Daniel Gautreaux | 5 | SEC | AAF/F, XFL/F, USFL/FJ | 2017, 2019-22 |
| LJ | Quentin Givens | 6 | Big 12 | 15/GB-PIT/Hussey, 17/NFLPA, AAF/L, XFL/L, USFL/LJ | 2015-17, 2020-22 |
| DJ | Chad Green | 3 | SEC | 17/Senior/Prac, 21/Senior/DJ | 2017*, 2021-22 |
| DF | Michael Griffith | 5 | ACC | 17/Senior/Prac | 2016, 2017*, 2020-22 |
| MJ | Martin Hankins | 5 | SEC | 19/Senior/MJ, 22/Shrine/Deep, USFL/BJ | 2018-22 |
| DF | Tim Hedgepeth | 3 | ACC | 2019‡, 2021-22 | |
| DF | Phillip Hicks | 1 | Big Ten | 2022 | |
| U | Walter Hill | 3 | SEC | 2020-22 | |
| DF | Tobian Johnson | 3 | Pac-12 | 2019‡, 2021-22 | |
| SJ | Joe Johnston | 6 | Pac-12 | 17/NFLPA/BJ, 18/Senior/BJ, 19/OAK-AZ/Cheffers, 20/Senior, 22/Senior/BJ, XFL/B, USFL/BJ | 2017, 2018*, 2019-22 |
| SW | Dale Keller | 3 | Pac-12 | AAF/H, XFL/H, USFL/DJ | 2020-22 |
| DF | Jacob Kemp | 5 | Big Ten | 2016-17, 2020-22 | |
| FJ | Justin Larrew | 6 | SEC | 13/Shrine/SJ, 17/Shrine/HL, 17/KC-CIN/Coleman, 18/NFLPA, AAF/S, XFL/S, USFL/SJ | 2016-17, 2018*, 2020-22 |
| DF | Jason Ledet | 4 | Big 12 | USFL/FJ | 2019-22 |
| SW | Tangela Mitchell-Ross | 3 | SWAC | XFL/H USFL/LJ | 2019‡, 2021-22 |
| FJ | Justin Nelson | 7 | Pac-12 | 16/CAR-TEN/Blakeman, 19/NFLPA, AAF/B, XFL/B | 2016-2018, 2019*, 2020-22 |
| SJ | LaShell Nelson | 7 | Big Ten | 19/Shrine/FJ, 21/Senior/SJ, XFL/S, USFL/SJ | 2016-20, 2021*, 2022 |
| SW | Carlos Owens | 2 | Mountain West | 22/Legacy/DJ | 2021-22 |
| LJ | Brian Perry | 4 | ACC | 21/Senior/LJ, 22/Legacy/LJ | 2019-20, 2021*, 2022 |
| DF | Sean Petty | 2 | SEC | 22/Legacy/SJ | 2021-22 |
| SW | Henrietta Powell | 2 | MEAC/SLC/SIAC | 22/Legacy/AO | 2021-22 |
| DF | Nicole Randolph | 3 | MAC | 2016, 2021-22 | |
| DJ | Stephen Ray | 3 | SEC | 20/Senior | 2020-22 |
| U | Robert Richeson | 5 | Big 12 | 2017-18, 2020-22 | |
| DJ | Brian Sakowski | 3 | ACC | 20/NFLPA/DJ, 22/Shrine/LJ | 2020-22 |
| DF | Tuta Salaam | 3 | Big 12 | 22/Senior/FJ, 22/Legacy/R, USFL/SJ | 2020-22 |
| CJ | Amanda Sauer | 2 | Big Ten | AAF/C, XFL/C, USFL/U | 2017, 2022 |
| CJ | Dan Scanlan | 2 | Big 12 | 2021-22 | |
| DF | Larry Smith | 4 | Big Ten | 20/Senior/R, AAF/C XFL/C USFL/R | 2016, 2020*, 2021-22 |
| SJ | Frank Steratore | 7 | Big Ten | 16/Shrine/FJ, 16/TB-JAX/McAulay,17/Shrine, 19/CIN-WAS,Hochuli,S, AAF/S, XFL/S, USFL/SJ | 2016-22 |
| SW | Rudy Studd | 1 | 2022 | ||
| U | William Thomas | 8 | ACC | 19/Shrine, XFL/U | 2013-15†, 2018-22 |
| FJ | Karina Tovar | 2 | ACC | 2021-22 | |
| CJ | Tyree Walton | 2 | Big 12 | 22/NFLPA/B, AAF/B, XFL/B, USFL/BJ | 2021-22 |
| SW | Andy Warner | 1 | Big 12 | AAF/L | 2022 |
| U | Marcus Woods | 4 | ACC | 20/Shrine/U, 22/Legacy/U | 2019-22 |
| BJ | Daniel Young | 2 | Big 12 | 22/Senior/AO | 2021-22 |
