Officiating crews for the 2023 season

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Football Zebras has obtained the officiating crew rosters for the 2023 NFL season. This season, there are 12 new officials to replace 12 that retired or quit or were otherwise not retained. There are also 2 veterans designated as swing officials, both at the umpire position, who will move between crews through the season.

There is also a new referee this season, Alan Eck, who becomes the 9th new referee in the past 6 years. He is replacing 19-year veteran referee Jerome Boger, who retired during the offseason. Boger’s crew was disbanded, and Eck does not have any of those officials on his crew this season.

Crews

Crew members are listed with their years of NFL experience, including the upcoming season, the crew they were on last season, the college attended, and occupation. A replay official and replay assistant are assigned to each crew.

*indicates an official who is on the same crew as last season. Veteran officials who have changed positions from last season are noted on each crew. Information for first-year officials will be updated when available.

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	122	Brad Allen	10		Pembroke State	non-profit CEO
U	42	Duane Heydt	2	*	South Carolina	statistician and real-estate investor
DJ	53	Sarah Thomas	9	*	Mobile	sales representative
LJ	32	Walter Flowers	1	NA
FJ	15	Rick Patterson	28	*	Wofford	banker
SJ	41	Boris Cheek	28	*	Morgan State	retired director of operations and management
BJ	38	Greg Yette	14	*	Howard	defense contractor
RO		Kirt Shay	5	Blake	Xavier	teacher
RA		Brian Davies	1	NA

• Position change: Shay (replay assistant→replay official).

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	3	Tra Blake	4		Central Florida	software quality assurance manager
U	115	Tony Michalek	22	*	Indiana	chief executive officer
DJ	13	Patrick Turner	10	*	Cal State-Long Beach	plant manager
LJ	85	Daniel Gallagher	4	Allen	Kent State	athletic programs manager
FJ	97	Tom Hill	25	*	Carson Newman	retired teacher/coach
SJ	58	Don Willard	6	*	Illinois State	physical therapist
BJ	30	Todd Prukop	15	*	Cal State-Fullerton	medical sales representative
RO		Andrew Lambert	6	*	Central Virginia Community College	business development
RA		Larry Hanson	4	Allen	California-San Diego

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	34	Clete Blakeman	16		Nebraska	attorney
U	127	Scott Campbell	1	NA	California-Davis	firefighter
DJ	8	Dana McKenzie	16	*	Toledo	claims adjuster
LJ	10	Julian Mapp	15	*	Grambling State	software quality assurance tester
FJ	43	Terry Brown	18	*	Tennessee	court director
SJ	99	Lo van Pham	2	*	Colorado	engineer/project manager
BJ	120	Jonah Monroe	9	Boger	Arkansas	engineer
RO		Chad Adams	6	*	Cincinnati	operations
RA		Ken Hall	3	*

• Position change: Monroe (SJ→BJ).

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	51	Carl Cheffers	24		California-Irvine	sales manager
U	22	Brandon Cruse	2	*	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	management consultant
DJ	63	Mike Carr	7	*	Wisconsin	athletic director
LJ	87	Tom Eaton	4	Rogers	Central Florida	fiscal manager
FJ	33	Nate Jones	5	*	Rutgers	firefighter/EMT FORMER NFL PLAYER
SJ	103	Eugene Hall	10	*	North Texas	federal agent
BJ	133	Martin Hankins	1	NA
RO		Kevin Brown	5	*	Purdue	retired air traffic controller
RA		Karlton Derrick	2	*	Stanford

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	130	Land Clark	6		Sevier Valley Tech	chief building official
U	121	Paul King	15	*	Nichols College	teacher
DJ	68	Tom Stephan	25	*	Pittsburg State	retired business broker
LJ	40	Brian Bolinger	7	*	Indiana State	corporate safety director
FJ	26	Jabir Walker	9	Hussey	Murray State	middle school teacher
SJ	114	Dominique Pender	4	*	Howard	trade support, finance and banking
BJ	88	Brad Freeman	10	Hussey	Mississippi State	sports park director
RO		Bob Hubbell	4	Rogers	Texas A&M
RA		Jim Van Geffen	1	NA

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	76	Alan Eck	8	Hussey	Bloomsburg State	tax manager
U	110	Tab Slaughter	4	Blakeman	Arkansas State	chief operating officer
DJ	11	Fred Bryan	15	Martin	Northern Iowa	superintendent, juvenile correctional facility
LJ	134	Robin DeLorenzo	2	Hussey	Fordham	chief financial officer, telecommunications
FJ	117	John Jenkins	10	Kemp	St. Mary’s	sales executive
SJ	104	Dale Shaw	11	Kemp	Allegheny	pharmaceutical sales
BJ	78	Greg Meyer	22	Clark	Texas Christian	banker
RO		Denise Crudup	4	Torbert	Wilmington
RA		Gerald Frye	4	Torbert	Gannon
DJ	74	Derick Bowers INJURED	21	Novak	East Central	sales representative

• Position changes: Eck (U→R), Bryan (U→DJ), DeLorenzo (DJ→LJ).
• Substitution: Bowers injured in Week 1 and replaced by Bryan, who was originally a swing official.

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	29	Adrian Hill	14		Buffalo	aerospace software engineer
U	81	Roy Ellison	21	*	Savannah State	IT engineer
DJ	24	David Oliver	7	*	Baker	information systems manager
FJ	31	Mearl Robinson	7	*	Air Force	retired U.S. Air Force instructor
SJ	5	Jim Quirk	13	*	Middlebury	financial advisor
BJ	12	Greg Steed	21	Rogers	Howard	computer systems analyst
RO		Roddy Ames	6	*	Colby College	attorney
RA		Joe Wollan	4	*	St. Thomas
LJ	17	Brett Bergman INJURED	1	NA

Substitution: Following Week 1, Bergman is out for the season and a line judge from a crew that is off substitutes for him each week.

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	83	Shawn Hochuli	10		Claremont	financial advisor
U	77	Terry Killens	5	*	Penn State	campus security specialist FORMER NFL PLAYER
DJ	106	Patrick Holt	5	*	North Carolina State	IT manager
LJ	47	Tim Podraza	16	Torbert	Nebraska	business performance consultant
FJ	72	Jason Ledet	1	NA
SJ	125	Chad Hill	6	*	Mississippi	medical sales
BJ	39	Rich Martinez	10	*	Canisius	sales manager
RO		Tyler Cerimeli	6	*	Arizona State	high school officials coordinator
RA		Tim Robinson	1	NA

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	35	John Hussey	22		Idaho State	sales representative
U	124	Carl Paganelli	24	Rogers	Michigan State	retired federal probation officer
DJ	44	Frank LeBlanc	4	Boger	Lamar Institute of Technology	neighborhood services manager
LJ	101	Carl Johnson	20	*	Nicholls State	retired sales manager, former full-time official
FJ	90	Anthony Flemming	4	Hochuli	Texas A&M-Commerce	senior auditor
SJ	56	Allen Baynes	16	*	Auburn	realtor
BJ	96	Matt Edwards	6	Cheffers	Western Michigan	healthcare sales
RO		Jamie Nicholson	6	*	Ferris State	teacher
RA		Larry Hill Jr.	2	*	Hampton

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	55	Alex Kemp	10		Central Michigan	insurance agent
U	89	Mike Morton	2	*	North Carolina	dentist FORMER NFL PLAYER
DJ	113	Danny Short	7	*	North Carolina-Charlotte	executive director, global sales operations
LJ	59	Rusty Baynes	14	Boger	Auburn-Montgomery	general manager, safety services
FJ	28	Sean Petty	1	NA
SJ	95	James Coleman	19	Martin	Arkansas	electrical engineer
BJ	93	Scott Helverson	21	*	Iowa	sales, printing and promotions
RO		Mike Chase	7	*	Arizona State	senior portfolio manager
RA		Jamie Alferi Tuss	2	*	Oregon State	sports management

• Position change: Coleman (FJ→SJ).

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	19	Clay Martin	9		Oklahoma Baptist	high school administrator and basketball coach
U	73	James Carter	1	NA
DJ	6	Jerod Phillips	8	*	Northeastern State	elementary school teacher
LJ	98	Greg Bradley	15	Hochuli	Tennessee	chemical engineer
FJ	80	Alonzo Ramsey	2	Boger	Howard
SJ	107	Dave Hawkshaw	5	*	Justice Institute of British Columbia	firefighter
BJ	119	Greg Wilson	16	*	USC	retired police officer
RO		Brian Matoren	19	*	Florida	writer/producer
RA		Bryant Thompson	1	NA

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	1	Scott Novak	10		Phoenix	sales manager
U	131	Mark Pellis	10	Torbert	Allegheny	financial advisor
DJ	112	Brian Sakowski	1	NA	Gannon	quality engineer
LJ	75	Mark Stewart	6	Blake	Pittsburg State	rancher
FJ	23	Tra Boger	2	*	Tulane	assistant principal
SJ	118	David Meslow	13	*	Augsburg College	sales executive
BJ	111	Terrence Miles	16	*	Arizona State	quality control manager
RO		Matt Sumstine	6	*	Phoenix	real estate
RA		Tim England	2	*

• Number change: Boger (2→23).

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	126	Brad Rogers	7		Lubbock Christian	college professor
U	128	Ramon George	8	Novak	Lenoir-Rhyne	financial underwriter
DJ	79	Kent Payne	20	*	Nebraska Wesleyan	agribusinessman
LJ	16	Kevin Codey	9	Hill	Western New England	middle school physical education teacher
FJ	50	Aaron Santi	9	*	Southern Oregon	middle school principal
SJ	36	Anthony Jeffries	6	*	Alabama-Birmingham	medical sales
BJ	2	Tyree Walton	1	NA
RO		Durwood Manley	5	*	Lubbock Christian	sales territory manager
RA		Chad Wakefield	1	NA

• Position change: Manley (replay assistant→replay official).

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	14	Shawn Smith	9		Ferris State	finance
U	92	Bryan Neale	10	*	Indiana	sales consultant
DJ	84	Jay Bilbo	1	NA
LJ	45	Jeff Seeman	22	Cheffers	Minnesota	brokerage sales
FJ	109	Dyrol Prioleau	17	*	Johnson C Smith	manager, law firm
SJ	18	Clay Reynard	4	*	California-Davis	customer service representative
BJ	105	Dino Paganelli	18	*	Aquinas College	educator
RO		Mike Wimmer	21	*	NYU	producer
RA		Sebrina Brunson	4	*	Florida Atlantic

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	62	Ron Torbert	14		Michigan State	attorney
U	20	Barry Anderson	17	Boger	North Carolina State	builder/developer
DJ	21	Max Causey	2	*	Louisiana Tech	financial advisor
LJ	100	Maia Chaka	3	Martin	Norfolk State	health and physical education teacher
FJ	25	Ryan Dickson	7	*	Utah	commercial real estate developer
SJ	7	Keith Washington	16	*	Virginia Military Institute	program financial analyst
BJ	67	Tony Josselyn	6	*	Eastern Kentucky	probation officer
RO		Artenzia Young-Seigler	4	Allen	Paul Quinn College
RA		Desiree Abrams	4	Clark	Florida A&M	food safety enforcement coordinator

• Number change: Causey (84→21).

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	52	Bill Vinovich	18		San Diego	certified public accountant
U	49	Alex Moore	2	*	St. Petersburg	compliance manager
DJ	129	Dale Keller	1	NA
LJ	9	Mark Perlman	23	*	Salem	teacher
FJ	57	Joe Blubaugh	4	*	Pittsburg State	regional sales manager
SJ	86	Jimmy Buchanan	15	*	South Carolina State	food service director
BJ	82	Jimmy Russell	5	*	Pasco Hernando State	insurance agent
RO		Mark Butterworth	7	*	Walsh	non-profit COO
RA		Julie Johnson	1	NA

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
R	4	Craig Wrolstad	21		Washington	athletic director
U	54	Steve Woods	7	*	Wabash	financial advisor
DJ	48	Jim Mello	20	*	Northeastern	facilities manager
LJ	37	Tripp Sutter	5	*	Nebraska	biopharmaceutical rep
FJ	60	Jeff Shears	2	*	Denver	professor
SJ	132	Frank Steratore	1	NA		sales, sanitary supplies company
BJ	27	Grantis Bell	4	*	West Virginia	school counselor
RO		Kevin Stine	6	*	Alabama-Birmingham	regional sales manager
RA		Gavin Anderson	5	*	Green River	police officer

			Yrs	2022 crew	College	Occupation
U	102	Bruce Stritesky	18	[swing]	Embry Riddle	airline pilot
U	11	Fred Bryan‡	15	Martin	Northern Iowa	superintendent, juvenile correctional facility

• Swing officials can be assigned to any crew during the season.
• Substitution: ‡Bryan switched to down judge and moved permanently to Alan Eck’s crew.

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Senior staff

• Walt Anderson, senior vice president of officiating training and development — centralized replay representative
• Perry Fewell, senior vice president of officiating administration — centralized replay representative
• Bret Ayers, director of video technology

Regional officiating coordinators

• Garth DeFelice
• Doug Rosenbaum
• Gary Slaughter
• Rob Vernatchi