Hussey, Kemp, Vinovich, and Hochuli are the Divisional Playoff referees

Football Zebras has confirmed the officiating crews for the Divisional Playoffs. Officials are listed with their uniform number, years of NFL experience (including this season), the crew each official worked with in the regular season (by the referee’s name), college, and outside occupation.

Five alternates are assigned to each game: a referee, an umpire, a line of scrimmage official (down judge or line judge), a deep wing official (field judge or side judge), and a back judge.

The prior playoff experience that is listed for the crew chief includes his service as an NFL official, including as referee and any other crew position (excluding alternate assignments). Also of note, the eventual Super Bowl officials are on the field for this weekend’s games, but not all are from the same crew.

All times are Eastern.

Saturday, Jan. 20

Texans at Ravens, 4:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 ABC ESPN+

John Hussey is the referee, who is in his 22nd season and 9th as referee. This is Hussey’s 17th postseason assignment, including 6 Wild Card Playoffs, 6 Divisional Playoffs, 4 Conference Championships, and Super Bowl XLV. His Super Bowl assignment was as a line judge.

			Yrs	2023 crew	College	Occupation
R	35	John Hussey	22		Idaho State	sales representative
U	124	Carl Paganelli	24	Hussey	Michigan State	retired federal probation officer
DJ	44	Frank LeBlanc	4	Hussey	Lamar Institute of Technology	neighborhood services manager
LJ	101	Carl Johnson	20	Hussey	Nicholls State	retired sales manager, former full-time official
FJ	97	Tom Hill	25	Blake	Carson Newman	retired teacher/coach
SJ	56	Allen Baynes	16	Hussey	Auburn	realtor
BJ	96	Matt Edwards	6	Hussey	Western Michigan	healthcare sales
RO		Andrew Lambert	6	Blake	Central Virginia Community College	business development
RA		Larry Hanson	4	Blake	California-San Diego	health and safety
ALT	R	Ron Torbert	14		Michigan State	attorney
ALT	U	Duane Heydt	2	Allen	South Carolina	statistician and real-estate investor
ALT	LJ	Jeff Seeman	22	Smith	Minnesota	brokerage sales
ALT	FJ	Ryan Dickson	7	Torbert	Utah	commercial real estate developer
ALT	BJ	Dino Paganelli	18	Smith	Aquinas College	educator

Packers at 49ers, 8:15 p.m. Fox

Alex Kemp is the referee, who is in his 10th season and 6th as referee. This is Kemp’s 6th postseason assignment, including 5 Wild Card Playoffs and a Divisional Playoff.

			Yrs	2023 crew	College	Occupation
R	55	Alex Kemp	10		Central Michigan	insurance agent
U	89	Mike Morton	2	Kemp	North Carolina	dentist FORMER NFL PLAYER
DJ	113	Danny Short	7	Kemp	North Carolina-Charlotte	executive director, global sales operations
LJ	85	Daniel Gallagher	4	Blake	Kent State	athletic programs manager
FJ	117	John Jenkins	10	Eck	St. Mary’s	sales executive
SJ	95	James Coleman	19	Kemp	Arkansas	electrical engineer
BJ	93	Scott Helverson	21	Kemp	Iowa	sales, printing and promotions
RO		Mike Chase	7	Kemp	Arizona State	senior portfolio manager
RA		Jamie Alferi Tuss	2	Kemp	Oregon State	sports management
ALT	R	Carl Cheffers	24		California-Irvine	sales manager
ALT	U	Brandon Cruse	2	Cheffers	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	management consultant
ALT	DJ	David Oliver	7	Hill	Baker	information systems manager
ALT	SJ	Clay Reynard	4	Smith	California-Davis	customer service representative
ALT	BJ	Jonah Monroe	9	Blakeman	Arkansas	engineer

Sunday, Jan. 21

Buccaneers at Lions, 3 p.m. NBC Peacock

Bill Vinovich is the referee, who is in his 18th season and 15th as referee. This is his 18th postseason assignment, including 3 Wild Card Playoffs, 7 Divisional Playoffs, 6 Conference Championships, and Super Bowls XLIX and LIV. Both of his Super Bowl assignments were as a referee.

			Yrs	2023 crew	College	Occupation
R	52	Bill Vinovich	18		San Diego	certified public accountant
U	49	Alex Moore	2	Vinovich	St. Petersburg	compliance manager
DJ	68	Tom Stephan	25	Clark	Pittsburg State	retired business broker
LJ	9	Mark Perlman	23	Vinovich	Salem	teacher
FJ	57	Joe Blubaugh	4	Vinovich	Pittsburg State	regional sales manager
SJ	86	Jimmy Buchanan	15	Vinovich	South Carolina State	food service director
BJ	88	Brad Freeman	10	Clark	Mississippi State	sports park director
RO		Mark Butterworth	7	Vinovich	Walsh	non-profit COO
RA		Julie Johnson	1	Vinovich
ALT	R	Brad Rogers	7		Lubbock Christian	college professor
ALT	U	Mark Pellis	10	Novak	Allegheny	financial advisor
ALT	LJ	Kevin Codey	9	Rogers	Western New England	middle school physical education teacher
ALT	FJ	Jeff Shears	2	Wrolstad	Denver	professor
ALT	BJ	Grantis Bell	4	Wrolstad	West Virginia	school counselor

Chiefs at Bills, 6:30 p.m. CBS Paramount+

Shawn Hochuli is the referee, who is in his 10th season and 6th as referee. This is Hochuli’s 8th postseason assignment, including a Wild Card Playoff and 7 Divisional Playoffs.

			Yrs	2023 crew	College	Occupation
R	83	Shawn Hochuli	10		Claremont	financial advisor
U	77	Terry Killens	5	Hochuli	Penn State	campus security specialist FORMER NFL PLAYER
DJ	106	Patrick Holt	5	Hochuli	North Carolina State	IT manager
LJ	47	Tim Podraza	16	Hochuli	Nebraska	business performance consultant
FJ	90	Anthony Flemming	4	Hussey	Texas A&M-Commerce	senior auditor
SJ	103	Eugene Hall	10	Cheffers	North Texas	federal agent
BJ	78	Greg Meyer	22	Eck	Texas Christian	banker
RO		Tyler Cerimeli	6	Hochuli	Arizona State	high school officials coordinator
RA		Tim Robinson	1	Hochuli
ALT	R	Craig Wrolstad	21		Washington	athletic director
ALT	U	Ramon George	8	Rogers	Lenoir-Rhyne	financial underwriter
ALT	LJ	Rusty Baynes	14	Kemp	Auburn-Montgomery	general manager, safety services
ALT	SJ	Chad Hill	6	Hochuli	Mississippi	medical sales
ALT	BJ	Jimmy Russell	5	Vinovich	Pasco Hernando State	insurance agent