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2024 preseason

John Hussey heads the crew for the Hall of Fame Game

Hussey has a mixed crew with a lot of experience

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The NFL’s 105th season begins tonight at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, the birthplace of professional football. John Hussey will lead a mixed crew in the first preseason game of 2024 between the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans.

This crew is loaded with experience, as the on-field officials average almost 20 prior seasons. (The number of seasons shown in the table includes 2024.)

Down judge Derek Bowers will get an extra preseason rep after he was injured in the first quarter of his first game last season. Bowers was out for the season barely after it began. Side judge Allen Baynes worked Super Bowl LVIII at side judge and was on the opposite side of the field from the game-winning touchdown in overtime. James Coleman works at the field judge position for this game, but will be the side judge on Clete Blakeman’s crew this season.

Always good to see the officials in Canton. Maybe there will be a second official enshrined there in the near future.

      Yrs 2024 crew College Occupation
R 35 John Hussey 23   Idaho State nonprofit founder and CEO
U 115 Tony Michalek 23 Hussey Indiana chief executive officer
DJ 74 Derick Bowers 22 Eck East Central sales representative
LJ 45 Jeff Seeman 23 Smith Minnesota brokerage sales
FJ 95 James Coleman 20 Blakeman Arkansas electrical engineer
SJ 56 Allen Baynes 17 Hussey Auburn realtor
BJ 111 Terrence Miles 17 Novak Arizona State quality control manager
RO   Andrew Lambert 7 Hussey Central Virginia Community College business development
RA   Sebrina Brunson 5 Hussey Florida Atlantic case specialist

Ben Austro is the editor and founder of Football Zebras and the author of So You Think You Know Football?: The Armchair Ref's Guide to the Official Rules (on sale now)

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  1. Anonymous

    August 1, 2024 at 2:36 pm

    Happy to see Hussey work this game. Who knows, maybe he’ll work the first and last games of the season?

  2. Anonymous

    August 1, 2024 at 5:18 pm

    there will either be 2 penalties or 134 no in between with hussey lol

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