Officials in the NFL development portal working the East-West Shrine and Senior Bowls

The invitational bowl schedule continues with the East-West Shrine Bowl on Thursday and the Reese’s Senior Bowl on Saturday. The NFL officiating department selects officials from its development program to officiate these collegiate all-stars.

The NFL’s Mackie Development Program — renamed last year for the late Wayne Mackie who spearheaded development initiatives as a former NFL official and executive — allows college football officials and NFL prospects to get extra training from the NFL and will work in NFL training camps during the summer months.

These invitational bowls are included, as it allows for these prospective new hires to take more snaps under the watchful eye of the NFL officiating department, to potentially move up the pipeline to join the NFL roster. The Hula Bowl, held Jan. 11, is also listed below. Following this weekend, one game remains: the Legacy Bowl in New Orleans on Feb. 25.

Below are the crew rosters for each game, including notations for officials were assigned to bowl games or conference championship games this season and have worked a spring football league in the past 3 seasons or will be in the upcoming UFL season.

East-West Shrine Bowl

Reese’s Senior Bowl

Hula Bowl