2020 roster of NFL officials confirmed, includes two from UT

NFL Kickoff 2020 logo / Credit: NFL Communications website

The NFL roster of game officials for the 2020 season will include six individuals in their first NFL season and one new referee, the league announced today.

Launching their NFL officiating careers in 2020 are side judge TRA BLAKE (ACC), field judge JOE BLUBAUGH (Big 12), line judge MIKE DOLCE (Big Ten), down judge FRANK LEBLANC (Big 12), side judge CLAY REYNARD (Pac-12) and umpire TAB SLAUGHTER (Big 12). The six are graduates of the NFL Officiating Department’s Officiating Development Program, which trains top college football officials in all aspects of NFL officiating.

LAND CLARK has been promoted to referee for the upcoming season, following two seasons as a field judge. He was a referee in the Pac-12 Conference prior to entering the NFL and has been part of the NFL’s Referee Training Program since his first season in the league.

The 2020 roster of officials includes three former NFL players – back judge STEVE FREEMAN, field judge NATE JONES and umpire TERRY KILLENS.

Freeman, entering his 20th season as an NFL official, was a defensive back for 13 seasons, 12 with Buffalo and one with Minnesota.

Jones joined the NFL officiating staff in 2019 from the Pac-12, following an eight-year career as a defensive back with Dallas, Miami, Denver and New England.

Killens, who also joined the NFL officiating ranks last season from the American Athletic Conference, was a linebacker during his seven NFL seasons, entering the league as a member of the Houston Oilers before the franchise became the Tennessee Titans. He also played for San Francisco and Seattle before beginning his officiating career.

Freeman and his son, back judge BRAD FREEMAN, represent the lone set of father-son officials active in the NFL. Referees SHAWN HOCHULI and ALEX KEMP, as well as line judges WALT COLEMAN IV and JEFF SEEMAN, are the sons of former NFL referees. Additionally, three sets of brothers – ALLEN and RUSTY BAYNES, JEFF and JERRY BERGMAN, and CARL, DINO and PERRY PAGANELLI – appear on the 2020 roster.

Line judge JEFF BERGMAN, entering his 29th NFL season, remains the longest-serving official.

The following is the complete 2020 NFL roster of officials, including crew assignments, which could change during the season due to injury, schedule conflicts, etc.:

No.	Name	Pos.	College	Crew	NFL Experience (including 2020)
122	Brad Allen	R	Pembroke State	Allen	7
20	Barry Anderson	U	North Carolina State	Allen	14
108	Gary Arthur	LJ	Wright State	Martin	24
72	Michael Banks	FJ	Illinois State	Clark	19
56	Allen Baynes	SJ	Auburn	Hussey	13
59	Rusty Baynes	LJ	Auburn-Montgomery	Boger	11
32	Jeff Bergman	LJ	Robert Morris	Kemp	29
91	Jerry Bergman	DJ	Robert Morris	Blakeman	19
33	Tra Blake	FJ	UCF	Corrente	1
34	Clete Blakeman	R	Nebraska	Blakeman	13
57	Joe Blubaugh	FJ	Pittsburg State	Boger	1
23	Jerome Boger	R	Morehouse	Boger	17
40	Brian Bolinger	LJ	Indiana State	Clark	4
74	Derick Bowers	DJ	East Central	Novak	18
98	Greg Bradley	LJ	Tennessee	Hochuli	12
43	Terry Brown	FJ	Tennessee	Wrolstad	15
11	Fred Bryan	U	Northern Iowa	Martin	12
86	Jimmy Buchanan	SJ	South Carolina State	Blakeman	12
134	Ed Camp	DJ	William Paterson	Hochuli	21
63	Mike Carr	DJ	Wisconsin	Kemp	4
60	Gary Cavaletto	SJ	Hancock	Vinovich	18
41	Boris Cheek	SJ	Morgan State	Corrente	25
51	Carl Cheffers	R	California-Irvine	Cheffers	21
130	Land Clark	R	Sevier Valley Tech	Clark	3
16	Kevin Codey	DJ	Western New England	Torbert	6
95	James Coleman	SJ	Arkansas	Hochuli	16
65	Walt Coleman IV	LJ	Southern Methodist	Novak	6
99	Tony Corrente	R	Cal State-Fullerton	Corrente	26
25	Ryan Dickson	FJ	Utah	Torbert	4
123	Mike Dolce	LJ	Grand Valley State	Allen	1
76	Alan Eck	U	Bloomsburg	Hussey	5
96	Matt Edwards	BJ	Western Michigan	Cheffers	3
3	Scott Edwards	SJ	Alabama	Torbert	22
81	Roy Ellison	U	Savannah State	Hill	18
61	Keith Ferguson	BJ	San Jose State	Hill	21
64	Dan Ferrell	U	Cal State-Fullerton	Corrente	18
71	Ruben Fowler	U	Huston-Tillotson	Hochuli	15
88	Brad Freeman	BJ	Mississippi State	Hussey	7
133	Steve Freeman	BJ	Mississippi State	Kemp	20
80	Greg Gautreaux	FJ	Southwest Louisiana	Blakeman	19
128	Ramon George	U	Lenoir-Rhyne	Novak	5
103	Eugene Hall	SJ	North Texas	Cheffers	7
49	Rich Hall	U	Arizona	Kemp	17
107	Dave Hawkshaw	SJ	Justice Institute of B.C.	Smith	2
93	Scott Helverson	BJ	Iowa	Wrolstad	18
29	Adrian Hill	R	Buffalo	Hill	11
125	Chad Hill	SJ	Mississippi	Boger	3
97	Tom Hill	FJ	Carson Newman	Hochuli	22
28	Mark Hittner	DJ	Pittsburg State	Smith	24
83	Shawn Hochuli	R	Claremont	Hochuli	7
106	Patrick Holt	DJ	North Carolina State	Boger	2
35	John Hussey	R	Idaho State	Hussey	19
36	Anthony Jeffries	FJ	Alabama-Birmingham	Hill	3
117	John Jenkins	FJ	St. Mary’s	Kemp	7
101	Carl Johnson	LJ	Nicholls State	Hussey	17
42	Nate Jones	FJ	Rutgers	Cheffers	2
67	Tony Josselyn	BJ	Eastern Kentucky	Torbert	3
55	Alex Kemp	R	Central Michigan	Kemp	7
77	Terry Killens	U	Penn State	Torbert	2
121	Paul King	U	Nichols College	Clark	12
21	Jeff Lamberth	SJ	Texas A&M	Wrolstad	19
44	Frank LeBlanc	DJ	Lamar Institute of Technology	Vinovich	1
2	Bart Longson	LJ	Brigham Young	Smith	6
10	Julian Mapp	LJ	Grambling State	Blakeman	12
19	Clay Martin	R	Oklahoma Baptist	Martin	6
39	Rich Martinez	BJ	Canisius	Hochuli	7
8	Dana McKenzie	DJ	Toledo	Corrente	13
48	Jim Mello	DJ	Northeastern	Allen	17
118	Dave Meslow	FJ	Augsburg	Martin	10
78	Greg Meyer	BJ	TCU	Clark	19
115	Tony Michalek	U	Indiana	Rogers	19
111	Terrence Miles	BJ	Arizona State	Novak	13
120	Jonah Monroe	SJ	Arkansas	Novak	6
92	Bryan Neale	U	Indiana	Smith	7
1	Scott Novak	R	Phoenix	Novak	7
24	David Oliver	DJ	Baker	Hill	4
124	Carl Paganelli	U	Michigan State	Boger	22
105	Dino Paganelli	BJ	Aquinas	Smith	15
46	Perry Paganelli	BJ	Hope	Blakeman	23
17	Steve Patrick	BJ	Jacksonville State	Vinovich	7
15	Rick Patterson	FJ	Wofford	Allen	25
79	Kent Payne	DJ	Nebraska Wesleyan	Rogers	17
131	Mark Pellis	U	Allegheny	Cheffers	7
9	Mark Perlman	LJ	Salem	Vinovich	20
6	Jerod Phillips	DJ	Northeastern State	Martin	5
47	Tim Podraza	LJ	Nebraska	Corrente	13
109	Dyrol Prioleau	FJ	Johnson C. Smith	Smith	14
30	Todd Prukop	BJ	Cal State-Fullerton	Corrente	12
5	Jim Quirk	SJ	Middlebury	Hill	11
18	Clay Reynard	SJ	UC Davis	Martin	1
31	Mearl Robinson	FJ	Air Force	Vinovich	4
126	Brad Rogers	R	Lubbock Christian	Rogers	4
82	Jimmy Russell	SJ	Pasco Hernando State	Allen	2
50	Aaron Santi	FJ	Southern Oregon	Rogers	6
45	Jeff Seeman	LJ	Minnesota	Cheffers	19
104	Dale Shaw	SJ	Allegheny	Kemp	8
113	Danny Short	DJ	UNC-Charlotte	Cheffers	4
110	Tab Slaughter	U	Arkansas State	Blakeman	1
14	Shawn Smith	R	Ferris State	Smith	6
12	Greg Steed	BJ	Howard	Rogers	18
84	Mark Steinkerchner	LJ	Akron	Torbert	27
68	Tom Stephan	DJ	Pittsburg State	Clark	22
112	Tony Steratore	BJ	California, Pa.	Boger	21
75	Mark Stewart	LJ	Pittsburg State	Hill	3
102	Bruce Stritesky	U	Embry Riddle	Vinovich	15
37	Tripp Sutter	LJ	Nebraska	Wrolstad	2
100	Tom Symonette	LJ	Florida	Rogers	17
53	Sarah Thomas	DJ	Mobile	Hussey	6
62	Ronald Torbert	R	Michigan State	Torbert	11
13	Patrick Turner	DJ	Cal State-Long Beach	Wrolstad	7
52	Bill Vinovich	R	San Diego	Vinovich	15
26	Jabir Walker	FJ	Murray State	Hussey	6
7	Keith Washington	SJ	Virginia Military Institute	Clark	13
116	Mike Weatherford	FJ	Oklahoma State	Novak	19
58	Don Willard	SJ	Illinois State	Rogers	3
119	Greg Wilson	BJ	USC	Martin	13
54	Steve Woods	U	Wabash	Wrolstad	4
4	Craig Wrolstad	R	Washington	Wrolstad	18
38	Greg Yette	BJ	Howard	Allen	11