2018 ROSTER OF OFFICIALS CONFIRMED

SEVEN FIRST-YEAR NFL OFFICIALS AMONG 2018 CLASS

The NFL roster of game officials for the 2018 season will include seven first-year NFL officials among the group of 121, the league announced today.

Field judge LAND CLARK (Pac-12), field judge MATT EDWARDS (Big Ten), side judge CHAD HILL (SEC), field judge ANTHONY JEFFRIES (SEC), back judge TONY JOSSELYN (SEC), line judge MARK STEWART (Big 12) and field judge DON WILLARD (Big Ten) will make their NFL officiating debuts this season.

Four officials – SHAWN HOCHULI, ALEX KEMP, CLAY MARTIN, and SHAWN SMITH – have been promoted to referee for the upcoming season.  Each of them were referees at the highest level of college football prior to entering the NFL at different positions and have been part of the NFL’s Referee Training Program from their first season in the league. 

Both Shawn Hochuli (ED HOCHULI) and Alex Kemp (STAN KEMP) are the sons of former NFL referees.

Two sets of fathers and sons are included among the roster of officials — WALT COLEMAN, the dean of NFL officials entering his 30th season, and his son, WALT IV; and STEVE FREEMAN and his son, BRAD — and three sets of brothers – ALLEN and RUSTY BAYNES; JEFF and JERRY BERGMAN; and CARL, DINO & PERRY PAGANELLI.

Steve Freeman and PHIL MC KINNELY are the only current game officials to have also enjoyed NFL playing careers. Freeman played for 13 seasons, including 12 as a defensive back with the Buffalo Bills from 1975–86. McKinnely played for seven seasons on the offensive line from 1976–82, including five seasons with the Atlanta Falcons from 1976–80.

The following is the complete 2018 NFL roster of officials, including crew assignments, which may change during the season due to injury, schedule conflicts, etc.:

No.	Name	Pos.	College	Crew	NFL Experience (including 2018)
122	Brad Allen	R	Pembroke State	Allen	5
20	Barry Anderson	U	North Carolina State	Cheffers	12
66	Walt Anderson	R	Texas	Anderson	23
108	Gary Arthur	LJ	Wright State	Cheffers	22
72	Michael Banks	SJ	Illinois State	Parry	17
56	Allen Baynes	SJ	Auburn	Hussey	11
59	Rusty Baynes	LJ	Auburn-Montgomery	Boger	9
32	Jeff Bergman	LJ	Robert Morris	Kemp	27
91	Jerry Bergman	DJ	Robert Morris	Coleman	17
34	Clete Blakeman	R	Nebraska	Blakeman	11
23	Jerome Boger	R	Morehouse	Boger	15
40	Brian Bolinger	LJ	Indiana State	Allen	2
18	Byron Boston	LJ	Austin	Anderson	24
74	Derick Bowers	LJ	East Central	Hussey	16
98	Greg Bradley	LJ	Tennessee	Hochuli	10
43	Terry Brown	FJ	Tennessee	Anderson	13
11	Fred Bryan	U	Northern Iowa	Martin	10
86	Jimmy Buchanan	FJ	South Carolina State	Torbert	10
134	Ed Camp	DJ	William Paterson	Hochuli	19
63	Mike Carr	DJ	Wisconsin	Boger	2
60	Gary Cavaletto	SJ	Hancock	Vinovich	16
41	Boris Cheek	SJ	Morgan State	Morelli	23
51	Carl Cheffers	R	California-Irvine	Cheffers	19
130	Land Clark	FJ	Sevier Valley Tech	Cheffers	1
16	Kevin Codey	DJ	Western New England	Hussey	4
95	James Coleman	SJ	Arkansas	Smith	14
65	Walt Coleman	R	Arkansas	Coleman	30
87	Walt Coleman IV	LJ	Southern Methodist	Blakeman	4
99	Tony Corrente	R	Cal State-Fullerton	Corrente	24
94	Hugo Cruz	DJ	Texas-Pan American	Cheffers	4
25	Ryan Dickson	SJ	Utah	Corrente	2
27	Lee Dyer	BJ	Tennessee-Chattanooga	Anderson	16
76	Alan Eck	U	Bloomsburg	Corrente	3
96	Matt Edwards	FJ	Western Michigan	Parry	1
3	Scott Edwards	SJ	Alabama	Torbert	20
81	Roy Ellison	U	Savannah State	Hochuli	16
61	Keith Ferguson	BJ	San Jose State	Morelli	19
64	Dan Ferrell	U	Cal State-Fullerton	Torbert	16
71	Ruben Fowler	U	Huston-Tillotson	Allen	13
88	Brad Freeman	SJ	Mississippi State	Martin	5
133	Steve Freeman	BJ	Mississippi State	Kemp	18
80	Greg Gautreaux	FJ	S.W. Louisiana	Coleman	17
128	Ramon George	U	Lenoir-Rhyne	Blakeman	3
103	Eugene Hall	SJ	North Texas	Cheffers	5
49	Rich Hall	U	Arizona	Kemp	15
93	Scott Helverson	BJ	Iowa	Wrolstad	16
29	Adrian Hill	SJ	Buffalo	Wrolstad	9
125	Chad Hill	SJ	Mississippi	Hochuli	1
97	Tom Hill	FJ	Carson Newman	Hochuli	20
28	Mark Hittner	DJ	Pittsburg State	Smith	22
83	Shawn Hochuli	R	Claremont	Hochuli	5
35	John Hussey	R	Idaho State	Hussey	17
36	Anthony Jeffries	FJ	Alabama-Birmingham	Morelli	1
117	John Jenkins	FJ	St. Mary's	Kemp	5
101	Carl Johnson	LJ	Nicholls State	Wrolstad	15
67	Tony Josselyn	BJ	Eastern Kentucky	Torbert	1
55	Alex Kemp	R	Central Michigan	Kemp	5
121	Paul King	U	Nicholls State	Wrolstad	10
21	Jeff Lamberth	FJ	Texas A&M	Wrolstad	17
73	Joe Larrew	FJ	St. Louis	Blakeman	17
2	Bart Longson	LJ	Brigham Young	Smith	4
10	Julian Mapp	LJ	Grambling State	Parry	10
19	Clay Martin	R	Oklahoma Baptist	Martin	4
39	Rich Martinez	BJ	Canisius	Hochuli	5
8	Dana McKenzie	DJ	Toledo	Blakeman	11
110	Phil McKinnely	DJ	UCLA	Vinovich	17
48	Jim Mello	DJ	Northeastern	Allen	15
118	David Meslow	FJ	Augsburg	Martin	8
78	Greg Meyer	BJ	Texas Christian	Cheffers	17
115	Tony Michalek	U	Indiana	Hussey	17
111	Terrence Miles	BJ	Arizona State	Allen	11
120	Jonah Monroe	SJ	Arkansas	Boger	4
135	Pete Morelli	R	St. Mary's	Morelli	22
92	Bryan Neale	U	Indiana	Smith	5
1	Scott Novak	SJ	Phoenix	Allen	5
24	David Oliver	DJ	Baker	Parry	2
124	Carl Paganelli	U	Michigan State	Anderson	20
105	Dino Paganelli	BJ	Aquinas	Smith	13
46	Perry Paganelli	BJ	Hope	Parry	21
132	John Parry	R	Purdue	Parry	19
17	Steve Patrick	BJ	Jacksonville State	Vinovich	5
15	Rick Patterson	SJ	Wofford	Anderson	23
79	Kent Payne	LJ	Nebraska Wesleyan	Martin	15
131	Mark Pellis	U	Allegheny	Parry	5
9	Mark Perlman	LJ	Salem	Vinovich	18
6	Jerod Phillips	DJ	Northeastern State	Wrolstad	3
47	Tim Podraza	LJ	Nebraska	Corrente	11
109	Dyrol Prioleau	SJ	Johnson C. Smith	Blakeman	12
30	Todd Prukop	BJ	Cal State-Fullerton	Corrente	10
5	Jim Quirk	BJ	Middlebury	Blakeman	9
44	Jeff Rice	U	Northwestern	Coleman	24
31	Mearl Robinson	FJ	Air Force	Vinovich	2
126	Brad Rogers	FJ	Lubbock Christian	Smith	2
50	Aaron Santi	FJ	Southern Oregon	Kemp	4
129	Bill Schuster	U	Alfred	Boger	19
45	Jeff Seeman	LJ	Minnesota	Morelli	17
104	Dale Shaw	FJ	Allegheny	Boger	6
113	Danny Short	DJ	North Carolina-Charlotte	Martin	2
14	Shawn Smith	R	Ferris State	Smith	4
90	Mike Spanier	LJ	St. Cloud State		20
12	Greg Steed	BJ	Howard	Hussey	16
84	Mark Steinkerchner	LJ	Akron	Torbert	25
22	Steve Stelljes	DJ	Friends	Morelli	17
68	Tom Stephan	DJ	Pittsburg State	Anderson	20
112	Tony Steratore	BJ	California, Pa.	Boger	19
75	Mark Stewart	LJ	Pittsburg State	Coleman	1
102	Bruce Stritesky	U	Embry Riddle	Vinovich	13
100	Tom Symonette	DJ	Florida	Kemp	15
53	Sarah Thomas	DJ	Mobile	Torbert	4
62	Ron Torbert	R	Michigan State	Torbert	9
13	Patrick Turner	DJ	Cal State-Long Beach	Corrente	5
52	Bill Vinovich	R	San Diego	Vinovich	14
26	Jabir Walker	SJ	Murray State	Coleman	4
7	Keith Washington	FJ	Virginia Military Institute	Corrente	11
116	Mike Weatherford	FJ	Oklahoma State		17
58	Don Willard	FJ	Illinois State	Hussey	1
119	Greg Wilson	BJ	USC	Martin	11
54	Steve Woods	U	Wabash	Morelli	2
4	Craig Wrolstad	R	Washington	Wrolstad	16
38	Greg Yette	BJ	Howard	Coleman	9
33	Steve Zimmer	FJ	Hofstra	Allen	22

Two officials – Mike Spanier and Mike Weatherford – will not be assigned to crews and will work with different crews throughout the season.