Nuevos referees para la próxima temporada de la NFL
Shawn Hochuli, Alex Kemp, Clay Martin y Shawn Smith fueron promovidos al puesto de réferi, quienes fueron parte del programa de entrenamiento de réferis de la NFL desde su primera temporada en la liga.
La NFL dio a conocer a través de un comunicado la plantilla de oficiales que participará en la temporada del 2018, incluyendo a siete árbitros de primer año.
En total son 121 oficiales repartidos en 17 cuadrillas y dos más, Mike Spanier y Mike Weatherford, quienes trabajarán con distintas plantillas durante la temporada.
Los oficiales que debutarán este año son el juez de campo Land Clark, el juez de campo Matt Edwards, el juez lateral Chad Hill, el juez de campo Anthony Jeffries, el juez de fondo Tony Josselyn, el juez de línea Mark Stewart y el juez de campo Don Willard.
Shawn Hochuli, Alex Kemp, Clay Martin y Shawn Smith fueron promovidos al puesto de réferi, quienes fueron parte del programa de entrenamiento de réferis de la NFL desde su primera temporada en la liga.
Hochuli (Ed Hochuli) y Kemp (Stan Kemp) son hijos de ex réferis de la NFL.
Walt y Walt IV Coleman y Steve y Brad Freeman son las dos parejas de padre e hijo que trabajarán como oficiales de la NFL esta campaña; además Allen y Rusty Baynes; Jeff y Jerry Bergman; y Carl, Dino y Perry Paganelli son los tres grupos de hermanos que estarán activos este año.
Steve Freeman y Phil McKinnely son los únicos oficiales que tuvieron carreras como jugadores de la NFL.
La NFL perdió a cuatro de sus oficiales más destacados esta temporada baja con los retiros de Jeff Triplette, Ed Hochuli, Terry McAulay y Gene Steratore.
Esta es la lista completa de oficiales:
OFICIALES DE LA NFL PARA LA TEMPORADA 2018
| NÚMERO | NOMBRE | POSICIÓN | UNIVERSIDAD | PLANTILLA | EXPERIENCIA EN LA NFL* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | HL | 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 | HL | William Paterson | Hochuli | 19 |
| 63 | Mike Carr | HL | 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 | HL | 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 | HL | 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 | HL | 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 | HL | Toledo | Blakeman | 11 |
| 110 | Phil McKinnely | HL | UCLA | Vinovich | 17 |
| 48 | Jim Mello | HL | 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 | HL | 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 | HL | 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 | HL | 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 | HL | Friends | Morelli | 17 |
| 68 | Tom Stephan | HL | 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 | HL | Florida | Kemp | 15 |
| 53 | Sarah Thomas | HL | Mobile | Torbert | 4 |
| 62 | Ron Torbert | R | Michigan State | Torbert | 9 |
| 13 | Patrick Turner | HL | 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 |
| * Incluyendo la temporada del 2018 | |||||
| R: Réferi | |||||
| U: Umpire | |||||
| HL: Jefe de línea | |||||
| SJ: Juez lateral | |||||
| BJ: Juez de fondo | |||||
| FJ: Juez de campo | |||||
| LJ: Juez de línea | |||||
