Officiating crews for the 2022 season

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Football Zebras has obtained the officiating crew rosters for the 2022 NFL season. This season, there are 10 new officials to replace 10 that retired. There are also 2 veterans designated as swing officials, who will move between crews through the season. There will be a swing umpire and a swing deep wing official for the 2022 season.

There is also a new referee this season, Tra Blake, who becomes the 8th new referee in the past 5 years. He is replacing 27-year veteran referee Tony Corrente, who retired at the conclusion of the 2021 season. Blake has 3 of the 5 returning officials from Corrente’s crew last season.

Down judge Robin DeLorenzo becomes the third woman hired as an on-field official. There are six women assigned to the crews in the replay booth, including two promoted to replay official this season: Artenzia Young-Seigler and Denise Crudup.

Also of note, there are three former NFL players on the officiating roster: field judge Nate Jones, umpire Terry Killens, and rookie umpire Mike Morton.

Senior staff

• Walt Anderson, senior vice president of officiating training and development — centralized replay representative
• Perry Fewell, senior vice president of officiating administration — centralized replay representative
• Bret Ayers, director of video technology

Regional officiating coordinators

• Garth DeFelice
• Bill Leavy
• Doug Rosenbaum
• Gary Slaughter
• Rob Vernatchi

Crews

Crew members are listed with their years of NFL experience, including the upcoming season, the crew they were on last season, the college attended, and occupation. A replay official and replay assistant are assigned to each crew.

*indicates an official who is on the same crew as last season. Veteran officials who have changed positions from last season are noted on each crew. Information for first-year officials will be updated when available.

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	122	Brad Allen	9		Pembroke State	non-profit CEO
U	42	Duane Heydt	1	NA	South Carolina	statistician, real-estate investor
DJ	53	Sarah Thomas	8	Hussey	Mobile	sales representative
LJ	85	Daniel Gallagher	3	*	Kent State	athletic programs manager
FJ	15	Rick Patterson	27	*	Wofford	banker
SJ	41	Boris Cheek	27	*	Morgan State	retired director of operations and management
BJ	38	Greg Yette	13	*	Howard	defense contractor
RO		Artenzia Young-Seigler	3	Corrente	Paul Quinn College	college professor
RA		Larry Hanson	3	*	California-San Diego	health and safety

• Position change: Young-Seigler (RA→RO).

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	3	Tra Blake	3	Cheffers	Central Florida	software quality assurance manager
U	115	Tony Michalek	21	Vinovich	Indiana	chief executive officer
DJ	13	Patrick Turner	9	Corrente*	Cal State-Long Beach	plant manager
LJ	75	Mark Stewart	5	Hill	Pittsburg State	rancher
FJ	97	Tom Hill	24	Hochuli	Carson Newman	retired teacher/coach
SJ	58	Don Willard	5	Corrente*	Illinois State	physical therapist
BJ	30	Todd Prukop	14	Corrente*	Cal State-Fullerton	medical sales representative
RO		Andrew Lambert	5	Cheffers	Central Virginia Community College	business development
RA		Kirt Shay	4	Cheffers	Xavier	teacher

• Position change: Blake (U→R).
• Number change: Blake (33→3).

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	34	Clete Blakeman	15		Nebraska	attorney
U	110	Tab Slaughter	3	*	Arkansas State	chief operating officer
DJ	8	Dana McKenzie	15	*	Toledo	claims adjuster
LJ	10	Julian Mapp	14	*	Grambling State	software quality assurance tester
FJ	43	Terry Brown	17	Wrolstad	Tennessee	court director
SJ	99	Lo van Pham	1	NA	Colorado	engineers/project manager
BJ	46	Perry Paganelli	25	*	Hope College	retired high school administrator
RO		Chad Adams	5	*	Cincinnati	operations
RA		Ken Hall	2	NA†

• ^†Hall was a replay assistant in 2020 when that position was assigned to a local/regional person to minimize travel. He was not assigned to a crew in 2021.

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	23	Jerome Boger	19		Morehouse College	retired commercial insurance underwriter
U	20	Barry Anderson	16	*	North Carolina State	builder/developer
DJ	44	Frank LeBlanc	3	*	Lamar Institute of Technology	neighborhood services manager
LJ	59	Rusty Baynes	13	*	Auburn-Montgomery	general manager, safety services
FJ	80	Alonzo Ramsey	1	NA	Howard
SJ	120	Jonah Monroe	8	*	Arkansas	engineer
BJ	17	Steve Patrick	9	*	Jacksonville State	owner, supply company
RO		Saleem Choudhry	5	Torbert	Baldwin-Wallace	Pro Football Hall of Fame executive
RA		Yvonda Lewis	4	Vinovich	Prairie View A&M	system administrator

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	51	Carl Cheffers	23		California-Irvine	sales manager
U	22	Brandon Cruse	1	NA	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	management consultant
DJ	63	Mike Carr	6	Kemp	Wisconsin	athletic director
LJ	45	Jeff Seeman	21	*	Minnesota	brokerage sales
FJ	33	Nate Jones	4	*	Rutgers	firefighter/EMT; former NFL player
SJ	103	Eugene Hall	9	*	North Texas	federal agent
BJ	96	Matt Edwards	5	*	Western Michigan	healthcare sales
RO		Kevin Brown	4	Rogers	Purdue	retired air traffic controller
RA		Karlton Derrick	1	NA	Stanford	financial advisor

• Number change: Jones (42→33).

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	130	Land Clark	5		Sevier Valley Tech	chief building official
U	121	Paul King	14	*	Nichols College	teacher
DJ	68	Tom Stephan	24	*	Pittsburg State	retired business broker
LJ	40	Brian Bolinger	6	*	Indiana State	corporate safety director
FJ	72	Michael Banks	21	*	Illinois State	carpenter foreman
SJ	114	Dominique Pender	3	Rogers	Howard	trade support, finance and banking
BJ	78	Greg Meyer	21	*	Texas Christian	banker
RO		Randy Campbell	3	Martin	Kansas State	oil and gas
RA		Desiree Abrams	3	*	Florida A&M	program manager

• Position change: Campbell (RA→RO).

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	29	Adrian Hill	13		Buffalo	aerospace software engineer
U	81	Roy Ellison	20	*	Savannah State	IT engineer
DJ	24	David Oliver	6	*	Baker	information systems manager
LJ	16	Kevin Codey	8	Torbert	Western New England	middle school physical education teacher
FJ	31	Mearl Robinson	6	*	Air Force	retired U.S. Air Force instructor
SJ	5	Jim Quirk	12	*	Middlebury	financial advisor
BJ	61	Keith Ferguson	23	*	San Jose State	sales
RO		Roddy Ames	5	*	Colby College	attorney
RA		Joe Wollan	3	*	St. Thomas	recruiting

• Position change: Codey (DJ→LJ).

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	83	Shawn Hochuli	9		Claremont	financial advisor
U	77	Terry Killens	4	*	Penn State	campus security specialist; former NFL player
DJ	106	Patrick Holt	4	Vinovich	North Carolina State	IT manager
LJ	98	Greg Bradley	14	*	Tennessee	chemical engineer
FJ	90	Anthony Flemming	3	Clark	Texas A&M-Commerce	senior auditor
SJ	125	Chad Hill	5	*	Mississippi	medical sales
BJ	39	Rich Martinez	9	*	Canisius	sales manager
RO		Tyler Cerimeli	5	*	Arizona State	high school officials coordinator
RA		Mark Bitar	3	*	Seton Hall	teacher

• Position change: Flemming (SJ→FJ).

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	35	John Hussey	21		Idaho State	sales representative
U	76	Alan Eck	7	*	Bloomsburg State	tax manager
DJ	134	Robin DeLorenzo	1	NA	Fordham
LJ	101	Carl Johnson	19	*	Nicholls State	retired sales manager, former full-time official
FJ	26	Jabir Walker	8	*	Murray State	middle school teacher
SJ	56	Allen Baynes	15	*	Auburn	realtor
BJ	88	Brad Freeman	9	*	Mississippi State	sports park director
RO		Jamie Nicholson	5	*	Ferris State	teacher
RA		Larry Hill Jr.	3	Novak	Hampton	judge

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	55	Alex Kemp	9		Central Michigan	insurance agent
U	89	Mike Morton	1	NA	North Carolina	former NFL player
DJ	113	Danny Short	6	Allen	North Carolina-Charlotte	executive director, global sales operations
LJ	32	Jeff Bergman	30	*	Robert Morris	president and chief executive officer, medical services
FJ	117	John Jenkins	9	*	St. Mary’s	sales executive
SJ	104	Dale Shaw	10	*	Allegheny	pharmaceutical sales
BJ	93	Scott Helverson	20	*	Iowa	sales, printing and promotions
RO		Mike Chase	6	*	Arizona State	senior portfolio manager
RA		Jamie Alfieri-Tuss	1	NA	Oregon State	sports management

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	19	Clay Martin	8		Oklahoma Baptist	high school administrator
U	11	Fred Bryan	14	*	Northern Iowa	superintendent, juvenile correctional facility
DJ	6	Jerod Phillips	7	*	Northeastern State	elementary school teacher
LJ	100	Maia Chaka	2	*	Norfolk State	health and physical education teacher
FJ	95	James Coleman	18	*	Arkansas	electrical engineer
SJ	107	Dave Hawkshaw	4	Smith	Justice Institute of British Columbia	firefighter
BJ	119	Greg Wilson	15	*	USC	retired police officer
RO		Brian Matoren	18	*	Florida	writer/producer
RA		Rick Loumiet	1	NA	Loyola (La.)	financial solutions manager

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	1	Scott Novak	9		Phoenix	sales manager
U	128	Ramon George	7	*	Lenoir-Rhyne	financial underwriter
DJ	74	Derick Bowers	20	*	East Central	sales representative
LJ	65	Walt Coleman IV	8	*	Southern Methodist	portfolio manager
FJ	2	Tra Boger	1	NA	Tulane	assistant principal
SJ	118	David Meslow	12	*	Augsburg College	sales executive
BJ	111	Terrence Miles	15	*	Arizona State	quality control manager
RO		Matt Sumstine	5	*	Phoenix	real estate
RA		Tim England	1	NA

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	126	Brad Rogers	6		Lubbock Christian	college professor
U	124	Carl Paganelli	23	*	Michigan State	retired federal probation officer
DJ	79	Kent Payne	19	*	Nebraska Wesleyan	agribusinessman
LJ	87	Tom Eaton	3	*	Central Florida	fiscal manager
FJ	50	Aaron Santi	8	*	Southern Oregon	middle school principal
SJ	36	Anthony Jeffries	5	Corrente	Alabama-Birmingham	medical sales
BJ	12	Greg Steed	20	*	Howard	computer systems analyst
RO		Bob Hubbell	3	*	Texas A&M	steel sales
RA		Durwood Manley	4	Kemp	Lubbock Christian	sales territory manager

• Position changes: Jeffries (FJ→SJ), Hubbell (RA→RO).

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	14	Shawn Smith	8		Ferris State	finance
U	92	Bryan Neale	9	*	Indiana	sales consultant
DJ	28	Mark Hittner	26	*	Pittsburg State	investment broker
LJ	123	Mike Dolce	3	*	Grand Valley State	wealth management advisor
FJ	109	Dyrol Prioleau	16	*	Johnson C Smith	manager, law firm
SJ	18	Clay Reynard	3	Blakeman	California-Davis	customer service representative
BJ	105	Dino Paganelli	17	*	Aquinas College	educator
RO		Mike Wimmer	20	*	NYU	producer
RA		Sebrina Brunson	3	*	Florida Atlantic	case specialist

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	62	Ron Torbert	13		Michigan State	attorney
U	131	Mark Pellis	9	*	Allegheny	financial advisor
DJ	84	Max Causey	1	NA	Louisiana Tech	financial advisor
LJ	47	Tim Podraza	15	Corrente	Nebraska	business performance consultant
FJ	25	Ryan Dickson	6	*	Utah	commercial real estate developer
SJ	7	Keith Washington	15	*	Virginia Military Institute	program financial analyst
BJ	67	Tony Josselyn	5	*	Eastern Kentucky	probation officer
RO		Denise Crudup	3	Hussey	Wilmington	accounts payable analyst
RA		Gerald Frye	3	Boger	Gannon	veterinarian

• Position change: Crudup (RA→RO).

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			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	52	Bill Vinovich	17		San Diego	certified public accountant
U	49	Alex Moore	1	NA	St. Petersburg	compliance manager
DJ	91	Jerry Bergman	21	Cheffers	Robert Morris	sales executive
LJ	9	Mark Perlman	22	*	Salem	teacher
FJ	57	Joe Blubaugh	3	*	Pittsburg State	regional sales manager
SJ	86	Jimmy Buchanan	14	*	South Carolina State	food service director
BJ	82	Jimmy Russell	4	*	Pasco Hernando State	insurance agent
RO		Mark Butterworth	6	*	Walsh	non-profit COO
RA		Meddie Kalegi	2	Torbert†		telecommunications director

• ^†Kalegi hired in Preseason Week 3, 2021 to replace Chad Adams, who was promoted to replay official midseason.

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
R	4	Craig Wrolstad	20		Washington	athletic director
U	54	Steve Woods	6	*	Wabash	financial advisor
DJ	48	Jim Mello	19	*	Northeastern	facilities manager
LJ	37	Tripp Sutter	4	*	Nebraska	biopharmaceutical rep
FJ	60	Jeff Shears	1	NA	Denver	professor
SJ	21	Jeff Lamberth	21	*	Texas A&M	attorney
BJ	27	Grantis Bell	3	*	West Virginia	school counselor
RO		Kevin Stine	5	*	Alabama-Birmingham	regional sales manager
RA		Gavin Anderson	4	*	Green River	police officer

			Yrs	2021 crew	College	Occupation
U	102	Bruce Stritesky	17	Allen	Embry Riddle	airline pilot
FJ	116	Mike Weatherford	21	Novak	Oklahoma State	oil and gas business

• Weatherford can substitute on a crew as a field judge or side judge.