Mark Perlman

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Mark Perlman

Mark Perlman is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since the 2000 NFL season. He is a line judge and wears the uniform number 9. This number was also worn by legendary referee, Jerry Markbreit from 1976 to 1999, who ironically started in the league as a line judge. During his career, Perlman has officiated Super Bowl XL in 2006.

Perlman played high school football as a tight end for Tom’s River High School in New Jersey and later was a wide receiver at Salem College in West Virginia.

In 1979, Perlman began his officiating football, basketball, softball, and baseball games in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In 1990, Perlman was hired by the Big West Conference (Division I-A) and was selected to officiate in the Las Vegas Bowl in 1994. Additional bowl games include the 1998 Cotton Bowl and 1999 Gator Bowl. In 2000, Perlman was hired as a line judge in the NFL and has worked playoff games in every year of eligibility, which includes the 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 seasons. Perlman was on medical leave during the 2002 NFL season.

Perlman was selected as the line judge for the Super Bowl XL officiating crew headed by referee Bill Leavy. The game was most notable for the media and fan reaction to the officiating.

For the 2006 NFL season, Perlman is a line judge on the officiating crew headed by referee Mike Carey.