Carl Cheffers

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Carl Cheffers is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since the 2000 NFL season, who wears uniform number 51.[1]

[edit] Personal

Carl Cheffers is married to Nanette, and have two children, Ben and Melissa.[2] He resides in Whittier, California.[2] Carl Cheffer's father also was a football official and worked in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10).[1][2]

[edit] Officiating career

As a college student, Cheffers became interested in officiating through his father, and decided to work intramural sports to make additional income.[1] Enjoying the experience of student sports, he sought assistance from his father to officiate high school football games to begin a career.[1] Starting in 1980, he worked several high school playoff games, and two high school championship games.[1] By 1995, Cheffers began officiating in the Pac-10 where he worked for five seasons before being hired by the NFL.[2] During this time, he also worked in the Western Athletic Conference.[2]

Since entering the NFL, Cheffers has worked as a side judge, most recently on the crew headed by referee Larry Nemmers.[3] Cheffers was promoted to referee (crew chief) beginning with the 2008 NFL season following the retirement of Nemmers and referee Gerald Austin.[3]

In his promotion to referee, NFL officiating director Mike Pereira said of Cheffers, "Carl has been extremely successful on the field as a side judge. He is very knowledgeable of the rules, a good rules guy. Strong presence. He was part of Larry Nemmers' crew and he was clearly a crew leader. When we first saw Carl, we saw referee experience from him even though he had refereed basically at the small-college level."

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Carl Cheffers, officiating among NFL and NFL Europa", National Football League Italy, 2006-12-03. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. 
  2. ^ a b c d e Carl Cheffers - NFL. Football Official's Camp. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
  3. ^ a b Sando, Mike. "NFL promotes Cheffers, Riveron to referee", ESPN, 2008-04-01. Retrieved on 2008-04-28. 
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