With the NFL, he worked as a side judge under legendary referee Larry Nemmers. In 2008, he received a promotion and became a referee (crew chief). "Carl has been extremely successful on the field as a side judge," said NFL officiating director Mike Pereira after the promotion, quoted by the American Football Database. "He is very knowledgeable of the rules, a good rules guy. Strong presence."
In 2010, Cheffers faced some flack when he struggled to describe several fourth quarter penalties in a game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans, according to Yahoo! Sports. "To be clear, there were three fouls on the play, and they offset each other — unnecessary roughness calls against Dallas linebacker Leon Williams and Houston linebacker Kevin Bentley, and holding on Dallas long-snapper L.P. LaDoucer," wrote Doug Farrar in the article. "It's tough to keep that all straight in the heat of an important NFL game, so we'll give Cheffers a break on that one."
Other officials include Fred Bryan (umpire), Sarah Thomas (down judge and the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl game), Rusty Baynes (line judge), James Coleman (field judge), Eugene Hall (side judge), Dino Paganelli (back judge) and Mike Wimmer (replay official). Super Bowl LV occurs on February 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL, pitting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Carl Cheffers, who wears No. 51, currently lives in Whittier, CA, with his wife, Nanette, and two children.
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