Who is Carl Cheffers, all about the referee to officiate Super Bowl 57 for the third time, know his salary and net worth
Carl Cheffers, a seasoned official, will be given the spotlight as the referee for his third Super Bowl in his career as the NFL selected its officiating crew for Super Bowl 57.
The biggest game of the NFL season will include plenty of him, so fans better are ready.
Who is Carl Cheffers Super Bowl 57 2023 referee, his salary, net worth, age, wife and stats
Who is Carl Cheffers?
Carl Cheffers, born on July 22, 1960, is an American football referee who has been working for the National Football League (NFL) since the 2000 NFL season. He is currently 62 years old.
Cheffers is married to Nanette and has two kids, a son and a daughter. Cheffers’ father was a Pacific-10 Conference official for football as well (Pac-10).
Cheffers makes in the region of $205,000 per year in the NFL with his net worth at $2 million in 2023.
The penalties that Cheffers’ team calls are frequent. In fact, according to NFLpenalties.com, during the 2022 NFL season, they led the league in penalties committed per game, averaging a staggering 12.59 flags. Only two other crews—Scott Novak (12.06) and Tra Blake (12.56)—averaged more than 12 flags per game.
For Cheffers, this is a long-term trend as well. Throughout his stint in the NFL, his team has frequently been among the league leaders in penalties called per game.
In the past ten years, Cheffers’ team has three times averaged the most penalties each game. That covers each of the last two seasons. In that category since 2013, he has only finished lower than fifth place three times.
| Year | Penalties per game | Rank |
| 2022 | 12.59 | 1st |
| 2021 | 13.94 | 1st |
| 2020 | 12.29 | 3rd |
| 2019 | 13.31 | 11th |
| 2018 | 14.38 | 5th |
| 2017 | 14.67 | 2nd |
| 2016 | 12.78 | 11th |
| 2015 | 15.63 | 2nd |
| 2014 | 15.75 | 1st |
| 2013 | 12.75 | 7th |
It is logical to assume that the Super Bowl this year will be officiated more strictly than normal as a result.
Given that Ron Torbert, increase, was from a crew that called the second-fewest penalties in the league overall during the regular season, Cheffers’ presence should increase penalties.
An average of 11.4 penalties were called each game throughout the last-second Bowls. In his two prior Super Bowl appearances (Super Bowl 51 and Super Bowl 55, penalties), Cheffers called 13 and 15 penalties, which were the second and fourth-highest marks in the previous 10 Super Bowls.
| Super Bowl | Referee | Total Penalties |
| 56 | Ron Torbert | 6 |
| 55 | Carl Cheffers | 15 |
| 54 | Bill Vinovich | 9 |
| 53 | John Parry | 12 |
| 52 | Gene Steratore | 7 |
| 51 | Carl Cheffers | 13 |
| 50 | Clete Blakeman | 18 |
| 49 | Bill Vinovich | 12 |
| 48 | Terry McAulay | 15 |
| 47 | Jerome Boger | 7 |
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