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On April 8, 2015, Thomas was hired as the first full-time female official in NFL history, [note 1] and for the 2020 NFL season, she was on the officiating crew headed by referee Shawn Hochuli. [4] She wears uniform number 53. In January 2021, she became the first woman to earn an on-field assignment for an NFL playoff game.
Note: Years listed refer to season the official began or ended career in the NFL. At the start of the 1998 season, the NFL switched position titles of back judge and field judge. Prior to 1998, the field judge was the deep official in the center of the field, and the back judge was deep on the sideline.
Maia Chaka 1981 or 1982 (age 42–43) [1] is a former official in the National Football League (NFL). She wore uniform number 100. She was the first black woman hired by the NFL as an on-field official. [2] [3] The native of Rochester, New York [4] became the league's third female on-field official after Shannon Eastin and Sarah Thomas.
Sarah Thomas is at the top of her game. The NFL referee will make history once again when she officiates Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7, becoming the first female to do so. "Being selected for this year ...
The NFL has hired Maia Chaka as the first Black female official in league history. “I am honored to be selected as an NFL official,” Chaka said. Chaka enters the NFL after working in the Pac ...
Maia Chaka, 38, will become the NFL's first Black female official and the league's second-ever female official.
Shannon Eastin (born 1970) [1] is a former NFL official; she was the first female official of the National Football League (NFL). She has spent 16 combined seasons officiating for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, high school games, and for the Arizona Cardinals Red and White game.
The NFL has hired Maia Chaka, a teacher from Virginia, as its first Black female official