Terry Killens
No. 50, 56, 52
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1974-03-24) March 24, 1974 (age 49)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Career information
High school:Cincinnati (OH) Purcell Marian
College:Penn State
NFL Draft:1996 / Round: 3 / Pick: 74
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:31
Sacks:1
Player stats at NFL.com

Terry Deleon Killens (born March 24, 1974) is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft.[1] In 1999, the Titans made it to Super Bowl XXXIV in which Killens appeared as a substitute,[2] however they lost to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams.

Killens has been a football official since at least 2013, working in the American Athletic Conference.[3] As of March 2019, Killens was also an official in the Alliance of American Football, working as an umpire on the crew led by referee Tra Blake.[3]

It was announced in April 2019 that Killens would be joining the NFL officiating staff for the 2019 season, and is wearing uniform number 77, which was previously worn by three-time Super Bowl referee Terry McAulay (and before that, Mike Pereira). Killens will work at the umpire position, as he did in the American Athletic Conference and Alliance of American Football.[4][5]

Killens will become the first person to both play in and officiate a Super Bowl, after being named the umpire for Super Bowl LVIII in 2024.[6]

References

  1. ^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  2. ^ "Super Bowl XXXIV Team Rosters". sportspool.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  3. ^ a b Austro, Ben (February 7, 2019). "Officiating crews for the 2019 AAF season". footballzebras.com. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  4. ^ Filipe, Cameron (2019-04-17). "6 officials join the NFL officiating roster for the 2019 season". Football Zebras. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  5. ^ "Two former NFL players discuss path to becoming referees". NFL. 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  6. ^ Smith, Michael David (23 January 2024). "Terry Killens becomes the first person to both play in and officiate a Super Bowl". nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved 23 January 2024.


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