Carl Cheffers

Referee, 11 seasons in our data (2016 to 2026), 170 games.

Next game: Buccaneers at Panthers, Sunday, Oct 25, 12:00 PM CT. Assignment from Football Zebras.

Flags a game

12.9

NFL 12.4, same seasons

Penalty yards a game

109.3

NFL 104.2, same seasons

On the home team / away team

6.3 / 6.7

NFL 6.0 / 6.4, same seasons

Home teams in his games

103-66-1 (61%)

NFL 55%, same seasons

Season by season

Season	Games	Flags / game	Yards / game	On home	On away	Home teams	Points / game
2026	4	15.8 +0.6	127.3	7.3	8.5	4-0	42.5
2025	17	14.2 +1.7	109.3	6.5	7.8	10-7	48.8
2024	16	10.6 -2.2	83.3	4.6	5.9	12-4	47.4
2023	17	10.1 -1.3	88.2	5.0	5.1	10-7	40.8
2022	18	12.4 +1.3	106.4	5.7	6.7	10-8	44.2
2021	16	14.2 +2.5	127.9	7.5	6.7	9-7	50.1
2020	17	12.5 +1.4	104.1	5.3	7.2	8-9	44.5
2019	16	13.3 -0.1	119.6	7.2	6.1	9-7	46.3
2018	16	14.4 +1.0	118.9	7.9	6.5	13-3	43.5
2017	15	14.7 +1.5	125.1	7.2	7.5	8-7	41.5
2016	18	12.8 -0.5	108.4	6.1	6.7	10-7-1	45.2

The small number after flags a game is the difference from the NFL average that season.

Penalty	A game	NFL	Difference
Offensive Holding	2.64	2.41	+10%
False Start	2.18	2.20	-1%
Defensive Pass Interference	1.07	1.03	+4%
Defensive Holding	0.77	0.75	+2%
Defensive Offside	0.71	0.57	+24%
Unnecessary Roughness	0.62	0.66	-6%
Delay of Game	0.61	0.55	+9%
Illegal Block Above the Waist	0.43	0.37	+16%
Roughing the Passer	0.43	0.40	+6%
Neutral Zone Infraction	0.41	0.44	-7%