Jerome Boger

Jerome Leonard Boger ( ; born July 1, 1955) He has worn uniform number 23 since 2006; before that, he wore uniform number 109. He started in the league as a line judge and was promoted to referee in 2006 after two seasons. Realizing that he did not have the elite football skills to make it on a professional level, he decided to get into officiating, allowing him to stay close to the game. and currently is an NFL official working as a line judge.

Boger resides in Conyers, Georgia.

Boger served as referee for a game between the Dallas Cowboys and Tennessee Titans during the season. In the third quarter of the game, Titans' defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth was ejected for stomping on the head of Cowboys offensive lineman Andre Gurode. Haynesworth received a five-game suspension as a result of the incident, the longest suspension for an on-field incident in NFL history at the time.

Boger also served as referee in 2006 in a Monday Night game where the Chicago Bears defeated the Arizona Cardinals in one of the greatest comebacks in league history.

Boger was chosen to be the referee of Super Bowl XLVII, held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on February 3, 2013, only the second African-American to do so behind Mike Carey five years earlier. This caused several other NFL officials to question the leagues' officiating department's grading process, claiming that all of Boger's downgrades during the season were reversed. He was also the alternate referee of Super Bowl XLV, which was held on February 6, 2011, in Arlington, Texas.

Retirement On March 2, 2023, Boger announced his retirement from officiating in the NFL.