Clete Blakeman | |
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.jpg) Clete Blakeman at Super Bowl 50 | |
| Born | Cletus W. Blakeman June 23, 1964 Blair, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Education | University of Nebraska |
| Occupation(s) | NFL official, attorney |
Cletus W. Blakeman (born June 23, 1964)[1] is an American professional football official in the National Football League (NFL). His uniform number is 34. He played college football at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Outside of his work as an NFL official, he is a partner and personal injury attorney in the law firm of Carlson Blakeman LLP in Omaha, Nebraska.[2]
Blakeman began his American football officiating career in the Big 12 Conference, moving to the NFL in 2008 as a field judge for the first two seasons of his pro football officiating career, and subsequently refereeing for the 2010 NFL season, after Don Carey returned to the back judge position.[3]
Selected in 2013 as the alternate referee for Super Bowl XLVIII, Blakeman officiated Super Bowl 50 in 2016.[4]
- ^ "Cletus W. Blakeman". MoreLaw. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
- ^ Carlson Blakeman Attorneys at Law
- ^ Ex-Husker QB promoted to referee after two years in NFL
- ^ Austro, Ben (January 20, 2016). "Clete Blakeman is referee for Super Bowl 50". Football Zebras. Retrieved March 26, 2019.