BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Former Illinois Wesleyan football player Doug Rosenbaum (class of 1980) has been selected to serve as the field judge on the officiating crew for the Super Bowl LI game on Sunday, Feb. 5, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

It is the second Super Bowl assignment for Rosenbaum, who was also the field judge for the 2011 game between Pittsburgh and Green Bay (Super Bowl LV). A National Football League official since 2001, he was previously an alternate for the Super Bowl and has worked three wild card playoff games and one conference title game.
In 1996, Rosenbaum was an official at the Grey Cup, the Canadian Football League Super Bowl and, at the end of the 2000 season, he officiated in the national collegiate championship game between Oklahoma and Florida State at the Orange Bowl.

The NFL released the names of the crew on Wednesday. Jan. 18. Go here to see ESPN story. The NFL awards spots in the Super Bowl to officials with at least five years experience who grade out the best over the season.
 

Doug Rosenbaum was an IWU defensive back

The referee will be Carl Cheffers, joined by umpire Dan Ferrell, head linesman Kent Payne, line judge Jeff Seeman, side judge Dyrol Prioleau and back judge Todd Prukop. Cheffers, Ferrell, Prioleau and Prukop are working their first Super Bowl.

A football and track standout at Normal (Ill.) Community High School, Rosenbaum was a defensive back at Illinois Wesleyan, where he returned kickoffs and punts and had six career interceptions.

After college, as a teacher and coach at Champaign Central High School, Rosenbaum, began officiating high school football in that area. Next came college games, starting in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin and, coincidentally, his first assignment was at IWU in September 1989.
He eventually moved up to be on the Big Ten roster of officials and also officiated in both the indoor Arena League as well as in Europe, where the NFL had started a developmental league.