Jeff Triplette was born on March 12,1951 and is a former American football official in the National Football League from the 1996 season through the 2017 season.
14 Facts About Jeff Triplette
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Jeff Triplette was awarded the Bronze Star for actions in the Persian Gulf War while serving in the North Carolina Army National Guard.
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In January 2007, Triplette was named president and chief operating officer of FNC, Inc.
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From March 2013 to June 2019, Jeff Triplette served as president and CEO of ArbiterSports, creator of athletic event management software designed to assist in assigning officials to athletic events.
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Jeff Triplette joined the NFL as a field judge in 1996, then switched to back judge in 1998 after the NFL swapped position titles that season, and became a referee in 1999 after four-time Super Bowl referee Jerry Markbreit announced his retirement.
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Jeff Triplette was the alternate referee of Super Bowl XLI, which was held on February 4,2007, in Miami.
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On December 19,1999, Jeff Triplette accidentally hit the Cleveland Browns' Orlando Brown in the eye with a penalty flag weighed with ball bearings.
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Video shows that Jeff Triplette immediately apologized to Brown, who was then tended to by the medical staff.
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Brown attempted to rejoin the team on the field a few minutes later, but Jeff Triplette prevented him from entering for the next play per NFL rules which stipulate that if a player incurs an injury timeout he must sit out the next play.
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Jeff Triplette's reversal was based on footage of Green-Ellis near the goal line where he was clearly not touched, but he did not look at footage earlier in the play where there was contact.
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Jeff Triplette privately began discussing retirement from the NFL during the 2017 season.
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On March 6,2018, the league confirmed that Jeff Triplette would be leaving his position after a 22-year career.
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Jeff Triplette was added to the ESPN Monday Night Football broadcast team as a rules analyst in June 2018, replacing Gerald Austin.
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Jeff Triplette lasted one season in the role before ESPN replaced him with John Parry.