Cincinnati native to make history as part of Super Bowl officiating crew

RIGHT HERE ON WLWT NOW. WHEN THE SUPER BOWL IS PLAYED TWO WEEKS FROM SUNDAY, A LOCAL MAN WILL MAKE HISTORY. MIKE DARDIS HAS MORE ON THE MASON MAN WHO WILL BE ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. MIKE ASHLEY’S NAME IS TERRY KILLENS AND HE’S ABOUT TO BECOME THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO PLAY IN A SUPER BOWL AND THEN REFEREE IN A SUPER BOWL, AND HE GOT HIS START RIGHT HERE IN THE AREA. GRADUATING FROM PURCELL MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN THE EARLY 90S, WHERE HE WAS A STAR LINEBACKER, TERRY PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN THE GCL, MEAN BIG TEN CHAMPION, WENT OFF TO GET DRAFTED NFL SUPER BOWL PARTICIPANT IN 2000. THEN HERE WE ARE, 2024. HE’S GOING TO BE A REF IN ONE OF THE GAMES HE’S PLAYED IN. ARE YOU? SO I SPENT SOME TIME TODAY WITH PURCELL MARION CO ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JAMAR MOSLEY. THAT’S TERRY’S JERSEY. WHEN HE PLAYED FOR THE TITANS SUPER BOWL 34 THEY LOST TO THE RAMS AND THE FAMOUS ENDING WHEN THEY FELL A YARD SHORT OF FORCING OVERTIME ON THE GAME’S FINAL PLAY. HE WAS IN THE NFL FOR SEVEN SEASONS, THEN YEARS LATER, HE BECAME AN NFL REFEREE. IN 2019, AND HE WILL BE THE UMPIRE FOR THE BIG GAME. FEBRUARY 11TH IN LAS VEGAS, MAKING HISTORY AND GIVING STUDENTS AT HIS ALMA MATER HERE IN CINCINNATI SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. OUR CURRENT STUDENTS WOULD JUST SAY, HEY, HE SAT IN THOSE SAME SEATS THAT THAT I’M SITTING IN NOW. SO HE WENT OFF TO PLAY IN THE NFL. THEN AFTER THE NFL, HE JUST WENT OFF AND BECAME A REFEREE. AND THEN I LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT JUST SERVES AS A HUGE INSPIRATION THAT IF HE CAN DO WHAT I CAN DO IT. TERRY NOW WORKS FOR THE CITY OF MASON AS PART OF A CAMPUS SAFETY PROGRAM THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WORKING IN ALL OF THE MASON SCHOOLS OUT THERE. BUT HE IS NOW THE ANSWER TO A SPORTS TRIVIA QUESTION WHO IS THE ONLY PERSON EVER TO PLAY IN A SUPER BOWL AND REFEREE ONE AS WELL? PRETTY SPECIAL STUFF. AND YOU PROBABLY WANT TO HEAR FROM TERRY KILLENS ABOUT THE MILESTONE. I DO TOO. TERRY AND I HAVE BEEN TEXTING BACK AND FORTH FOR THE LAST COUPLE DAYS. THE NFL WILL NOT LET ANY OFFICIALS SPEAK WITH THE MEDIA BEFORE THE BIG GAME, EVEN FOR A FUN FEATURE LIKE THIS ONE. SO WE’RE GOING TO CATCH UP WITH TERRY AFTER THE SUPER BOWL. I TOLD HIM, NFL, I’M NOT GOING TO ASK CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS. I’M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE HOLDIN

A Cincinnati former football player is set to make history in next month's Super Bowl.On Tuesday, the NFL announced the officiating crew for this year's big game, which includes Terry Killens as umpire. A Cincinnati native and Purcell Marian High School graduate, it will be the first Super Bowl he's worked, and he is one of four first-time Super Bowl officials.But, this won't be Killens' first time on a Super Bowl field: As a member of the 1999 Tennessee Titans, Killens was a backup linebacker and was part of the Super Bowl XXXIV runners-up.He made a tackle on special teams in the game.With his naming to the officiating crew, Killens will become the first person to ever both play in and officiate a Super Bowl.Killens was drafted by the Titans franchise — back when they were the Houston Oilers — in 1996 out of Penn State and spent five years with the organization.He also played for part of two years with the San Francisco 49ers and appeared in three games for the Seattle Seahawks.According to Pro Football Talk, Killens spent time officiating in the American Athletic Conference and in the now-defunct Alliance of American Football before becoming an NFL official. In 2016, as part of the NFL's celebration of the 50th Super Bowl, high schools with a graduate who had played in a Super Bowl were gifted a special golden football. Purcell Marion received two, in honor of both Killens and Roger Staubach.

A Cincinnati former football player is set to make history in next month's Super Bowl.

On Tuesday, the NFL announced the officiating crew for this year's big game, which includes Terry Killens as umpire. A Cincinnati native and Purcell Marian High School graduate, it will be the first Super Bowl he's worked, and he is one of four first-time Super Bowl officials.

The Super Bowl LVIII officiating crew:
— NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps)

But, this won't be Killens' first time on a Super Bowl field: As a member of the 1999 Tennessee Titans, Killens was a backup linebacker and was part of the Super Bowl XXXIV runners-up.

He made a tackle on special teams in the game.

With his naming to the officiating crew, Killens will become the first person to ever both play in and officiate a Super Bowl.

Killens was drafted by the Titans franchise — back when they were the Houston Oilers — in 1996 out of Penn State and spent five years with the organization.

He also played for part of two years with the San Francisco 49ers and appeared in three games for the Seattle Seahawks.

, Killens spent time officiating in the American Athletic Conference and in the now-defunct Alliance of American Football before becoming an NFL official.

In 2016, as part of the NFL's celebration of the 50th Super Bowl, . Purcell Marion received two, in honor of both Killens and Roger Staubach.

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