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Officiating crew ofShawn Smith

6 games in 2026. 13.3 accepted flags a game against a league average of 14.7 (16th most of 18 crews), 111.7 penalty yards, and 50% of the flags on the home team.

All crewsFlag Ledger
Shawn Smith, NFL refereePhoto: Brandon O'Connor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, croppedHOMEAWAY
Flags a game13.3league 14.7
Yards a game111.7league 118
Win prob. moved34 ptsleague 39
Late flags0.504th quarter, one-score games
TDs erased1touchdowns wiped by a flag
Game by game

Every game this crew worked

6 games, 13.3 accepted flags a game against a league average of 14.7.

Bottom line2 of 6 games above the league average; 50% of this crew's flags went against the home team.

How to read this chart
One bar = one game
as tall as the accepted flags in it; the number on top is the total, in yellow when it beats the league average.
Yellow and grey
yellow = flags against the home team, grey = against the away team; the small numbers inside are the split.
Dashed line
the league average, 14.7 flags a game. Under the bar: away @ home, week and final score. Tap a game to open it.
12avg 14.766@W3 · 35-141367@W4 · 24-361569@W5 · 22-341477@W6 · 33-301110@W7 · 35-1315510@W8 · 34-17
Against the league

What this crew calls

Defensive Holding×2.3
Delay of Game×1.3
Face Mask×1.3
Defensive Pass Interference×1.1
Illegal Shift×0.6
Illegal Contact×0.6
Offensive Pass Interference×0.7

Bottom lineTheir signature call: defensive holding, ×2.3 the league rate.

How to read this chart
One row per penalty type.
The center line is the league rate per game.
Bar to the right (×1.5, ×2.0…):
this crew calls it more often than the league; ×2.0 = twice as often.
Bar to the left (×0.5…):
calls it less often; ×0.5 = half as often. Few games, so treat single rows as hints, not proof.
On the field

The crew

  • Shawn SmithReferee
  • Dyrol PrioleauField Judge
  • Keith ParhamSide Judge
  • Jay BilboDown Judge
  • Dino PaganelliBack Judge · 5 of 6
  • Tra BlakeUmpire · 5 of 6
  • Jeff SeemanLine Judge · 4 of 6
The flag that mattered most

Biggest swing

15pts
Illegal Block Above the Waist on ARI, Week 4, Q3 12:40

(Shotgun) 19-J.Winston pass deep right intended for 9-I.Likely INTERCEPTED by 3-B.Baker at NYG 42. 3-B.Baker pushed ob at NYG 20 for 22 yards (19-J.Winston). PENALTY on ARI-31-W.Williams, Illegal Block Above the Waist, 10 yards, enforced at NYG 27.

The career · 2018 to today

Shawn Smith, every season

Regular season and playoffs since 2018, compared with each season's average and with the league. All referees since 1999

Bottom lineOver his career, Shawn Smith calls −0.1 flags a game below the season average; home teams won 51% of his games (league 56%).

How to read this chart
The tiles:
career totals: games, flags a game compared with each season's average (+ = more), how often the home team won and covered the spread, how often games went over the betting total, and the share of flags on the home team, each next to the league figure.
The bars:
one per season. Up (yellow) = he called more flags a game than the league did that year; down (blue) = fewer. Taller = further from average. Comparing with each year matters because flag rates change with the rules.
The four boxes below:
pass interference, holding, roughing and pre-snap fouls, per game above (+) or below (−) the season average.
Games since 20181348 playoff games · 1 Super Bowl
Flags vs the season−0.112.1 accepted flags a game
Home teams won51%league 56%
Home teams covered51%league 49%
Went over the total51%league 49%
Flags on the home team48%league 48%
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Pass interference+0.19a game vs the seasonHolding−0.25a game vs the seasonRoughing+0.25a game vs the seasonPre-snap fouls−0.04a game vs the season
Teams

Who they worked

Packers1 game · 6.0 flags a game againstFalcons1 game · 6.0 flags a game againstGiants1 game · 6.0 flags a game againstCardinals1 game · 7.0 flags a game againstSteelers1 game · 6.0 flags a game againstColts1 game · 9.0 flags a game againstRaiders1 game · 7.0 flags a game againstBills1 game · 7.0 flags a game againstRavens1 game · 10.0 flags a game againstBengals1 game · 1.0 flags a game againstSeahawks1 game · 5.0 flags a game againstBears1 game · 10.0 flags a game against