The National Football League is losing a prominent referee heading into the 2025 season. One of the NFL's longest tenured referees is choosing to call it a career heading into the 2025 season.

Paganelli, 65, was a full-time umpire in the NFL for the last 25 seasons, working under some of the most revered referees in league history including Gene Steratore, Ron Torbert, Phil Luckett, and ...

Umpire Carl Paganelli has retired from the NFL after 25 seasons, Mark Schultz of Football Zebras reports.. The NFL hired Paganelli in 1999 as an umpire, a position he kept his entire career. He ...