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Ronald Torbert is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since the 2010 NFL season. He wears uniform number 62, worn previously by line judge Chuck Stewart, side judge DuWayne Gandy and umpire Gerry Hart.

A graduate of Michigan State University and Harvard Law School, Torbert began his NFL officiating career in 2010 as a side judge, then became a referee for the 2014 NFL season after Scott Green and Ron Winter announced their retirements. Torbert is one of only seven African-American referees in NFL history, after Johnny Grier, Mike Carey, Jerome Boger and Don Carey, and preceding Shawn Smith and Adrian Hill.

Ron was the alternate referee for Super Bowl LIII. He is also featured in the NFL 100 year anniversary video that aired during the same Super Bowl.

On January 25th, 2022, the NFL named him as the referee for Super Bowl LVI.

Outside of his NFL officiating duties, Torbert is an attorney, as is fellow referee Clete Blakeman.

2021 Crew:

v t e Active NFL referees
1 Scott Novak 3 Tra Blake 4 Craig Wrolstad 14 Shawn Smith 19 Clay Martin 29 Adrian Hill 34 Clete Blakeman 35 John Hussey 51 Carl Cheffers 52 Bill Vinovich 55 Alex Kemp 62 Ronald Torbert 76 Alan Eck 83 Shawn Hochuli 122 Brad Allen 126 Brad Rogers 130 Land Clark