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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born | March 24, 1974 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Purcell Marian (Cincinnati, Ohio) | ||||||||
| College | Penn State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1996: 3rd round, 74th overall pick | ||||||||
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Terry Deleon Killens (born March 24, 1974) is an American football official and former linebacker. He played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted in the third round of the 1996 NFL draft. [1] In the 1999 season, the Titans made it to Super Bowl XXXIV, in which Killens appeared as a substitute; [2] however, they lost to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams. [3]
Killens has been a football official since at least 2013, working in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). [4] In 2019, Killens was also an official in the Alliance of American Football (AAF), working as an umpire on the crew led by referee Tra Blake. [4]
It was announced in April 2019 that Killens would be joining the NFL officiating staff for the 2019 season. He wears uniform number 77, which was previously worn by three-time Super Bowl referee Terry McAulay (and before that, Mike Pereira). Killens works at the umpire position, as he did in the AAC and AAF. [5] [6]
Killens was the umpire for Super Bowl LVIII in 2024, making him the first person to both play in and officiate a Super Bowl. [7] [3]