On Sunday, NFL referee Carl Paganelli was a part of the crew officiating the game between the Carolina Panthers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Of course, injuries are a very normal part of a football game, but usually it involves the players. However, Paganelli was involved in a very scary collision with a player on Tampa Bay.
It was unintentional, and it happened after he caught a call after a punt. According to Nick Carboni of WCNC, he accidentally got hit and was immediately seen in pain from an apparent leg injury.
There has not been any confirmation of it being too serious, but Paganelli still needed to be carted off the field.
Official Carl Paganelli appears to be doing fine after being carted off the field 🙏 pic.twitter.com/sKgWocJwud
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) December 1, 2024
Luckily, there haven’t been any negative repercussions for the officiating crew, even though they were down a man.
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Carl Paganelli Has Benn Working Since 1999
Paganelli’s first NFL season as an umpire was in 1999, and he has now umpired 398 games.
Of those games, 21 have come in the playoffs. He has also been the only official to work in four different Super Bowls since 2000.
Those four Super Bowls came in 2004, 2006, 2011, and 2013.
