adrian hill facts
64. This week’s referee is Adrian Hill, who is one of three rookie referees this season. Houston first had Hill on Sept. 29, 2019, when they lost 16-10 to the Carolina Panthers. Houston also had more penalties: 7/81 to 6/35.
65. The Broncos were in the first game Hill refereed this season, Sept. 15, 2019. The Chicago Bears beat Denver 16-14. Denver also had more penalties: 10/81 to 7/65.
66. Hill is tied for the third-lowest home team winning percentage in the NFL:
Alex Kemp: .667
Brad Allen: .636
Carl Cheffers: .636
John Hussey: .636
Ron Torbert: .636
Clete Blakeman: .546
Tony Corrente: .546
Scott Novak: .500
Jerome Boger: .500
Walt Anderson: .500
Shawn Smith: .500
Brad Rogers: .455
Bill Vinovich: .455
Craig Wrolstad: .455
Adrian Hill: .455
Shawn Hochuli: .364
Clay Martin: .333
67. Hill is in the middle in terms of percentage of home teams having fewer penalties:
Scott Novak: .833
Clay Martin: .667
Clete Blakeman: .636
Tony Corrente: .636
Shawn Smith: .583
Alex Kemp: .583
John Hussey: .546
Brad Rogers: .546
Ron Torbert: .546
Craig Wrolstad: .546
Brad Allen: .546
Adrian Hill: .546
Jerome Boger: .500
Bill Vinovich: .455
Walt Anderson: .417
Carl Cheffers: .364
Shawn Hochuli: .364
68. Hill’s games feature the third-highest sacks per game:
Vinovich: 6.8
Smith: 6.5
Hill: 6.4
Anderson; 6.3
Allen: 5.6
Corrente: 5.6
Kemp: 5.5
Martin: 5.3
Boger: 5.2
Cheffers: 5.2
Rogers: 5.0
Novak: 4.8
Wrolstad: 4.4
Blakeman: 4.2
Hussey: 4.1
Torbert : 4.1
Hochuli: 3.5
69. Hill is in the middle in terms of offensive holding penalties:
Cheffers: 4.9
Torbert: 4.1
Rogers: 3.7
Corrente: 3.6
Anderson: 3.5
Hochuli: 3.4
Kemp: 3.4
Boger: 3.3
Hill: 3.3
Allen: 3.2
Wrolstad: 3.1
Blakeman: 3
Smith: 2.7
Martin: 2.5
Novak: 2.3
Hussey: 2.1
Vinovich: 1.7
70. The Texans challenged Hill in Week 4 and lost.
71. Hill is also in the middle in terms of challenge overturn rate:
Blakeman: .692 (9/13)
Kemp: .600 (6/1)
Novak: .546 (6/11)
Cheffers: .500 (3/6)
Smith: .429 (3/7)
Torbert : .429 (3/7)
Vinovich: .429 (6/14)
Anderson: .429 (6/14)
Corrente: .375 (3/8)
Hill: .375 (3/8)
Hussey: .364 (4/11)
Boger: .333 (3/9)
Rogers: .250 (2/8)
Allen: .214 (3/14)
Martin: .154 (2/13)
Hochuli: .143 (1/7)
Wrolstad: .100 (1/10)
72. Hill has actually overturned the call on the field related to pass interference:
Cheffers: 1.000 (1/1)
Anderson: .400 (2/5)
Vinovich: .400 (2/5)
Hill: .333 (1/3)
Kemp: .200 (1/5)
Blakeman; .000 (0/2)
Boger: .000 (0/2)
Novak: .000 (0/2)
Smith: .000 (0/2)
Torbert : .000 (0/3)
Corrente: .000 (0/3)
Hussey; .000 (0/3)
Wrolstad: .000 (0/4)
Hochuli: .000 (0/4)
Rogers: .000 (0/4)
Allen: .000 (0/8)
Martin: .000 (0/8)
73. Hill is 1/3 rookie referees this season alongside Brad Rogers and Scott Novak. Last season, there were four rookie referees: Shawn Hochuli, Shawn Smith, Alex Kemp, and Clay Martin.
74. Hill is a software engineer in his non-football life.
75. Hill first got started officiating Conference USA games.