Brian Ernest

BACK_JUDGE · BIG 12back_judge · Big 12 · 47 games since 2022

Worked BAY 6–17 TCU in week 7.

Games since '22Games since '22

6 in 20266 in 2026

Flags / g 2026Flags / g · 2026

13.0

— · LG 12.7— pctl · league 12.7

Acc. yds / gAcc. yds / g

113

LG 111League 111

Judgment shareJudgment share

58%

LG 60%League 60%

Home cookingHome cooking · raw

+0.4

Raw · under 8 GNo read under 8 games

Late whistleLate whistle

—

Under 8 gamesUnder 8 games

Game lengthGame length

3:19

LG 3:24League 3:24

Flag profile

Per game · | = league

HoldingJ

2.5

False startP

2.4

Pass interferenceJ

1.3

OffsideP

0.6

Delay of gameP

0.6

Unsportsmanlike conductJ

0.5

Personal foulJ

0.5

J = judgment · P = procedural · + 0.1 other / g · Career, 47 G

Leans

Flags over expected / g

Non-Big 12 teams19 G · −0.8 to +0.3

−0.2noise

ACC teams3 G · raw, under 8 G

−1.3

Big Ten teams3 G · raw, under 8 G

+0.2

Iowa State7 G · raw, under 8 G

+0.4

Colorado6 G · raw, under 8 G

+0.5

0 LEANS IN 40 SPLITS · ~2 EXPECTED BY LUCK · + = OPPONENT FLAGGED MORE

Crew history

47 games

Crew history
Year	Crew · position	G	Flags/g
2026	Big 12 · back_judge	6	13.0
2025	Big 12 · back_judge	10	12.7
2024	Big 12 · back_judge	9	11.7
2023	Big 12 · back_judge	11	9.2
2022	Big 12 · back_judge	11	8.8

Replay reviews

Since 2025 · 16 G

Reviews, 1.0/g

56%

Overturned · 9

≈0.3 h

Of replay

Catch / no catch

6 · 3 OT

Fumble

3 · 1 OT

Broke the plane

3 · 2 OT

Spot

3 · 2 OT

Sideline

1 · 1 OT

Longest: ≈ 3:44, runner broke the plane upheld · 2025 wk 9, Kansas State at
Kansas

■ Overturned · review time = gap to next snap − game median

Flags / g = accepted penalties, games worked · Late whistle = 4th-q one-score judgment flags / play ÷ rest of game

Flags / g = accepted penalties · Home cooking = FOE on visitor − FOE on home, judgment flags only · Late whistle = 4th-q one-score judgment flags / play ÷ rest of game

Lean = pooled estimate whose 90% interval misses 0 with ≥ 8 G · shrunk toward 0 · judgment flags only · permutation luck check, 1,000 shuffles

Lean = pooled estimate whose 90% interval misses 0 with ≥ 8 G · shrunk toward 0 · luck check = 1,000 shuffles · source: school box scores · Updated Fri 9:58 AM ET

Source: school box scores · Updated Fri 9:58 AM ET