Kris Van Meter

HEAD_LINE_JUDGE · BIG TENhead_line_judge · Big Ten · 44 games since 2022

Worked PUR 26–38 WASH in week 7.

Games since '22Games since '22

6 in 20266 in 2026

Flags / g 2026Flags / g · 2026

15.0

— · LG 12.7— pctl · league 12.7

Acc. yds / gAcc. yds / g

116

LG 111League 111

Judgment shareJudgment share

57%

LG 60%League 60%

Home cookingHome cooking · raw

+0.1

Raw · under 8 GNo read under 8 games

Late whistleLate whistle

—

Under 8 gamesUnder 8 games

Game lengthGame length

3:23

LG 3:24League 3:24

Flag profile

Per game · | = league

False startP

1.9

HoldingJ

1.6

Pass interferenceJ

1.2

Personal foulJ

0.7

OffsideP

0.6

Face maskJ

0.6

Unsportsmanlike conductJ

0.6

J = judgment · P = procedural · + 0.1 other / g · Career, 44 G

Leans

Flags over expected / g

Non-Big Ten teams16 G · −0.9 to +0.3

−0.3noise

American teams5 G · raw, under 8 G

+0.1

MAC teams4 G · raw, under 8 G

−1.0

Rutgers7 G · raw, under 8 G

−0.4

Ohio State6 G · raw, under 8 G

−1.1

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

Crew history

44 games

Crew history
Year	Crew · position	G	Flags/g
2026	Big Ten · head_line_judge	6	15.0
2025	Big Ten · head_line_judge	11	7.7
2024	Big Ten · head_line_judge	9	7.4
2023	Big Ten · head_line_judge	9	10.1
2022	Big Ten · head_line_judge	9	8.4

Replay reviews

Since 2025 · 17 G

Reviews, 0.9/g

56%

Overturned · 9

≈0.3 h

Of replay

Catch / no catch

3 · 2 OT

Sideline

3 · 1 OT

Spot

3 · 2 OT

Fumble

2 · 1 OT

Broke the plane

2 · 1 OT

Penalty

1 · 1 OT

Runner down

1 · 1 OT

Targeting

1 · 0 OT

Longest: ≈ 3:58, runner was inbounds upheld · 2026 wk 4, Northwestern at
Indiana

■ 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 10:07 AM ET

Source: school box scores · Updated Fri 10:07 AM ET