Robert Smith Jr.

BACK_JUDGE · BIG TENback_judge · Big Ten · 39 games since 2022

Worked MSU 37–38 ILL in week 6.

Games since '22Games since '22

6 in 20266 in 2026

Flags / g 2026Flags / g · 2026

13.7

— · 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

+0.3

Raw · under 8 GNo read under 8 games

Late whistleLate whistle

—

Under 8 gamesUnder 8 games

Game lengthGame length

3:22

LG 3:24League 3:24

Flag profile

Per game · | = league

False startP

2.3

HoldingJ

2.2

Pass interferenceJ

1.5

OffsideP

0.8

Delay of gameP

0.7

Personal foulJ

0.7

Unsportsmanlike conductJ

0.5

J = judgment · P = procedural · + 0.0 other / g · Career, 39 G

Leans

Flags over expected / g

Non-Big Ten teams14 G · −0.9 to +0.3

−0.3noise

ACC teams3 G · raw, under 8 G

−0.5

MAC teams3 G · raw, under 8 G

−0.3

Illinois8 G · −0.6 to +0.3

−0.1noise

Wisconsin6 G · raw, under 8 G

+1.0

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

Crew history

39 games

Crew history
Year	Crew · position	G	Flags/g
2026	Big Ten · back_judge	6	13.7
2025	Big Ten · back_judge	11	9.5
2024	Big Ten · back_judge	9	11.3
2023	Big Ten · back_judge	6	11.7
2022	Big Ten · back_judge	7	10.0

Replay reviews

Since 2025 · 17 G

Reviews, 0.8/g

43%

Overturned · 6

≈0.3 h

Of replay

Spot

5 · 1 OT

Broke the plane

4 · 2 OT

Catch / no catch

2 · 1 OT

Fumble

2 · 1 OT

Runner down

1 · 1 OT

Longest: ≈ 3:03, first down upheld · 2025 wk 13, Washington at
UCLA

■ 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 10:09 AM ET

Source: school box scores · Updated Fri 10:09 AM ET