Talking with Nate Jones: NFL Player turned Official

Ross Tucker Football Podcast: Daily NFL Podcast

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🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Ross is joined by former NFL defensive back turned official Nate Jones to break down his unlikely path from player to referee in just six years, the love-hate relationship between officials and replay technology, and his honest assessment of what replacement officials would face trying to make the jump from college to the NFL rulebook. Nate Jones Interview: 1:55 NFL New & Notes: 24:50 Download the DraftKings Sports Book App and use code ROSS Connect with the Pod Website - https://www.rosstucker.com Become A Patron - https://www.patreon.com/RTMedia Podcast Twitter - https://twitter.com/RossTuckerPod Podcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rosstuckerpod/ Ross Twitter - https://twitter.com/RossTuckerNFL Ross Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rosstuckernfl/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:19.7	You're listening to Draft Kings Network.
0:26.5	That is the hardest part.
0:28.4	The rules are difficult.
0:30.5	Ross, I can promise you, we as players, we don't know half the things we think we know.
0:35.7	So knowing that whole rulebook from front to back is a challenge.
0:39.2	You're tuned in to the Ross Tucker Football Podcast, guiding your gridiron journey,
0:43.9	none other than your host, former NFL lineman, Ross Tucker.
0:52.2	Oh, yeah, it is.
0:55.0	But it's not just any Ross Tucker football podcast.
0:59.8	It is a tuckheads Tuesday.
1:02.5	How about today's guest?
1:04.3	What an incredible story.
1:06.7	Nate Jones, former DB in the NFL for a long time, turned official.
1:14.4	I got a chance to hang out with Nate at the broadcast and media workshop.
1:18.7	Very smart of him, by the way, to be looking ahead to that possibility, perhaps at some point
1:25.2	in his career.
1:26.1	I mean, very smart. And there's a lot going on with
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