:Terry Killens

{{Short description|American football player and official (born 1974)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Terry Killens

| number = 50, 56, 52

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|3|24}}

| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 235

| high_school = Purcell Marian
(Cincinnati, Ohio)

| college = Penn State

| draftyear = 1996

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 74

| pastteams =

• Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|1996|2000}})
• San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|2001}})
• Denver Broncos (2002)*
• Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|2002}})
• San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|2003}})*

| highlights =

• Second-team All-Big Ten (1995)

| statlabel1 = Tackles

| statvalue1 = 83

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 1.0

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = KillTe20

}}

Terry Deleon Killens (born March 24, 1974) is an American football official and former linebacker. He played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted in the third round of the 1996 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1996 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1996/draft.htm |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} In the 1999 season, the Titans made it to Super Bowl XXXIV, in which Killens appeared as a substitute;{{cite news

|url=http://www.sportspool.com/football/super_bowl/Superbowl_XXXIV_roster.php

|title=Super Bowl XXXIV Team Rosters

|publisher=sportspool.com

|accessdate=April 13, 2012}} however, they lost to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams.

Killens has been a football official since at least 2013, working in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). In 2019, Killens was also an official in the Alliance of American Football (AAF), working as an umpire on the crew led by referee Tra Blake.{{cite web |url=http://www.footballzebras.com/2019/02/officiating-crews-for-the-2019-aaf-season/ |title=Officiating crews for the 2019 AAF season |first=Ben |last=Austro |website=footballzebras.com |date=February 7, 2019 |accessdate=March 16, 2019}}

It was announced in April 2019 that Killens would be joining the NFL officiating staff for the 2019 season. He wears uniform number 77, which was previously worn by three-time Super Bowl referee Terry McAulay (and before that, Mike Pereira). Killens works at the umpire position, as he did in the AAC and AAF.{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballzebras.com/2019/04/6-officials-join-the-nfl-officiating-roster-for-the-2019-season/|title=6 officials join the NFL officiating roster for the 2019 season|last=Filipe|first=Cameron|date=April 17, 2019|website=Football Zebras|language=en-US|access-date=April 22, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/videos/good-morning-football/0ap3000001031110/Two-former-NFL-players-discuss-path-to-becoming-referees|title=Two former NFL players discuss path to becoming referees|date=May 17, 2019|website=NFL|language=en-US|access-date=May 19, 2019}}

Killens was the umpire for Super Bowl LVIII in 2024, making him the first person to both play in and officiate a Super Bowl.{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/terry-killens-becomes-the-first-person-to-both-play-in-and-officiate-a-super-bowl|title=Terry Killens becomes the first person to both play in and officiate a Super Bowl|last=Smith|first=Michael David|date=January 23, 2024|website=nbcsports.com|publisher=NBC Sports|access-date=January 23, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Branson |title=Former NFL player Terry Killens returns to Super Bowl as a referee |url=https://andscape.com/features/former-nfl-player-terry-killens-returns-to-super-bowl-as-a-referee/ |website=Andscape |publisher=ESPN |access-date=February 7, 2024 |date=February 6, 2024}}