On Monday, the College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the class of 2026 was released. Included on this year’s ballot was USC football offensive lineman Jeff Bregel. We have written about Bregel’s importance to the Trojan football program:
“Bregel is an important USC Trojan because he was a significant part of the 1984 team which provided fans sweet relief in the middle of a difficult stretch for the program. After the dynastic period of the 1960s and 1970s under iconic coaches John McKay and John Robinson, USC fell on hard times under Ted Tollner in the mid-1980s. The one Tollner team which rose above mediocrity was that 1984 team. It won the Pac-10 championship and secured a Rose Bowl berth by stunning a Washington team which ended the season No. 2 in the country. It’s safe to say that USC denied coach Don James a national championship, seven years before his 1991 team crossed the threshold and earned a split title with Miami.”
Bregel is a Rose Bowl champion. He is also a Super Bowl champion, as we pointed out:
“Jeff Bregel did not have a long NFL career, but he was a top-40 draft pick (No. 37) in 1987. He played 21 games and started three. Best of all, the team he played for was the San Francisco 49ers at the height of their powers under Joe Montana. Bregel won a Super Bowl with the 1988 49ers, who defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII on a touchdown pass from Montana to John Taylor with 34 seconds left in regulation.”
Now we wait to see if Jeff Bregel can add a College Football Hall of Fame induction to his football resume.
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