It has been quite some time since the USC Trojans have won a national championship and been on top of the world in college football. Yet the Trojans continue to have success with former alumni winning in the NFL. The Trojans are the college football program with the most Super Bowl winners, with an impressive 68. The Trojans have also had at least one alumnus featured in 49 Super Bowls. The Trojans may not be viewed as a college program that is currently at the pinnacle of college football, but that success cannot be overlooked.
The Trojans have had multiple Super Bowl winners, including 3 time winner Lynn Swann, 4 time winner Ronnie Lott, and two-time winner Troy Polamalu. Sam Darnold, Leonard Williams, Brandon Pili, and Uchenna Nwosu are the most recent former Trojans to hoist a Lombardi trophy after their victory on Sunday night.
In a recent tweet by LAFB Network, they highlight the success former Trojans have had when it comes to winning a Super Bowl ring:
“USC is now officially the college football program with the MOST Super Bowl champions. Los Angeles breeds champions…the pLAce to be”.
The Trojans have not been winning at the level of their competitors in the Big Ten, Ohio State, and now Indiana. The Trojans still have the number 1 recruiting class for this season. Recruits are still coming to USC for more than just one reason. Part of that goes into the culture and the identity that is in those USC halls. This is a football program that has credibility, and more than ever, it is a program proven to create winners.
The Trojans will have 7 players heading into the NFL, and it is hard to look at a player like Makai Lemon, who will be at the bare minimum a first-round pick, not winning in the NFL. He may end up being one of those players who is a culture changer. With the destinations analysts were predicting him to land, he could win a Super Bowl even as a rookie if he ends up with the Rams.
Lincoln Riley deleveling Caleb Williams and playing a part in what he has become as a star quarterback, who’s to say he will not hold a Lombardi trophy in the next few years, with how close he got this past season. USC has made winners at the highest level better than anyone. Now it is time for Lincoln Riley and company to get those same results in college football. This program is deserving of its first national title since 2004. Indiana has shown just how easy it can be when everything falls in place. You are up now, Lincoln Riley, and Gary Patterson.
This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: USC Trojans have most alumni with a Super Bowl championship
Reporting by Micah Huff, Trojans Wire / Trojans Wire
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