Courtesy: Saskatchewan Roughriders.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have chosen Rob Bagg, Dan Clark and Paul McCallum as the 2026 Plaza of Honour inductees.
It’s the second consecutive year in which all three enshrinees are Canadian. Last year, the Riders celebrated two former players, Chris Best and the late Steve Molnar along with a builder in long-time assistant coach Alex Smith. 2026 marks the first time since 2004 that every inductee has been a Canadian player. That class included Mike Anderson, Henry Dorsch and Steve Mazurak, who now chairs the Plaza’s selection committee.
Bagg originally signed with Saskatchewan in 2007 as an undrafted free agent out of Queen’s University. He made the Roughriders roster as a rookie before opting to go back to university for one more year. In 2009, he made the team once more and went on to record his first of four CFL seasons with 50-plus receptions. With 27 career touchdowns, 24 on receptions and three on rushes, the Kingston, ON native ranks No. 24 on Saskatchewan’s all-time list and sixth among Canadians.
Like Bagg, Clark was part of the Riders Grey Cup championship team in 2013. Also in 2013, the Regina native registered his first of two career touchdown receptions. Beginning in 2015, the six-foot-four, 330-pound offensive lineman became entrenched as the starting centre, a role he performed at a high level through the 2022 season. The former Thom Trojans and Regina Thunder standout was the CFL all-star centre in 2019, when he helped the Green and White post a 13-5 record and finish first in the West Division.
McCallum succeeded Dave Ridgway as the Roughriders placekicker and in 2022 joined Robokicker in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. The Vancouver, B.C. native spent 24 season in the CFL, including parts of 13 years with Saskatchewan. As a Roughrider, he kicked a league-record 63-yard field goal in 2001. That was one of 29 field goals of 50-plus yards the five-foot-11, 185-pound kicker made while wearing Green and White. He is second in franchise history in points (1,615) and field goals (368) and first in punts (1,116) and punting yardage (45,670).
The Plaza of Honour selection committee meets annually to discuss and vote on the induction class. There are eight members on the committee: Mazurak, fellow Roughriders alumni Alan Ford, who also served as GM from 1989 to 1999, Cleveland Vann, Wes Cates, journalist and broadcaster Don Hewitt, Roughrider board member Edmund Bellegarde, former board chair Dave Pettigrew and Roughrider historian Rob Vanstone.
Bagg, Clark and McCallum expand the Plaza’s membership to 146 individuals. Four teams have also been inducted, including the Grey Cup-winning 2013 edition which included Bagg and Clark. The team category also includes the CFL champions from 1966, 1989 and 2007.
The 2026 honourees will be enshrined into The Plaza of Honour during a special halftime ceremony at the Legends game on Saturday, October 17 versus the Montreal Alouettes.
