The 1984 College Football All-America team is composed of various organizations that choose College All-America teams that season. The organizations that chose the teams were Associated Press , United Press International , Newspaper Enterprise Association , Football Writers Association of America , American Football Coaches Association , Walter Camp Foundation , and The Sporting News . [1]
AP, UPI, and NEA were all press organizations that polled writers and players. FWAA was also a poll of writers, as was the Walter Camp Foundation. The AFCA was a poll of college coaches. The Sporting News chose a team for their publications. AP, UPI, NEA,The Sporting News and Pro Football Weekly chose both first and second teams. AP, UPI, NEA, also listed numerous honorable mentions.
Offense [ ]
Receivers [ ]
David Williams , Illinois (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN)
Jerry Rice , Miss. Valley State (NEA, FWAA, TSN)
Eddie Brown , Miami (Fla.) (AP, AFCA)
Tight ends [ ]
Tackles [ ]
Bill Fralic , Pittsburgh (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN)
Lomas Brown , Florida (AP, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN)
Guards [ ]
Jim Lachey , Ohio State (UPI, NEA, FWAA)
Lance Smith , LSU (UPI, NEA, AFCA)
Del Wilkes , South Carolina (AP, WC, AFCA)
Bill Mayo, Tennessee (UPI, WC)
Carlton Walker, Utah (FWAA)
Dan Lynch, Washington State (AP, FWAA)
Andrew Campbell, SMU (TSN)
Harry Grimminger, Nebraska (TSN)
Centers [ ]
Mark Traynowicz , Nebraska (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
Kevin Glover , Maryland (TSN)
Quarterbacks [ ]
Doug Flutie , Boston College (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
Running backs [ ]
Keith Byars , Ohio State (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
Kenneth Davis , TCU (AP, UPI, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
Rueben Mayes , Washington State (UPI, NEA, FWAA)
Greg Allen , Florida State (WC)
Defense [ ]
Ends [ ]
Ron Holmes , Washington (UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
Bruce Smith , Virginia Tech (AP, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
Tim Green , Sryacuse (TSN)
Leslie O'Neal , Oklahoma State (AP, TSN)
Freddie Joe Nunn , Mississippi (Ole Miss) (UPI)
Tackles [ ]
Tony Casillas , Oklahoma (AP, NEA, AFCA, FWAA, TSN)
Tony Degrate , Texas (UPI, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
Ray Childress , Texas A& M (UPI, TSN)
Middle guards [ ]
Linebackers [ ]
Jack Del Rio , USC (AP, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
Larry Station , Iowa (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA)
Gregg Carr , Auburn (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA)
Duane Bickett , USC (UPI, NEA, FWAA, TSN)
James Seawright, South Carolina (AP, FWAA)
Cornelius Bennett , Alabama (TSN)
Alonzo Johnson , Florida (TSN)
Backs [ ]
Jerry Gray , Texas (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN)
Tony Thurman, Boston College (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA)
David Fulcher , Arizona State (AP, NEA, FWAA, TSN)
Richard Johnson , Wisconsin (NEA, FWAA, TSN)
Jeff Sanchez, Georgia (UPI, WC, AFCA)
Bret Clark , Nebraska (FWAA, TSN)
Rod Brown, Oklahoma State (WC, AFCA )
Kyle Morrell, BYU (AP)
Special teams [ ]
Kickers [ ]
Punters [ ]
Returners [ ]
Willie Drewery, West Virginia (TSN)
Key [ ]
AP - Associated Press
UPI - United Press International
NEA - Newspaper Enterprise Association
FWAA - Football Writers Association of America
WC - Walter Camp Foundation
AFCA - American Football Coaches Association
TSN - The Sporting News
PFW - Pro Football Weekly
FN - Football News
1 - First Team Selection
2 - Second Team Selection
References [ ]
External links [ ]
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