1968 College Football All-America Team

The 1968 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, Central Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News, Time magazine and Football News.

AP, UPI, NEA, and CP were all press organizations that polled writers and players. FWAA was also a poll of writers^[1] , as was the Walter Camp Foundation^[2] The AFCA ^[3] was a poll of college coaches. The Sporting News and Time polled football scouts and coaches ^[4][5]. AP, UPI, NEA, Central Press, and The Sporting News chose both first and second teams. AP, UPI, NEA, and Central Press also listed numerous honorable mentions.

Offense

Receivers

• Jerry Levias, SMU (NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, FN)
• Ron Sellers, Florida State (AP, AFCA, Time, TSN, FN)
• Jim Seymour, Notre Dame (WC, AFCA, TSN, FN)

Tight Ends

• Ted Kwalick, Penn State (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN, FN)

Tackles

• George Kunz, Notre Dame (UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN, FN)
• Dave Foley, Ohio State (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, FN)
• Rufus Mayes, Ohio State (Time, TSN)

Guards

• Charles Rosenfelder, Tennessee (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, FN)
• Guy Dennis, Florida (UPI, WC, FN)
• John Skinners, Xavier (NEA, Time, TSN)
• Mike Montler, Colorado (AP, AFCA)
• Jim Barnes, Arkansas (AP, CP)
• Joe Armstrong, Nebraska (FWAA)
• Malcolm Snider, Stanford (TSN)

Centers

• John Didion, Oregon State (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN, FN)

Quarterbacks

• Terry Hanratty, Notre Dame (AP, UPI, CP, WC, AFCA-t, FWAA, Time, TSN, FN)
• Bobby Douglass, Kansas (NEA, AFCA-t)

Running backs

• O.J. Simpson, USC (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN, FN)
• Leroy Keyes, Purdue (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN, FN)
• Chris Gilbert, Texas (AP, NEA, AFCA, FN)
• Bill Enyart, Oregon State (UPI, CP, Time, TSN)
• Paul Gipson, Houston (NEA, AFCA, Time)
• Ron Johnson, Michigan (FWAA, FN)
• Larry Smith, Florida (TSN)

Defense

Ends

• Ted Hendricks, Miami (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN, FN)
• John Zook, Kansas (AP, UPI, CP, AFCA, FWAA, FN)
• Bob Stein, Minnesota (WC)
• Ron Carpenter, North Carolina State (NEA)

Tackles

• Bill Stanfill, Georgia (AP, UPI, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN, FN)
• Joe Greene, North Texas State (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, Time, TSN, FN)
• Loyd Wainscott, Texas (CP, FWAA)
• Rolf Krueger, Texas A&M (Time, TSN)
• David Campbell, Auburn (NEA)

Middle Guards

• Ed White, California (AP, NEA, CP, AFCA, FWAA, FN)
• Chuck Kyle, Purdue (UPI, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA)

Linebackers

• Dennis Onkotz, Penn State (AP, UPI, WC, FWAA, FN)
• Steve Kiner, Tennessee (AP, CP, FWAA, FN)
• Bob Babich, Miami (Ohio) (AFCA, Time, TSN)
• Ron Pritchard, Arizona State (NEA, Time, TSN)
• Mike Hall, Alabama (CP, WC)
• Ken Johnson, Army (AFCA)
• Mike Widger, Virginia Tech (AP)
• Bill Hobbs, Texas A&M (UPI)
• Chip Healy, Vanderbilt (CP)
• Dale McCullers, Florida State (NEA)

Backs

• Roger Wehrli, Missouri (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN, FN)
• Jake Scott, Georgia (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, FN)
• Al Worley, Washington (AP, UPI, CP, AFCA, FN)
• Mike Battle, USC (UPI, WC, FWAA, FN)
• Al Brenner, Michigan State (NEA, AFCA)
• Tony Kyasky, Syracuse (WC, Time)
• Jim Marsalis, Tennessee State (Time, TSN)
• Tom Maxwell, Texas A&M (Time, TSN)
• Jim Weatherford, Tennessee (AFCA)

Special teams

Kicker

• Kenny Vinyard, Texas Tech (TSN)

Punter

• Steve O’Neal, Texas A&M (TSN)

Key

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