1984 College Football All-America Team

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

• Jay Novacek, Wyoming (UPI, NEA, AFCA)
• Bob Bennett, West Virginia (WC)
• Mark Bavaro, NotreDame (AP)
• Carl Hilton, Houston (TSN)

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

• William Perry, Clemson (UPI, WC)

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

• Kevin Butler, Georgia (UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
• John Lee, UCLA (AP, TSN)

Punters

• Ricky Anderson, Vanderbilt (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
• Randall Cunningham, UNLV (TSN)

Returners

• Willie Drewery, West Virginia (TSN)

Key

References

External links

• American Football Coaches Association: All-America Teams
• Football Writers Association of America All-American Team
• Walter Camp Foundation All-American Teams
• Sporting News All-America Teams