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1984 College Football All-America Team

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The 1984 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1984. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1984 season. They are:[1] (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA); (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA); (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers; and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). Other selectors included Football News (FN), Gannett News Service (GNS), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and The Sporting News (TSN).

Consensus All-Americans

The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1984 and displays which first-team designations they received.

Offense

Name Position School Number[2] Official Other
Keith Byars Running back Ohio State 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Doug Flutie Quarterback Boston College 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Bill Fralic Offensive tackle Pittsburgh 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Kenneth Davis Running back TCU 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
David Williams Wide receiver Illinois 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Mark Traynowicz Center Nebraska 5/3/8 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA
Lomas Brown Offensive tackle Florida 4/2/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, WC NEA, TSN
Del Wilkes Offensive guard South Carolina 3/0/3 AFCA, AP, WC -
Bill Mayo Offensive guard Tennessee 2/1/3 UPI, WC FN
Eddie Brown Wide receiver Miami (Fla.) 2/1/3 AFCA, AP NEA
Jay Novacek Tight end Wyoming 2/1/3 AFCA, UPI NEA
Jim Lachey Offensive guard Ohio State 2/1/3 FWAA, UPI GNS
Rueben Mayes Running back Washington State 2/0/2 FWAA, UPI -
Dan Lynch Offensive guard Washington State 1/3/4 AP FN, GNS, NEA

Defense

Name Position School Number[2] Official Other
Jerry Gray Defensive back Texas 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Jack Del Rio Linebacker USC 4/2/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, WC FN, NEA
Bruce Smith Defensive end Virginia Tech 4/2/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, WC GNS, NEA
Ron Holmes Defensive end Washington 4/2/6 AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, NEA
Gregg Carr Linebacker Auburn 4/1/5 AFCA, AP, UPI, WC FN
Tony Degrate Defensive tackle Texas 4/1/5 AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC FN
Tony Thurman Defensive back Boston College 4/1/5 AFCA, AP, UPI, WC GNS
Larry Station Linebacker Iowa 4/0/4 AFCA, AP, UPI, WC -
Tony Casillas Defensive tackle Oklahoma 3/3/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA GNS, NEA, TSN
Jeff Sanchez Defensive back Georgia 3/0/3 AFCA, UPI, WC -
David Fulcher Defensive back Arizona State 2/4/6 AP, FWAA FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Rod Brown Defensive back Oklahoma State 2/0/2 AFCA, WC -

Special teams

Name Position School Number[2] Official Other
Ricky Anderson Punter Vanderbilt 5/2/7 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, NEA
Kevin Butler Kicker Georgia 4/2/6 AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, NEA

Offense

Receivers

Tight ends

Tackles

Guards

  • Dan Lynch, Washington State (AP-1, FN-1, GNS, NEA-1)
  • Jim Lachey, Ohio State (FWAA, UPI-1, GNS, NEA-2)
  • Del Wilkes, South Carolina (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-2, WC)
  • Bill Mayo, Tennessee (AP-3, UPI-1, WC, FN-1)
  • Lance Smith, LSU (AFCA, AP-2 [OT], UPI-1 [OT], FN-1 [OT], NEA-2 [OT])
  • Carlton Walker, Utah (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1)
  • Andrew Campbell, SMU (NEA-2, TSN)
  • Harry Grimminger, Nebraska (AP-2, TSN)
  • Larry Williams, Notre Dame (AP-3, UPI-2)

Centers

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Defense

Defensive ends

Defensive tackles

  • Tony Casillas, Oklahoma (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1 [MG], FWAA, UPI-2 [MG], GNS, NEA-1, TSN)
  • Tony Degrate, Texas (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, FN-1, NEA-2)
  • Ray Childress, Texas A&M (AP-3, UPI-1 [DE], TSN)

Middle guards

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Kickers

Punters

Returners

Key

  • Bold – Consensus All-American[1]
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection
  • CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame inductee

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. pp. 3, 13. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.
  3. ^ In selecting its All-America team, Gannett News Service insisted that five players were equally deserving of being picked as the first-team center and therefore picked all five as co-honorees.
  4. ^ "USC's Del Wilkes selected to Kodak All-America team". The Index-Journal, Greenwood, SC. December 2, 1984. p. 2D.
  5. ^ a b "Honor Teams". The Indianapolis Star. December 5, 1984. p. 62.
  6. ^ Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  7. ^ "Football News names Smith to second team". The Roanoke Times (VA). November 28, 1984. p. D2 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon 
  8. ^ Joel S. Buchsbaum (December 2, 1984). "Flutie, Byars lead Gannett All-Americans". The Journal-News (White Plains, NY). p. D11.
  9. ^ Murray Olderman (November 20, 1984). "USC's Seawright named to NEA All-America team". The Index-Journal, Greenwood, SC. p. 11.
  10. ^ "Flutie named Sporting News Player of the Year". The Des Moines Register. December 12, 1984. p. 15.
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