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{{Short description|Official list of the best college football players of 1984}}
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| content2 = [[1984 collegeNCAA Division I-A football season]]
| heading3 = Official selectors
| content3 = [[American Football Coaches Association]] (AFCA)<br>[[Associated Press]] (AP)<br>[[Football Writers Association of America]] (FWAA)<br>[[United Press International]] (UPI)<br>[[Walter Camp Football Foundation]] (WCFF)
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The '''1984 College Football All-America team''' is composed of [[college football]] players who were selected as [[All-America]]ns by various organizations and writers that chose [[College Football All-America Team]]s in 1984. The [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1984 season. They are:<ref name=CAA/> (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 ''[[Sporting News|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===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="15%" | Name
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Position
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | School
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Number<ref name=Key>This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.</ref>
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Official
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Other
|-align="left"
|[[Keith Byars]]||Running back||Ohio State||5/4/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC||FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
|-align="left"
|[[Doug Flutie]]||Quarterback||Boston College||5/4/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC||FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
|-align="left"
|[[Bill Fralic]]||Offensive tackle||Pittsburgh||5/4/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC||FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
|-align="left"
|[[Kenneth Davis (American football)|Kenneth Davis]]||Running back||TCU||5/4/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC||FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
|-align="left"
|[[David Williams (wide receiver)|David Williams]]||Wide receiver||Illinois||5/4/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC||FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
|-align="left"
|[[Mark Traynowicz]]||Center||Nebraska||5/3/8||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC||FN, GNS, NEA
|-align="left"
|[[Lomas Brown]]||Offensive tackle||Florida||4/2/6||AFCA, AP, FWAA, WC||NEA, TSN
|-align="left"
|[[The Patriot (wrestler)|Del Wilkes]]||Offensive guard||South Carolina||3/0/3||AFCA, AP, WC||-
|-align="left"
|[[Bill Mayo]]||Offensive guard||Tennessee||2/1/3||UPI, WC||FN
|-align="left"
|[[Eddie Brown (wide receiver)|Eddie Brown]]||Wide receiver||Miami (Fla.)||2/1/3||AFCA, AP||NEA
|-align="left"
|[[Jay Novacek]]||Tight end||Wyoming||2/1/3||AFCA, UPI||NEA
|-align="left"
|[[Jim Lachey]]||Offensive guard||Ohio State||2/1/3||FWAA, UPI||GNS
|-align="left"
|[[Rueben Mayes]]||Running back||Washington State||2/0/2||FWAA, UPI||-
|-align="left"
|[[Dan Lynch]]||Offensive guard||Washington State||1/3/4||AP||FN, GNS, NEA
|-align="left"
|}
 
===Defense===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="15%" | Name
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Position
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | School
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Number<ref name=Key/>
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Official
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Other
|-align="left"
|[[Jerry Gray]]||Defensive back||Texas||5/4/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC||FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
|-align="left"
|[[Jack Del Rio]]||Linebacker||USC||4/2/6||AFCA, AP, FWAA, WC||FN, NEA
|-align="left"
|[[Bruce Smith]]||Defensive end||Virginia Tech||4/2/6||AFCA, AP, FWAA, WC||GNS, NEA
|-align="left"
|[[Ron Holmes]]||Defensive end||Washington||4/2/6||AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC||FN, NEA
|-align="left"
|[[Gregg Carr]]||Linebacker||Auburn||4/1/5||AFCA, AP, UPI, WC||FN
|-align="left"
|[[Tony Degrate]]||Defensive tackle||Texas||4/1/5||AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC||FN
|-align="left"
|[[Tony Thurman]]||Defensive back||Boston College||4/1/5||AFCA, AP, UPI, WC||GNS
|-align="left"
|[[Larry Station]]||Linebacker||Iowa||4/0/4||AFCA, AP, UPI, WC||-
|-align="left"
|[[Tony Casillas]]||Defensive tackle||Oklahoma||3/3/6||AFCA, AP, FWAA||GNS, NEA, TSN
|-align="left"
|[[Jeff Sanchez (defensive back, born 1962)|Jeff Sanchez]]||Defensive back||Georgia||3/0/3||AFCA, UPI, WC||-
|-align="left"
|[[David Fulcher]]||Defensive back||Arizona State||2/4/6||AP, FWAA||FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
|-align="left"
|[[Rod Brown (American football)|Rod Brown]]||Defensive back||Oklahoma State||2/0/2||AFCA, WC||-
|-align="left"
|}
 
===Special teams===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="15%" | Name
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Position
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | School
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Number<ref name=Key/>
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Official
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Other
|-align="left"
|[[Ricky Anderson (American football)|Ricky Anderson]]||Punter||Vanderbilt||5/2/7||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC||FN, NEA
|-align="left"
|[[Kevin Butler (American football)|Kevin Butler]]||Kicker||Georgia||4/2/6||AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC||FN, NEA
|-align="left"
|}
 
== Offense ==
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=== Receivers ===
 
* '''[[David Williams (wide receiver)|David Williams]]''', Illinois (CFHOF) <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', FN-1, GNS, NEA-1, TSN)</small>
* '''[[Eddie Brown (wide receiver)|Eddie Brown]]''', Miami (Fla.) <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', UPI-2, NEA-1)</small>
* [[Jerry Rice]], Miss. Valley State (CFHOF) <small>('''FWAA''', GNS, NEA-1, TSN)</small>
* Tracy Henderson, Iowa State <small>(AP-2, FN-1, NEA-2)</small>
* [[Gerard Phelan]], Boston College <small>(AP-2)</small>
* [[Reggie Bynum]], Oregon State <small>(NEA-2)</small>
* [[James Maness]], TCU <small>(AP-3)</small>
* [[Larry Ray Willis]], Fresno State <small>(AP-3)</small>
 
=== Tight ends ===
 
* '''[[Jay Novacek]]''', Wyoming (CFHOF) <small>('''AFCA''', '''UPI-1''', NEA)</small>
* Rob Bennett, West Virginia <small>('''WC''')</small>
* [[Mark Bavaro]], Notre Dame <small>('''AP-1''')</small>
* [[Carl Hilton]], Houston <small>(TSN)</small>
* [[Jonathan Hayes|Jon Hayes]], Iowa <small>(GNS)</small>
* [[Willie Smith (tight end)|Willie Smith]], Miami <small>(AP-2)</small>
* [[Keli McGregor]], Colorado State <small>(UPI-2, NEA-2)</small>
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=== Tackles ===
 
* '''[[Bill Fralic]]''', Pittsburgh (CFHOF) <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', FN-1, GNS, NEA-1, TSN)</small>
* '''[[Lomas Brown]]''', Florida (CFHOF) <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', UPI-2, '''WC''', NEA-1, TSN)</small>
* [[Ken Ruettgers]], USC <small>(GNS)</small>
* [[Brian Jozwiak]], West Virginia <small>(AP-2)</small>
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=== Guards ===
 
* '''[[JimDan LacheyLynch]]''', OhioWashington State <small>(FWAA'''AP-1''', UPIFN-1, GNS, NEA-21)</small>
* '''[[TheJim Patriot (wrestler)|Del WilkesLachey]]''', South CarolinaOhio State <small>(AFCA'''FWAA''', AP'''UPI-1''', UPI-2GNS, WCNEA-2)</small>
* '''[[BillThe MayoPatriot (wrestler)|Del Wilkes]]''', TennesseeSouth Carolina <small>(AP-3'''AFCA''', FN'''AP-1''', UPI-12, '''WC''')</small>
* '''[[LanceBill Smith (American football)|Lance SmithMayo]]''', LSUTennessee <small>(AFCA, AP-2 [OT]3, '''UPI-1''', [OT]'''WC''', NEAFN-2 [OT]1)</small>
* Carlton[[Lance WalkerSmith (American football)|Lance Smith]], UtahLSU <small>('''AFCA''', AP-2 [OT], FWAA'''UPI-1''' [OT], NEAFN-1 [OT], NEA-2 [OT])</small>
* [[DanCarlton Lynch]]Walker, Washington StateUtah <small>(AP-12, '''FWAA, GNS''', NEA-1)</small>
* Andrew Campbell, SMU <small>(NEA-2, TSN)</small>
* Harry Grimminger, Nebraska <small>(AP-2, TSN)</small>
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=== Centers ===
 
* '''[[Mark Traynowicz]]''', Nebraska <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', FN-1, GNS, NEA-1)</small>
* [[Kevin Glover]], Maryland <small>(GNS, TSN)</small>
* [[Trevor Matich]], BYU <small>(AP-3, GNS)</ssmall><ref>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.</ref>
* Brent Martin, Stanford <small>(GNS)</small>
* Mike Kelley, Notre Dame <small>(GNS)</small>
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=== Quarterbacks ===
 
* '''[[Doug Flutie]]''', Boston College (CFHOF) <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', FN-1, GNS, NEA-1, TSN)</small>
* [[Bernie Kosar]], Miami <small>(AP-2, NEA-2)</small>
* [[Robbie Bosco]], BYU <small>(AP-3, UPI-2)</small>
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=== Running backs ===
 
* '''[[Keith Byars]]''', Ohio State (CFHOF) <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', FN-1, GNS, NEA-1, TSN)</small>
* '''[[Kenneth Davis (American football)|Kenneth Davis]]''', TCU <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', FN-1, GNS, NEA-1, TSN)</small>
* '''[[Rueben Mayes]]''', Washington State (CFHOF) <small>(AP-2, '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''')</small>
* [[Greg Allen (American football)|Greg Allen]], Florida State <small>(AP-3, UPI-2, '''WC''', FN-1, NEA-2)</small>
* [[Johnnie Jones]], Tennessee <small>(AP-2)</small>
* [[Curtis Adams (American football)|Curtis Adams]], Central Michigan <small>(UPI-2)</small>
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=== Defensive ends ===
 
* '''[[Ron Holmes]]''', Washington <small>('''AFCA''', AP-2, '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''' [DT], '''WC''', FN-1, NEA-1)</small>
* '''[[Bruce Smith (defensive end)|Bruce Smith]]''', Virginia Tech (CFHOF) <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', UPI-2 [DT], '''WC''', GNS, NEA-1)</small>
* [[Tim Green]], Syracuse (CFHOF) <small>(AP-3 [DT], GNS, TSN)</small>
* [[Leslie O'Neal]], Oklahoma State (CFHOF) <small>('''AP-1''', UPI-2 [DT], GNS, NEA-2 [DT], TSN)</small>
* [[Freddie Joe Nunn]], Mississippi (Ole Miss) <small>('''UPI-1''', FN-1)</small>
* [[Mike Gann]], Notre Dame <small>(UPI-2)</small>
* [[Garin Veris]], Stanford <small>(UPI-2)</small>
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=== Defensive tackles ===
 
* '''[[Tony Casillas]]''', Oklahoma (CFHOF) <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''' [MG], '''FWAA''', UPI-2 [MG], GNS, NEA-1, TSN)</small>
* '''[[Tony Degrate]]''', Texas <small>('''AFCA''', AP-2, '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', FN-1, NEA-2)</small>
* [[Ray Childress]], Texas A<small>&</small>M (CFHOF) <small>(AP-3, '''UPI-1''' [DE], TSN)</small>
 
=== Middle guards ===
 
* [[William Perry (American football)|William Perry]], Clemson <small>(AP-3, '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', FN-1, GNS, NEA-2)</small>
* [[Tim Newton]], Florida <small>(AP-2)</small>
 
=== Linebackers ===
 
* '''[[Jack Del Rio]]''', USC <small>('''AFCA''' [DL], '''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', '''WC''', FN-1, NEA-1)</small>
* '''[[Larry Station]]''', Iowa (CFHOF) <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', NEA-2)</small>
* '''[[Gregg Carr]]''', Auburn <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', FN-1, NEA-2)</small>
* [[Duane Bickett]], USC <small>(AP-3, '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''', NEA-1, TSN)</small>
* James Seawright, South Carolina <small>('''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', UPI-2, NEA-1)</small>
* [[Cornelius Bennett]], Alabama (CFHOF) <small>(FN-1, GNS, TSN)</small>
* [[Alonzo Johnson]], Florida <small>(AP-3, UPI-2, TSN)</small>
* [[Marc Munford]], Nebraska <small>(GNS)</small>
* [[Eric Wilson (linebacker, born 1962)|Eric Wilson]], Maryland <small>(AP-2, FN-1, NEA-1)</small>
* [[Brian Bosworth]], Oklahoma (CFHOF) <small>(AP-2)</small>
* [[Knox Culpepper]], Georgia <small>(AP-2)</small>
* [[Willie Pless]], Kansas <small>(AP-2)</small>
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=== Defensive backs ===
 
* '''[[Jerry Gray]]''', Texas (CFHOF) <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', FN-1, GNS, NEA-1, TSN)</small>
* '''[[Tony Thurman]]''', Boston College <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', GNS)</small>
* '''[[David Fulcher]]''', Arizona State (CFHOF) <small>('''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', FN-1, GNS, NEA-1, TSN)</small>
* '''[[Jeff Sanchez (defensive back, born 1962)|Jeff Sanchez]]''', Georgia <small>('''AFCA''', AP-2, '''UPI-1''', '''WC''')</small>
* '''[[Rod Brown (American football)|Rod Brown]]''', Oklahoma State <small>('''AFCA''', AP-2, UPI-2, '''WC''')</small>
* [[Richard Johnson (defensive back)|Richard Johnson]], Wisconsin <small>('''FWAA''', NEA-1, TSN)</small>
* [[Bret Clark]], Nebraska <small>(AP-2, '''FWAA''', UPI-2, FN-1, NEA-2, TSN)</small>
* [[Kyle Morrell]], BYU <small>('''AP-1''', NEA-2)</small>
* [[Lester Lyles (American football)|Lester Lyles]], Virginia <small>(AP-3, GNS)</small>
* [[Issiac Holt]], Alcorn State <small>(NEA-1)</small>
* [[Anthony Young (American football)|Anthony Young]], Temple <small>(AP-2)</small>
* Sean Thomas, TCU <small>(UPI-2)</small>
* [[Don Anderson (American football)|Don Anderson]], Purdue <small>(NEA-2)</small>
* [[John Hendy (American football)|John Hendy]], Long Beach State <small>(NEA-2)</small>
* [[Jim Bowman (American football)|Jim Bowman]], Central Michigan <small>(AP-3)</small>
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=== Kickers ===
 
* '''[[Kevin Butler (American football)|Kevin Butler]]''', Georgia (CFHOF) <small>('''AFCA''', AP-2, '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', FN-1, NEA-1)</small>
* [[John Lee (placekicker)|John Lee]], UCLA <small>('''AP-1''', UPI-2, GNS, NEA-2, TSN)</small>
* [[Donald Igwebuike]], Clemson <small>(AP-3)</small>
 
=== Punters ===
 
* '''[[Ricky Anderson (American football)|Ricky Anderson]]''', Vanderbilt <small>('''AFCA''', '''AP-1''', '''FWAA''', '''UPI-1''', '''WC''', FN-1, NEA-1)</small>
* [[Randall Cunningham]], UNLV (CFHOF) <small>(AP-2, UPI-2, TSN)</small>
* [[Dale Hatcher]], Clemson <small>(GNS)</small>
* [[Tom Tupa]], Ohio State <small>(AP-3, NEA-2)</small>
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== Key ==
 
* '''Bold''' – Consensus All-American<ref name=CAA>{{cite web|title=Football Award Winners|publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA)|year=2016|access-date=March 18, 2017|pages=3, 13|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf}}</ref>
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* '''Bold''' – Consensus All-American<ref name=CAA>{{cite web|title=Football Award Winners|publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA)|year=2016|accessdate=March 18, 2017|pages=3, 13|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/Awards.pdf}}</ref>
* -1 – First-team selection
* -2 – Second-team selection
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* AFCA – [[American Football Coaches Association]] (AFCA), selected by the members of the AFCA for the Kodak All-America team<ref name=AFCA>{{cite news|title=USC's Del Wilkes selected to Kodak All-America team|newspaper=The Index-Journal, Greenwood, SC|date=December 2, 1984|page=2D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5293309/uscs_del_wilkes_selected_to_kodak_all/}}</ref>
* AP – [[Associated Press]]<ref name=Honor>{{cite news|title=Honor Teams|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=December 5, 1984|page=62|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5289262/upi_and_ap_allamerica_teams/}}</ref>
* FWAA – [[Football Writers Association of America]]<ref name=FW>{{cite web|title=FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team|editor=Ted Gangi|accessdateaccess-date=March 8, 2016|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304073432/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* UPI – [[United Press International]]<ref name=Honor/>
* WC – [[Walter Camp Football Foundation]]<ref name=WC>{{cite news|title=Walter Camp All-America Team|newspaper=Omaha World-Herald (NE)|date=November 22, 1984|page=77|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-1984-walter-camp-all/147581358/|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref>
* WC – [[Walter Camp Football Foundation]]{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
 
===Other selectors===
 
* FN – ''[[The Football News|Football News]]''<ref name="FN">{{cite news|title=Football News names Smith to second team|newspaper=The Roanoke Times (VA)|page=D2|date=November 28, 1984|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-1984-football-news-all/147189349/|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref>
* FN – ''Football News''
* GNS – [[Gannett News Service]]<ref name="GNS">{{cite news|title=Flutie, Byars lead Gannett All-Americans|newspaper=The Journal-News (White Plains, NY)|author=Joel S. Buchsbaum|page=D11|date=December 2, 1984|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/163075296/}}</ref>
* NEA – [[Newspaper Enterprise Association]]<ref name="NEA">{{cite news|title=USC's Seawright named to NEA All-America team|author=Murray Olderman|newspaper=The Index-Journal, Greenwood, SC|date=November 20, 1984|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5293618/uscs_seawright_named_to_nea/}}</ref>
* TSN – ''[[Sporting News|The Sporting News]]''<ref name="TSN">{{cite news|title=Flutie named Sporting News Player of the Year|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|date=December 12, 1984|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5293425/flutie_named_sporting_news_player_of/}}</ref>
</small>
 
==See also==
* [[1984 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team]]
* [[1984 All-Big Eight Conference football team]]
* [[1984 All-Big Ten Conference football team]]
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