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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"
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! 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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