1983 College Football All-America Team

The 1983 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 1983. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1983 season. They are:^[1] (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);^[2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;^[3] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers;^[4] (4) the United Press International (UPI);^[5] and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).^[6] Other selectors included Football News (FN), Gannett News Service,^[7] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),^[8] and The Sporting News (TSN).

Offense

Receivers

Irving Fryar, Nebraska (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN)
Gerald McNeil, Baylor (AFCA, AP-1)
Kenny Jackson, Penn State (AP-2, NEA-1)
Eric Martin, LSU (GNS-2, TSN)
Jerry Rice, Mississippi Valley State (GNS-1)
Brian Brennan, Boston College (AP-2, UPI-2)
Louis Lipps, Southern Mississippi (GNS-2)
Eric Richardson, San Jose State (NEA-2)
Dwight Collins, Pittsburgh (NEA-2)
Tracy Henderson, Iowa State (AP-3)
Dave Moritz, Iowa (AP-3)

Tight ends

Gordon Hudson, Brigham Young (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, GNS-1, NEA-1)
Chuck Scott, Vanderbilt (TSN)
John Frank, Ohio State (GNS-2, NEA-2)
Glenn Dennison, Miami (FL) (AP-2)
Paul Bergmann, UCLA (AP-3, UPI-2)

Tackles

Bill Fralic, Pittsburgh (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN)
Terry Long, East Carolina (AFCA, AP-1 [guard], FWAA, UPI-2 [guard], WC)
Brian Blados, North Carolina (AP-1, UPI-2, NEA-1)
Mark Adickes, Baylor (AP-2, GNS-1, TSN)
Conrad Goode, Missouri (UPI-1)
Jim Juriga, Illinois (UPI-2, NEA-2)
Guy McIntyre, Georgia (AP-2)
Bill Roberts, Ohio State (GNS-2)
Don Maggs, Tulane (GNS-2)
Pat Arrington, Auburn (AP-3)
Scott Raridon, Nebraska (AP-3)

Guards

Dean Steinkuhler, Nebraska (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN)
Doug Dawson, Texas (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-2, WC, GNS-2, NEA-2 [tackle])
Stefan Humphries, Michigan (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-1, GNS-2, NEA-2, TSN)
Gary Zimmerman, Oregon (AP-3, NEA-1)
Ron Solt, Maryland (GNS-1, NEA-2)
James Farr, Clemson (AP-3)

Centers

Tony Slaton, USC (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-1, WC)
Tom Dixon, Michigan (AFCA, AP-1, TSN)
Mike Ruether, Texas (UPI-2 [guard], NEA-1)
Jim Sweeney, Pittsburgh (AP-3, GNS-2)
Joel Hilgenberg, Iowa (NEA-2)

Quarterbacks

Steve Young, Brigham Young (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN)
Randall Cunningham, UNLV (AFCA [punter], AP-2 [punter], GNS-2)
Doug Flutie, Boston College (UPI-2)
Boomer Esiason, Maryland (NEA-2)
Turner Gill, Nebraska (AP-2)
Ben Bennett, Duke (AP-3)

Running backs

Mike Rozier, Nebraska (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN)
Bo Jackson, Auburn (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, GNS-1, NEA-1)
Greg Allen, Florida State (UPI-1, AP-3, WC, NEA-2)
Napoleon McCallum, Navy (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, WC, NEA-2, TSN [return specialist])
Allen Pinkett, Notre Dame (AP-2, UPI-2, GNS-2, TSN)
Keith Byars, Ohio State (AP-3, UPI-2, GNS-2)

Defense

Defensive ends

William Fuller, North Carolina (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-2 [DT], WC, GNS-2, NEA-2, TSN)
Bruce Smith, Virginia Tech (AFCA, AP-2, GNS-1, NEA-1)
Don Thorp, Illinois (AP-3 [DT], FWAA, UPI-2 [DT], NEA-2, TSN)
Freddie Gilbert, Georgia (AP-2, UPI-1, GNS-2)
Ron Faurot, Arkansas (UPI-1)
Donnie Humphrey, Auburn (UPI-2)
Jimmie Carter, New Mexico (AP-3)

Defensive tackles

Rick Bryan, Oklahoma (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN)
Reggie White, Tennessee (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN)
Keith Millard, Washington State (GNS-1)
Dan Ralph, Oregon (GNS-2)
Ray Childress, Texas A&M (GNS-2)
Doug Smith, Auburn (AP-3, NEA-2)

Middle guards

William Perry, Clemson (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WC)
Brian Pillman, Miami (OH) (AP-2)
Michael Carter, SMU (AP-3, UPI-2)

Linebackers

Ricky Hunley, Arizona (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, GNS-2, NEA-1)
Wilber Marshall, Florida (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, WC, NEA-1)
Ron Rivera, California (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-2, GNS-1, NEA-1 TSN)
Jeff Leiding, Texas (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-2, WC)
Carl Banks, Michigan State (AP-1, UPI-1, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN)
Vaughan Johnson, North Carolina State (AP-2, TSN)
Jay Brophy, Miami (Fla.) (AP-3, UPI-2, FN)
Jack Del Rio, USC (AP-3, GNS-1)
Kevin Murphy, Oklahoma (AP-2, UPI-2 [DE], GNS-2)
Gregg Carr, Auburn (AP-2)
Steve DeOssie, Boston College (AP-2)
Mike Knox, Nebraska (GNS-2)
Jim Dumont, Rutgers (AP-3)
Andy Ponseigo, Navy (AP-3)

Defensive backs

Don Rogers, UCLA (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, WC, GNS-1, TSN)
Jerry Gray, Texas (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, GNS-1, NEA-1)
Russell Carter, SMU (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN)
Terry Hoage, Georgia (AFCA, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, GNS-2, NEA-1, TSN)
Mossy Cade, Texas (AP-1, UPI-2, WC, GNS-2, TSN)
Leonard Coleman, Vanderbilt (AP-3, GNS-1)
Craig Swoope, Illinois (AP-2, UPI-2, NEA-1)
Victor Scott, Colorado (AP-2)
David Fulcher, Arizona State (GNS-2)
Randy Robbins, Arizona (GNS-2)
Martin Bayless, Bowling Green (AP-3)
Harry Hamilton, Penn State (AP-3)

Special teams

Kickers

Luis Zendejas, Arizona State (AP-1, FWAA, WC, GNS-2, NEA-1)
Bruce Kallmeyer, Kansas (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-1, GNS-1)
Paul Woodside, West Virginia (UPI-2, TSN)
Tony Zendejas, Nevada (Reno) (NEA-2)
Jeff Ward, Texas (AP-3)

Punters

Jack Weil, Wyoming (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1)
Jim Colquitt, Tennessee (WC, NEA-1)
Randall Cunningham, UNLV (AFCA, AP-2)
Ralph Mojsiejenko, Michigan State (GNS-1, TSN)
John Kidd, Northwestern (GNS-2)
John Teltschik, Texas (UPI-2)

Returners

Napoleon McCallum, Navy (TSN)

Key

Bold – Consensus All-American^[1]
-1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

AFCA – American Football Coaches Association, aka the Kodak-AFCA Team^[2]
AP – Associated Press^[3]
FWAA – Football Writers Association of America^[4]
UPI – United Press International^[5]

Other selectors

FN – Football News
GNS – Gannett News Service^[7]
NEA – Newspaper Enterprise Association^[8]
TSN – The Sporting News
WC – Walter Camp Football Foundation^[6]

References

1 2 "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
1 2 "1983 Kodak-AFCA All-America Team". The Palm Beach Post. December 2, 1983. p. D6 – via Newspapers.com.
1 2 "Associated Press All-American Team". Herald and Review (Decatur, IL). December 6, 1983. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com.
1 2 Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Retrieved March 8, 2016.
1 2 Dave Raffo (December 8, 1983). "Offensive Titans Nebraska, BYU Dominate UPI All-America". Tyrone Daily Herald. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
1 2 "1983 Walter Camp All-America Team". The Palm Beach Post. December 2, 1983. p. D6 – via Newspapers.com.
1 2 "All-America Gannett News Service". The Tennessean. November 29, 1983. p. 4C – via Newspapers.com.
1 2 "The 1983 NEA All-America team". The Republic (Columbus, Ind.). November 30, 1983. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.

1983 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Steve Young RB Mike Rozier RB Bo Jackson RB Greg Allen RB Napoleon McCallum WR Irving Fryar TE Gordon Hudson OL Bill Fralic OL Terry Long OL Dean Steinkuhler OL Doug Dawson C Tony Slaton

Defense	DL Rick Bryan DL Reggie White DL William Perry DL William Fuller LB Ricky Hunley LB Wilber Marshall LB Ron Rivera LB Jeff Leiding DB Russell Carter DB Jerry Gray DB Terry Hoage DB Don Rogers

Special teams	PK Luis Zendejas P Jack Weil

College Football All-America Teams

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