1984 College Football All-America Team

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).

Offense

Receivers

• David Williams, Illinois (AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC, NEA, TSN)
• Eddie Brown, Miami (Fla.) (AFCA, AP)
• Jerry Rice, Miss. Valley State (FWAA, NEA, TSN)

Tight ends

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

Tackles

• Bill Fralic, Pittsburgh (AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC, NEA, TSN)
• Lomas Brown, Florida (AFCA, AP, FWAA, WC, NEA, TSN)

Guards

• Jim Lachey, Ohio State (FWAA, UPI, NEA)
• Del Wilkes, South Carolina (AFCA, AP, WC)
• Bill Mayo, Tennessee (UPI, WC)
• Lance Smith, LSU (AFCA, UPI, NEA)
• Carlton Walker, Utah (FWAA)
• Dan Lynch, Washington State (AP, FWAA)
• Andrew Campbell, SMU (TSN)
• Harry Grimminger, Nebraska (TSN)

Centers

• Mark Traynowicz, Nebraska (AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC, NEA)
• Kevin Glover, Maryland (TSN)

Quarterbacks

• Doug Flutie, Boston College (AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC, NEA)

Running backs

• Keith Byars, Ohio State (AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC, NEA)
• Kenneth Davis, TCU (AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC)
• Rueben Mayes, Washington State (FWAA, UPI, NEA)
• Greg Allen, Florida State (WC)

Defense

Defensive ends

• Ron Holmes, Washington (AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC, NEA)
• Bruce Smith, Virginia Tech (AFCA, AP, FWAA, WC, NEA)
• Tim Green, Syracuse (TSN)
• Leslie O'Neal, Oklahoma State (AP, TSN)
• Freddie Joe Nunn, Mississippi (Ole Miss) (UPI)

Defensive tackles

• Tony Casillas, Oklahoma (AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, TSN)
• Tony Degrate, Texas (AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC)
• Ray Childress, Texas A&M (UPI, TSN)

Middle guards

• William Perry, Clemson (UPI, WC)

Linebackers

• Jack Del Rio, USC (AFCA, AP, FWAA, WC, NEA)
• Larry Station, Iowa (AFCA, AP, UPI, WC, NEA)
• Gregg Carr, Auburn (AFCA, AP, UPI, WC, NEA)
• Duane Bickett, USC (FWAA, UPI, NEA, TSN)
• James Seawright, South Carolina (AP, FWAA)
• Cornelius Bennett, Alabama (TSN)
• Alonzo Johnson, Florida (TSN)

Defensive backs

• Jerry Gray, Texas (AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC, NEA, TSN)
• Tony Thurman, Boston College (AFCA, AP, UPI, WC, NEA)
• David Fulcher, Arizona State (AP, FWAA, NEA, TSN)
• Jeff Sanchez, Georgia (AFCA, UPI, WC)
• Rod Brown, Oklahoma State (AFCA, WC)
• Richard Johnson, Wisconsin (FWAA, NEA, TSN)
• Bret Clark, Nebraska (FWAA, TSN)
• Kyle Morrell, BYU (AP)

Special teams

Kickers

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

Punters

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

Returners

• Willie Drewery, West Virginia (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
• AP – Associated Press
• FWAA – Football Writers Association of America^[2]
• UPI – United Press International
• WC – Walter Camp Football Foundation

Other selectors

• FN – Football News
• GNS – Gannett News Service
• NEA – Newspaper Enterprise Association
• TSN – The Sporting News

See also

• 1984 All-Big Ten Conference football team
• 1984 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team
• 1984 All-SEC football team

References

1. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
2. Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Retrieved March 8, 2016.