The 1992 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and publications that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1992. It is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions.
1992 Heisman Trophy winner Gino Torretta The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1992 season.[1] American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);[2] Associated Press (AP);[3] Football Writers Association of America (FWAA);[4] United Press International (UPI); and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF).[5] Football News Gannett News Service (GNS),[6] Scripps Howard (SH), The Sporting News [7] The World Almanac Newspaper Enterprise Association .[8]
Nine players were selected unanimously by all five official selectors. They are: quarterback Gino Torretta of Miami (FL), running backs Marshall Faulk of San Diego State and Garrison Hearst of Georgia, tight end Chris Gedney of Syracuse, tackle Lincoln Kennedy of Washington, guard Will Shields of Nebraska, linebackers Marcus Buckley of Texas A&M and Marvin Jones of Florida State, and defensive back Carlton McDonald of Air Force.[1] Heisman Trophy .
Quarterback
Gino Torretta (AFCA , AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , WCFF , FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1) Drew Bledsoe , Washington State (WA) Charlie Ward , Florida State (CFHOF) (AP-3, TSN-2) Marvin Graves , Syracuse (AP-2) Running backs
Marshall Faulk (AFCA , AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , WCFF , FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA) Garrison Hearst (AFCA , AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , WCFF , FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA) Reggie Brooks , Notre Dame (AP-2, TSN-2) Greg Hill , Texas A&M (AP-3, TSN-2) Trevor Cobb , Rice (AP-2) Chuckie Dukes, Boston College (AP-3) Wide receivers
O.J. McDuffie (AFCA , AP-1 , UPI , WCFF , FN, GNS, SH, TSN-2) Sean Dawkins (AP-1 , FWAA , WCFF , GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA) Lloyd Hill , Texas Tech (AFCA , AP-2, UPI , FN, TSN-1) Michael Westbrook , Colorado (AP-2, WA) Ryan Yarborough , Wyoming (FWAA ) Lamar Thomas , Miami (FL) (AP-3, TSN-2) Derrick Alexander , Michigan (AP-3) Tight end
Chris Gedney (AFCA , AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , WCFF , FN, SH, TSN-1, WA) Irv Smith , Notre Dame (GNS) Coleman Bell , Miami (FL) (AP-2) Clarence Williams , Washington State (TSN-2) Troy Drayton , Penn State (AP-3) Tackles
Lincoln Kennedy (AFCA , AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , WCFF , GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA) Willie Roaf (AP-2, FWAA , UPI , GNS, TSN-2, WA) Tony Boselli , USC (CFHOF) (AP-2, WCFF , SH) Tom Scott , East Carolina (FN, TSN-1) Alec Millen, Georgia (AP-3) Guards
Will Shields (AFCA , AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , WCFF , FN, SH, TSN-1, WA) Aaron Taylor (AP-1 , UPI , WCFF , FN, SH, TSN-1) Everett Lindsay (AP-1 [tackle], FWAA , TSN-2 [tackle], WA) Ben Coleman , Wake Forest (AFCA , AP-3 [tackle], GNS) Lester Holmes , Jackson State (GNS) Stacy Seegars , Clemson (AP-2) Joe Cocozzo , Michigan (AP-2, TSN-2) Mike Govi, Tulsa (TSN-2)
Mike Gee, NC State (AP-3)
Fletcher Kelster, Oregon State (AP-3) Center
Mike Compton (AFCA , AP-1 , UPI , WCFF , FN, SH, TSN-1, WA) Mike Devlin , Iowa (AFCA , FWAA ) Steve Everitt , Michigan (AP-2, GNS, TSN-2) Ed Bowen, Temple (AP-3)
Linemen
Eric Curry (AFCA , AP-1 , UPI , WCFF , GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA) Chris Slade (AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , WCFF , FN, TSN-1) John Copeland (AFCA , AP-1 , FWAA , WCFF , FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1) Rob Waldrop (AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , TSN-2, WA) Chris Hutchinson , Michigan (AFCA , AP-2, FWAA , FN, SH, TSN-2) Coleman Rudolph , Georgia Tech (AP-2, WCFF , SH, TSN-1) Shante Carver , Arizona State (AP-3, WA) Travis Hill , Nebraska (AFCA ) John Parrella , Nebraska (GNS) Leonard Renfro , Colorado (GNS) Dana Stubblefield , Kansas (AP-2) Albert Fontenot , Baylor (AP-2) Kevin Mitchell , Syracuse (TSN-2) Lou Benfatti , Penn State (TSN-2) Todd Kelly , Tennessee (AP-3) Jeff Zgonina , Purdue (AP-3) Ricky Logo, NC State (AP-3) Linebackers
Marvin Jones (AFCA , AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , WCFF , FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA) Marcus Buckley (AFCA , AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , WCFF , FN, SH, TSN-1) Micheal Barrow (AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , WCFF , FN, SH, TSN-1, WA) Ron George , Stanford (AP-3, FN, TSN-2, WA) Dave Hoffmann , Washington (AFCA , AP-2, GNS, TSN-2, WA) Steve Tovar , Ohio St. (AFCA ) Darrin Smith , Miami (Fla.) (AP-2, UPI) Curt McMillan, Miami (OH) (AP-3, GNS)
Travis Hill , Nebraska (AP-2, TSN-2) Brett Wallerstedt , Arizona State (AP-3) Defensive backs
Carlton McDonald (AFCA , AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , WCFF , SH, TSN-1, WA) Deon Figures (AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , WCFF , FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA) Carlton Gray (AFCA , AP-1 , UPI , WCFF , FN, SH, TSN-1, WA) Ryan McNeil (AFCA , AP-1 , WCFF , FN, GNS, SH, TSN-2) Patrick Bates , Texas A&M (AP-2, FWAA , UPI , TSN-1, WA) Lance Gunn , Texas (FWAA , FN, TSN-2) Othello Henderson , UCLA (GNS) Stephon Pace, Southern California (GNS)
George Teague , Alabama (AP-2) Corey Sawyer , Florida State (AP-2) Mike Reid , NC State (AP-2, TSN-2) Aaron Glenn , Texas A&M (TSN-2) Tom Carter , Notre Dame (AP-3) George Coghill , Wake Forest (AP-3) John Lynch , Stanford (AP-3) Antonio Langham , Alabama (AP-3)
Placekicker
Joe Allison (AP-1 , FWAA , UPI , FN, TSN-1) Jason Elam , Hawaii (AFCA , AP-3 [punter], SH, WA) Scott Sisson , Georgia Tech (AP-2, WCFF , GNS, TSN-2) Nelson Welch, Clemson (AP-3) Punter
Sean Snyder (AFCA , AP-1 ) Ed Bunn , UTEP (AP-2, WCFF , FN, SH, TSN-2, WA) Josh Miller , Arizona (FWAA , TSN-1) Mitch Berger , Colorado (UPI ) Harold Alexander, Appalachian State (GNS)
Bold – Used for (1) consensus All-American[1] CFHOF - Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
-1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection Other selectors
FN = Football News
GNS = Gannett News Service[6]
SH = Scripps Howard News Service
TSN = The Sporting News [7]
WA = The World Almanac Newspaper Enterprise Association and syndicated in more than 600 newspapers; selected by "a panel of sports experts" for The World Almanac, its co-sponsoring newspapers; and its publisher Pharos Books[8]
"Football Award Winners" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 9. Retrieved December 11, 2017 .
