1991 College Football All-America Team

The 1991 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press, United Press International, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, Scripps-Howard, The Sporting News and Football News.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. The NCAA officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, UPI, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, and FN to determine Consensus All-Americans.

Offense

Quarterback

• Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (CFHOF) (AP-1, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
• Casey Weldon, Florida State (AP-2, WC, SH, FN)
• Shane Matthews, Florida (AP-3)

Running backs

• Vaughn Dunbar, Indiana (AP-1, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, FN)
• Trevor Cobb, Rice (AP-2, AFCA, FN)
• Russell White, California (AP-2, NEA, WC, FWAA)
• Marshall Faulk, San Diego St. (AP-1, UPI, SH)
• Amp Lee, Florida State (WC)
• Tony Sands, Kansas (AP-3)
• Derek Brown, Nebraska (AP-3)

Wide receivers

• Desmond Howard, Michigan (CFHOF) (AP-1, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Mario Bailey, Washington (AP-1, UPI, NEA)
• Carl Pickens, Tennessee (AP-2, AFCA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Sean LaChapelle, UCLA (AP-2)
• Aaron Turner, Pacific (AP-3)
• Michael Smith, Kansas State (AP-3)

Tight end

• Kelly Blackwell, TCU (AP-1, UPI, AFCA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Derek Brown, Notre Dame (NEA, WC)
• Mark Chmura, Boston College (AP-2, FWAA)
• Johnny Mitchell, Nebraska (AP-3)

Tackles

• Greg Skrepenak, Michigan (AP-1, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Bob Whitfield, Stanford (AP-1, UPI, NEA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Leon Searcy, Miami (Fla.) (AP-2, FWAA, SH)
• Ray Roberts, Virginia (AP-2, AFCA, SH)
• Troy Auzenne, California (AP-2, AFCA)
• Eugene Chung, Virginia Tech (FWAA)
• Lincoln Kennedy, Washington (AP-3)

Guards

• Jeb Flesch, Clemson (AP-1, UPI, NEA, WC, FN)
• Mirko Jurkovic, Notre Dame (AP-2, UPI, NEA, WC, TSN, FN)
• Jerry Ostroski, Tulsa (AP-1, FWAA, TSN)
• Tim Simpson, Illinois (AP-3, AFCA)
• Will Shields, Nebraska (AP-2)
• Hesham Ismail, Florida (AP-3)

Center

• Jay Leeuwenburg, Colorado (AP-1, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Cal Dixon, Florida (AP-2)
• Mike Davis, Iowa (AP-3)

Defense

Linemen

• Steve Emtman, Washington (CFHOF) (AP-1, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Santana Dotson, Baylor (AP-1, UPI, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Brad Culpepper, Florida (AP-1, NEA, AFCA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Leroy Smith, Iowa (AP-1, AFCA)
• Robert Stewart, Alabama (AP-2, UPI, NEA, TSN)
• Rob Bodine, Clemson (AP-2, FWAA)
• Joel Steed, Colorado (AP-3, WC)
• Shane Dronett, Texas (AP-3, WC)
• James Patton, Texas (AP-2)
• Rusty Medearis, Miami (AP-2)
• Robin Jones, Baylor (AP-3)
• Chris Slade, Virginia (AP-3)

Linebackers

• Marvin Jones, Florida State (AP-1, UPI, NEA, WC, FWAA, SH, TSN)
• Robert Jones, East Carolina (AP-1, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Levon Kirkland, Clemson (WC, AFCA, SH, TSN)
• Marco Coleman, Georgia Tech (AP-2, NEA, FWAA, SH)
• Darrin Smith, Miami (Fla.) (AP-2, UPI, FN)
• Joe Bowden, Oklahoma (AP-1, FN)
• Steve Tovar, Ohio State (AP-3, AFCA)
• David Hoffman, Washington (AP-2, FWAA)
• Erick Anderson, Michigan (AP-3, UPI)
• Quentin Coryatt, Texas A&M (NEA)
• Demetrius DuBose, Notre Dame (FN)
• Ed McDaniel, Clemson (AP-3)

Backs

• Terrell Buckley, Florida State (AP-1, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Dale Carter, Tennessee (AP-1, UPI, NEA, WC, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Kevin Smith, Texas A&M (AP-1, WC, AFCA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Darryl Williams, Miami (Fla.) (AP-1, WC, AFCA, SH)
• Troy Vincent, Wisconsin (AP-2, UPI, NEA, FWAA, TSN, FN)
• Matt Darby, UCLA (AP-2, UPI, AFCA)
• Darren Perry, Penn State (AP-2, NEA, FWAA)
• Willie Clay, Georgia Tech (AP-2)
• Eric Castle, Oregon (AP-3)
• Sean Lumpkin, Minnesota (AP-3)
• Carlton Gray, UCLA (AP-3)

Specialists

Placekicker

• Carlos Huerta, Miami (Fla.) (AP-1, NEA, WC, AFCA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Jason Hanson, Washington State (UPI, FWAA)
• Dan Eichioff, Kansas (AP-2)
• Jason Elam, Hawaii (AP-3)

Punter

• Mark Bounds, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
• Jason Christ, Air Force (AP-2)
• Pete Raether, Arkansas (AP-3)

All-purpose / kick returners

• Kevin Williams, Miami (Fla.) (FWAA-PR, TSN)
• Qadry Ismail, Syracuse (AP-3-all-p, FWAA-KR)
• Ryan Benjamin, Pacific (AP-1-allp)
• Dion Johnson, East Carolina (AP-2-allp)

Key

• Bold – Consensus All-American^[8]
• -1 – First-team selection
• -2 – Second-team selection
• -3 – Third-team selection
• CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame inductee
• AP = Associated Press
• UPI = United Press International,
• NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
• WC = Walter Camp Foundation, AFCA = American Football Coaches Association
• FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
• SH = Scripps Howard News Service
• TSN = The Sporting News
• FN = Football News.

See also

• 1991 All-Big Eight Conference football team
• 1991 All-Big Ten Conference football team
• 1991 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team
• 1991 All-SEC football team

References