1986 College Football All-America Team

The 1986 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 1986. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1986 season.[1] They are: (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);[4] (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers;[5] and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).[6] Other notable selectors included Football News[7] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[8] Scripps Howard (SH),[9] and The Sporting News (TSN).[10]

Consensus All-Americans

The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1986 and displays which first-team designations they received.

Offense

Name Position School Number[11] Official Other
Brent FullwoodRunning backAuburn5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH, TSN
Paul PalmerRunning backTemple5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH, TSN
Ben TamburelloCenterAuburn5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH, TSN
Vinny TestaverdeQuarterbackMiami (Fla)5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH, TSN
Jeff BregelOffensive guardUSC4/4/8AFCA, AP, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH, TSN
Cris CarterWide receiverOhio State4/3/7AFCA, AP, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH
Keith JacksonTight endOklahoma5/1/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCTSN
Randy DixonOffensive tacklePittsburgh3/2/5AFCA, UPI, WCFN, TSN
John ClayOffensive tackleMissouri2/2/4UPI, WCNEA, SH
Danny VillaOffensive tackleArizona State2/0/2AF, FWAA--
D. J. DozierRunning backPenn State1/0/1WC--
Terrence FlaglerRunning backClemson1/0/1FWAA--
Brad MusterRunning backStanford1/0/1AFCA--

Defense

Name Position School Number[11] Official Other
Cornelius BennettLinebackerAlabama5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH, TSN
Brian BosworthLinebackerOklahoma5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH, TSN
Jerome BrownDefensive tackleMiami (Fla)5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH, TSN
Shane ConlanLinebackerPenn State5/3/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH
Thomas EverettDefensive backBaylor5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH, TSN
Danny NoonanDefensive tackleNebraska5/3/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH
Chris SpielmanLinebackerOhio State3/4/7AFCA, AP, FWAAFN, NEA, SH, TSN
Tim McDonaldDefensive backUSC4/2/6AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, SH
Jason BuckDefensive endBYU2/3/5AFCA, FWAANEA, SH, TSN
Dan SileoDefensive tackleMiami (Fla)2/1/3APSH
Reggie RogersDefensive endWashington2/3/5UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH
Bennie BladesDefensive backMiami (Fla)2/2/4AP, UPI, WCSH, TSN
Rod WoodsonDefensive backPurdue2/2/4AP, UPINEA, SH
Garland RiversDefensive backMichigan2/1/3AFCA, WCNEA
Tony WoodsDefensive endPittsburgh2/1/3FWAA, UPITSN

Special teams

Name Position School Number[11] Official Other
Jeff JaegerPlacekickerWashington3/1/4AP, UPI, WCFN
Barry HeltonPunterColorado2/1/3AP, UPITSN

Full selections - offense

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

  • Cris Carter, Ohio State (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, WC, FN-1, NEA, SH)
  • Tim Brown, Notre Dame (CFHOF) (AP-1, UPI-1, FN-1, SH, TSN)
  • Wendell Davis, LSU (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, FN-2, TSN)
  • Michael Irvin, Miami (Fla.) (AP-2, UPI-2, NEA)
  • Sterling Sharpe South Carolina (AP-3, FN-2)
  • Marc Zeno, Tulane (AP-3)
  • J. R. Ambrose, Ole Miss (FN-3)
  • Nasrallah Worthen, North Carolina State (FN-3)

Tight ends

  • Keith Jackson, Oklahoma (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, TSN)
  • Rod Bernstine, Texas A&M (AP-2, UPI-2, NEA)
  • Robert Await, San Diego St. (AP-3)

Centers

Offensive guards

Offensive tackles

Full selections - defense

Defensive ends

Defensive tackles

Linebackers

Defensive backs

  • Thomas Everett, Baylor (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, FN-1, NEA, SH, TSN)
  • Tim McDonald, USC (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, FN-1, SH)
  • Rod Woodson, Purdue (AP-1, UPI-1, FN-2, NEA, SH)
  • Bennie Blades, Miami (Fla.) (CFHOF) (AP-1, UPI-1, SH, TSN)
  • Garland Rivers, Michigan (AFCA, WC, FN-3, NEA)
  • Deion Sanders, Florida State (CFHOF) (NEA, TSN)
  • Gordon Lockbaum, Holy Cross (FWAA)
  • John Little, Georgia (AP-2, WC, FN-1)
  • Mark Moore, Oklahoma State (AP-1, FN-2)
  • Tim Peoples, Washington, (TSN)
  • Ray Isom, Penn State (AP-2)
  • David Vickers, Oklahoma (AP-2)
  • Ron Francis, Baylor (AP-3)
  • Harold McGuire, Toledo (AP-3)
  • Tom Rotello, Air Force (AP-3, FN-2)
  • Deion Sanders, Florida State (AP-3)
  • Freddie Robinson, Alabama (FN-3)
  • Chuck Cecil, Arizona (FN-3)

Full selections - special teams

Kickers

  • Jeff Jaeger, Washington (AP-1, UPI-1, WC, FN-1)
  • Jeff Ward, Texas (AFCA, NEA)
  • Marty Zendejas, Nevada-Reno (FWAA)
  • Van Tiffin, Alabama (SH)
  • Chris Kinzer, Virginia Tech (AP-2, UPI-2, FN-2, TSN)
  • John Diettrich, Ball State (AP-3, FN-3)

Punters

Returners

Key

  • Bold – Consensus All-American[1]
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection
  • CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame inductee

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. pp. 3, 13. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  2. "Testaverde leads Kodak star squad". The Palm Beach Post. November 23, 1986. p. 4C.
  3. "AP All-America Football Team". Florida Today. December 5, 1986. p. 5C.
  4. Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  5. "UPI All-American Team". The Indianapolis Star. December 9, 1986. p. 14.
  6. "Walter Camp All-America Team". The Arizona Republic. November 30, 1986. p. D3.
  7. "All-America News: Football News". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 23, 1986. p. 14D.
  8. Murray Olderman (December 26, 1986). "Miami leads All-Americans". Del Rio, Texas News Herald. p. 5B.
  9. "Owls' Palmer Makes All-america Team". Philadelphia Daily News. November 21, 1986.
  10. "TSN All-America". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 10, 1986. p. 20.
  11. This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.
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