1992 College Football All-America Team

1992 Heisman Trophy winner Gino Torretta

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.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1992 season.^[1] They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);^[2] (2) the Associated Press (AP);^[3] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA);^[4] (4) the United Press International (UPI); and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF).^[5] Other notable selectors included Football News, Gannett News Service (GNS),^[6] Scripps Howard (SH), The Sporting News (TSN),^[7] and The World Almanac (WA) in conjunction with the 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] Gino Torretta also won the 1992 Heisman Trophy.

Offense

Quarterback

Gino Torretta, Miami (CFHOF) (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, San Diego State (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA)
Garrison Hearst, Georgia (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, Penn St. (AFCA, AP-1, UPI, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-2)
Sean Dawkins, California (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, Syracuse (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, Washington (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA)
Willie Roaf, Louisiana Tech (CFHOF) (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, Nebraska (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-1, WA)
Aaron Taylor, Notre Dame (AP-1, UPI, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-1)
Everett Lindsay, Mississippi (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, West Virginia (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)

Defense

Linemen

Eric Curry, Alabama (AFCA, AP-1, UPI, WCFF, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA)
Chris Slade, Virginia (AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, TSN-1)
John Copeland, Alabama (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1)
Rob Waldrop, Arizona (CFHOF) (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, Florida State (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA)
Marcus Buckley, Texas A&M (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-1)
Micheal Barrow, Miami (Fla.) (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, Air Force (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, SH, TSN-1, WA)
Deon Figures, Colorado (AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA)
Carlton Gray, UCLA (AFCA, AP-1, UPI, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-1, WA)
Ryan McNeil, Miami (Fla.) (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)

Specialists

Placekicker

Joe Allison, Memphis State (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, Kansas St. (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)

All-purpose / kick returners

Curtis Conway, USC (AP-3, FWAA, GNS, TSN-2)
Glyn Milburn, Stanford (AP-1 [all-purpose])
Tamarick Vanover, Florida State (TSN-1)
Ryan Benjamin, Pacific (AP-2)

Key

Bold – Used for (1) consensus All-American^[1] and (2) first-team selections by an official selector
CFHOF - Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
-1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

AFCA = American Football Coaches Association for Kodak^[2]
AP = Associated Press^[3]
FWAA = Football Writers Association of America^[4]
UPI = United Press International^{[citation needed]}
WCFF = Walter Camp Football Foundation as chosen by coaches and sports information directors at 107 NCAA Division IA schools^[5]

Other selectors

FN = Football News
GNS = Gannett News Service^[6]
SH = Scripps Howard News Service
TSN = The Sporting News^[7]
WA = The World Almanac team announced by the 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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 9. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Kodak All-America". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 23, 1992. p. B2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Duo repeats on AP All-America team". The Galveston Daily News. December 11, 1992. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Football Writers Association All-America football team". Quad City Times. December 16, 1992. p. 4S – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Walter Camp All America". The Times (Shreveport). December 11, 1992. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "All-American team by Gannett News Service". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 28, 1992. p. D2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "The Sporting News All-America Team". The Des Moines Register. December 16, 1992. p. 6S – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Faulk, Hearst top World Almanac All-Americans". Rocky Mountain Telegram. December 6, 1992. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.

[CAA-1] "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 9. Retrieved December 11, 2017.

[AFCA-2] "Kodak All-America". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 23, 1992. p. B2 – via Newspapers.com.

[AP-3] "Duo repeats on AP All-America team". The Galveston Daily News. December 11, 1992. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.

[FWAA-4] "Football Writers Association All-America football team". Quad City Times. December 16, 1992. p. 4S – via Newspapers.com.

[WCFF-5] "Walter Camp All America". The Times (Shreveport). December 11, 1992. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.

[GNS-6] "All-American team by Gannett News Service". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 28, 1992. p. D2 – via Newspapers.com.

[TSN-7] "The Sporting News All-America Team". The Des Moines Register. December 16, 1992. p. 6S – via Newspapers.com.

[WA-8] "Faulk, Hearst top World Almanac All-Americans". Rocky Mountain Telegram. December 6, 1992. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t e 1992 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense	QB Gino Torretta RB Marshall Faulk RB Garrison Hearst WR O. J. McDuffie WR Sean Dawkins TE Chris Gedney OL Lincoln Kennedy OL Will Shields OL Aaron Taylor OL Willie Roaf OL Everett Lindsay C Mike Compton
Defense	DL Eric Curry DL John Copeland DL Chris Slade DL Rob Waldrop LB Marcus Buckley LB Marvin Jones LB Micheal Barrow DB Carlton McDonald DB Carlton Gray DB Deon Figures DB Ryan McNeil
Special teams	PK Joe Allison P Sean Snyder