1982 College Football All-America Team

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The 1982 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 1982. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1982 season. [1] They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) based on the input of more than 2,000 voting members; (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers; [2] and (4) the United Press International (UPI). Other selectors included Football News (FN), the Gannett News Service (GNS), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), The Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).

Contents

Thirteen players were unanimously selected as first-team All-Americans by all four official selectors. [1] They were:

  1. Jim Arnold, punter for Vanderbilt
  2. Anthony Carter, wide receiver for Michigan, consensus first-team All-American in both 1981 and 1982 and the 1982 winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference
  3. Eric Dickerson, running back for SMU who rushed for 1,617 yards in 1982
  4. John Elway, quarterback for Stanford, the 1982 recipient of the Sammy Baugh Trophy
  5. Gordon Hudson, tight end for BYU
  6. Terry Kinard, defensive back for Clemson, a consensus All-American in both 1981 and 1982 and the CBS National Defensive Player of the Year in 1982
  7. Steve Korte, offensive lineman for Arkansas
  8. Don Mosebar, offensive lineman for USC
  9. Chuck Nelson, placekicker for Washington
  10. Dave Rimington, center for Nebraska, two-time winner of the Outland Trophy and the namesake of the Rimington Trophy, which is awarded annually to the nation's top collegiate center
  11. Herschel Walker, running back for Georgia, a three-time consensus first-team All-American who finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1981 and won the award in 1982
  12. Billy Ray Smith Jr., defensive end for Arkansas and who was a consensus first-team All-American in both 1981 and 1982
  13. Darryl Talley, linebacker for West Virginia

Consensus All-Americans

The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1982 and displays which first-team designations they received.

Offense

NamePositionSchoolNumber [3] OfficialOther
Eric Dickerson Running back SMU 4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC
John Elway Quarterback Stanford 4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC
Herschel Walker Running back Georgia 4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC
Anthony Carter Wide receiver Michigan 4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC
Dave Rimington Center Nebraska 4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC
Bruce Matthews GuardUSC3/5/8AFCA, AP, UPIFN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC
Steve Korte GuardArkansas4/3/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIGNS, NEA, TSN
Gordon Hudson Tight end BYU 4/2/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPITSN, WC
Don Mosebar TackleUSC4/2/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, WC
Jimbo Covert TacklePittsburgh3/3/6AFCA, FWAA, UPIFN, GNS, WC
Mike Rozier Running backNebraska3/1/4AFCA, FWAA, UPIFN

Defense

NamePositionSchoolNumber [3] OfficialOther
Terry Kinard Defensive back Clemson 4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC
Billy Ray Smith Jr. Defensive end Arkansas 4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC
Darryl Talley LinebackerWest Virginia4/4/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Vernon Maxwell Defensive endArizona St.3/5/8AFCA, FWAA, UPIFN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC
Terry Hoage Def. backGeorgia3/4/7AFCA, AP, UPIGNS, NEA, TSN, WC
Mike Pitts Def. tackleAlabama3/3/6AFCA, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN
Mike Richardson Def. backArizona State3/3/6AFCA, AP, UPIFN, TSN, WC
George Achica Middle guardUSC2/4/6AP, UPIFN, NEA, TSN, WC
Ricky Hunley LinebackerArizona3/0/3AFCA, AP, UPI-
Marcus Marek LinebackerOhio State2/1/3AFCA, UPIWC
Wilber Marshall LinebackerFlorida2/1/3AP, FWAAGNS
Gabriel Rivera Def. tackleTexas Tech2/1/3AFCA, APGNS
Rick Bryan Def. tackleOklahoma2/0/2FWAA, UPI-

Special teams

NamePositionSchoolNumber [3] OfficialOther
Chuck Nelson Placekicker Washington 4/5/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC
Jim Arnold Punter Vanderbilt 4/2/4AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, NEA, TSN

Offense

Receivers

Tight ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Defense

Defensive ends

Defensive tackles

Middle guards

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Kickers

Punters

Returners

Key

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.
  4. 1 2 "Awards". The Arizona Republic. November 23, 1982. p. C4 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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  6. "Covert left off All-America list". The Clarksdale Press Register (MS). December 8, 1982. p. 7A via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  7. "1982 UPI All-America football team". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 7, 1982. p. 4B via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  8. Bill Traughber (September 16, 2015). "Matthews overcame injury to become All-American tight end". Commodore History Corner. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  9. "Football News All-America Team". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids (IA). November 19, 1982. p. 2C via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  10. Joel Buchsbaum (November 25, 1982). "1982 GNS All-America Team". Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  11. Murray Olderman (December 26, 1982). "Hershel (sic) Walker and John Elway Head '82 NEA All America team". The Albert Lea Tribune (MN). p. 12 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  12. "Walter Camp All-America team". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 26, 1982. p. 6E via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg