1986 All-America college football team

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The 1986 All-America college football 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 (FN), [7] Gannett News Service (GNS), [8] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), [9] Scripps Howard (SH), [10] and The Sporting News (TSN). [11]

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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

NamePositionSchoolNumber [12] OfficialOther
Vinny Testaverde QuarterbackMiami (Fla)5/5/10AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Brent Fullwood Running backAuburn5/5/10AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Paul Palmer Running backTemple5/5/10AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Ben Tamburello CenterAuburn5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH, TSN
Jeff Bregel Offensive guardUSC4/5/9AFCA, AP, UPI, WCFN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Cris Carter Wide receiverOhio State4/4/8AFCA, AP, UPI, WCFN, GNS, NEA, SH
Keith Jackson Tight endOklahoma5/2/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCSH, TSN
Randy Dixon Offensive tacklePittsburgh3/2/5AFCA, UPI, WCFN, TSN
John Clay Offensive tackleMissouri2/3/5UPI, WCGNS, NEA, SH
Danny Villa Offensive tackleArizona State2/0/2AF, FWAA--
D. J. Dozier Running backPenn State1/0/1WC--
Terrence Flagler Running backClemson1/0/1FWAA--
Brad Muster Running backStanford1/0/1AFCA--

Defense

NamePositionSchoolNumber [12] OfficialOther
Cornelius Bennett LinebackerAlabama5/5/10AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Brian Bosworth LinebackerOklahoma5/5/10AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Thomas Everett Defensive backBaylor5/5/10AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Jerome Brown Defensive tackleMiami (Fla)5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH, TSN
Shane Conlan LinebackerPenn State5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, GNS, NEA, SH
Danny Noonan Defensive tackleNebraska5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, GNS, NEA, SH
Chris Spielman LinebackerOhio State3/5/8AFCA, AP, FWAAFN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Tim McDonald Defensive backUSC4/2/6AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, SH
Jason Buck Defensive endBYU2/4/6AFCA, FWAAGNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Rod Woodson Defensive backPurdue2/4/6AP, UPIGNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Reggie Rogers Defensive endWashington2/3/5UPI, WCFN, NEA, SH
Bennie Blades Defensive backMiami (Fla)2/2/4AP, UPI, WCSH, TSN
Garland Rivers Defensive backMichigan2/1/3AFCA, WCNEA
Tony Woods Defensive endPittsburgh2/1/3FWAA, UPITSN

Special teams

NamePositionSchoolNumber [12] OfficialOther
Jeff Jaeger PlacekickerWashington3/1/4AP, UPI, WCFN
Barry Helton PunterColorado2/2/4AP, UPIGNS, TSN

Full selections - offense

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Centers

Offensive guards

Offensive tackles

Full selections - defense

Defensive ends

Defensive tackles

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Full selections - special teams

Kickers

Punters

Returners

Key

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. pp. 3, 13. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Testaverde leads Kodak star squad". The Palm Beach Post. November 23, 1986. p. 4C.
  3. 1 2 "AP All-America Football Team". Florida Today. December 5, 1986. p. 5C.
  4. 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 May 18, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "UPI All-American Team". The Indianapolis Star. December 9, 1986. p. 14.
  6. 1 2 "Walter Camp All-America Team". The Arizona Republic. November 30, 1986. p. D3.
  7. 1 2 "All-America News: Football News". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 23, 1986. p. 14D.
  8. 1 2 "Gannette (sic) News Service All-Americans". Iowa City Press-Citizen. December 2, 1986. p. 2b via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  9. 1 2 Murray Olderman (December 2, 1986). "Miami Trio Leads '86 All-Americans". The Daily Review (Morgan City, LA). p. 10 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  10. 1 2 "Scripps Howard All-America Team". The Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN). November 21, 1986 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  11. 1 2 "TSN All-America". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 10, 1986. p. 20.
  12. 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.