1979 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1979 August 2023 25em 1979 College Football All-America Team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid College Football All-America Team 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1977 1978 ← → 1980 1981 The 1979 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 1979. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1979 season. 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; and (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers. Other selectors included Football News (FN), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), The Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). Offense Receivers Ken Margerum, Stanford (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Art Monk, Syracuse (FWAA) Johnny "Lam" Jones, Texas (TSN) Rick Beasley, Appalachian State (AP-2) Jackie Flowers, Florida State (UPI-2) Wayne Baumgardner, Wake Forest (NEA-2) Steve Coury, Oregon State (AP-3) Tight ends Junior Miller, Nebraska (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Mark Brammer, Michigan State (UPI-2) Dave Young, Purdue (AP-2) Mark Geisler, Ohio (NEA-2) Benjie Pryor, Pittsburgh (AP-3) Tackles Greg Kolenda, Arkansas (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, WC) Jim Bunch, Alabama (AP-1, AFCA [G], FWAA, UPI-2) Tim Foley, Notre Dame (AP-2, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN) Melvin Jones, Houston (AFCA, AP-3, WC) Stan Brock, Colorado (NEA-2, TSN) Steve McKenzie, Purdue (AP-2) Irv Pankey, Penn State (NEA-2) Ray Snell, Wisconsin (UPI-2, TSN) Herman Parker, Long Beach State (AP-3) Guards Brad Budde, USC (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Ken Fritz, Ohio State (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, WC) Mike Brock, Alabama (AP-2) Pete Inge, San Diego State (AP-2, UPI-2) George Stewart, Arkansas (UPI-2) Mark Jones, Missouri (NEA-2) Mark Goodspeed, Nebraska (NEA-2) Wayne Inman, East Carolina (AP-3) Craig Wolfley, Syracuse (AP-3) Centers Jim Ritcher, North Carolina State (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Dwight Stephenson, Alabama (AP-2, UPI-2) Ray Donaldson, Georgia (AP-3, NEA-2) Quarterbacks Marc Wilson, Brigham Young (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-2, WC) Art Schlichter, Ohio State (AP-3, UPI-2, NEA-1, TSN) Paul McDonald, USC (AP-2) Running backs Charles White, USC (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Billy Sims, Oklahoma (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC Vagas Ferguson, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-2, WC) George Rogers, South Carolina (AP-1, UPI-2, NEA-1) James Brooks, Auburn (AP-2) James Hadnot, Texas Tech (AP-2, UPI-2) Dennis Mosley, Iowa (AP-3, UPI-2) Jarvis Redwine, Nebraska (NEA-2) Joe Cribbs, Auburn (AP-3, NEA-2) Freeman McNeil, UCLA (AP-3) Defense Defensive ends Hugh Green, Pittsburgh (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Curtis Greer, Michigan (AFCA, FWAA, UPI-2 [DT], NEA-1) Jacob Green, Texas A&M (AP-1, UPI-2, WC) Rick Antle, Oklahoma State (AP-2) E. 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Junior, Alabama (AP-2) John Adams, LSU (UPI-2) Rush Brown, Ball State (NEA-2 [DL]) Gerry Gluscic, Indiana State (AP-3) Bob Kohrs, Arizona State (AP-3) Defensive tackles Steve McMichael, Texas (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-2, WC) Bruce Clark, Penn State (AFCA, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1 [NG], TSN, WC) Jim Stuckey, Clemson (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1 [DE], NEA-1, TSN [DE]) Hosea Taylor, Houston (NEA-1) Rulon Jones, Utah State (AP-2, NEA-2, TSN) Doug Martin, Washington (AP-2, UPI-2, NEA-2) Cleveland Crosby, Arizona (AP-3) Dino Mangiero, Rutgers (AP-3) Middle guards Ron Simmons, Florida State (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-2, WC) Ken Loushin, Purdue (AP-2) Kerry Weinmaster, Nebraska (UPI-2) George Mays, Army (AP-3) Linebackers George Cumby, Oklahoma (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Mike Singletary, Baylor (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-2, NEA-2, WC) Ron Simpkins, Michigan (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-2, WC) Dennis Johnson, USC (UPI-1, TSN) Otis Wilson, Louisville (NEA-1, TSN) David Hodge, Houston (AFCA, AP-2) Dan Bass, Michigan State (AP-2) Lance Mehl, Penn State (AP-2, UPI-2) Otis Wilson, Louisville (AP-3, UPI-2) Tom Boyd, Alabama (AP-3) Bob Crable, Notre Dame (AP-3) Defensive backs Kenny Easley, UCLA (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Johnnie Johnson, Texas (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Roland James, Tennessee (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Don McNeal, Alabama (AP-3, NEA-1, TSN) Mark Haynes, Colorado (AP-1, UPI-2) Derrick Hatchett, Texas (AP-2) Lovie Smith, Tulsa (AP-2) Darrol Ray, Oklahoma (UPI-2) Mike Guess, Ohio State (UPI-2) Willie Teal, LSU (NEA-2) Mark Lee, Washington (NEA-2) Roynell Young, Alcorn State (NEA-2) Vince Skillings, Ohio State (NEA-2) Monk Bonasorte, Florida State (AP-3) Dennis Smith, USC (AP-3) Special teams Kickers Dale Castro, Maryland (FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Ish Ordonez, Arkansas (UPI-2, NEA-2) Punters Jim Miller, Ole Miss (FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Mike Smith, Wyoming (UPI-2) Ken Naber, Stanford (NEA-2) Key Bold – Consensus All-AmericanFootball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 March 18, 2017 3, 12 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/Awards.pdf -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection Official selectors AFCA – American Football Coaches AssociationFootball Coaches All America The Republic (Columbus, Ind.) November 21, 1979 B3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4557449/football_coaches_all_america_team/ AP – Associated PressSouthern Cal star White repeats as All-America The Pantagraph December 5, 1979 B4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4555992/southern_cal_star_white_repeats_as_all/ FWAA – Football Writers Association of AmericaFWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team Ted Gangi March 2, 2016 http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf March 4, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190304073432/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf deadFootball Writers All America The Republic (Columbus, Ind.) November 21, 1979 B3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4557449/football_coaches_all_america_team/ UPI – United Press InternationalUPI All-America: Trojans Grab 3 Berths The Daily News (Huntingdon) December 4, 1979 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4556385/upi_all_america/ Other selectors FN – Football News NEA – Newspaper Enterprise AssociationNEA's 1979 All-America football team The Daily News (Huntingdon, PA) November 27, 1979 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4557687/neas_1979_allamerica_football_team/ TSN – The Sporting NewsSporting News The Arizona Republic December 4, 1979 D2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4557832/1979_sporting_news_allamerica_team/ WC – Walter Camp Football FoundationMarch 2016 See also 1979 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team 1979 All-Big Eight Conference football team 1979 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1979 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team 1979 All-SEC football team References All-America Team Category:All-America college football teams