1996 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1996 August 2023 25em 1996 College Football All-America Team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid College Football All-America Team 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season border-top:1px #aaa solid ← 1995   1997 → December 2016 The 1996 All-America college football teamis composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1996. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes seven selectors as "official" for the 1996 season.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 10 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/Awards.pdf October 22, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171022194854/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/Awards.pdf bot: unknown They are: (1) the Associated Press (AP),AP All-America https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11097269/ap_allamerica/ May 19, 2017 The Salina Journal December 12, 1996 18 Newspapers.com (2) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (3) Football News, (4) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers; (5) The Sporting News (TSN); the United Press International (UPI) - in its last year as a selector - selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers; and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. The NCAA has officially recognized All-Americans selected by over a changing roster of over 20 organizations. In 1995, the official selectors were the AP, UPI, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, and FN to determine Consensus All-Americans. The Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), the oldest All-American college football selection at the time and once an official selector, also selected a team - the last one they selected.Siner Howard 1996 Team: Troy Davis leads All-Americans https://books.google.com/books?id=wscwAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=%22Phil+Dawson%22&article_id=3795,6986017&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjuyq7YvuGSAxXTEWIAHccJDVgQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Phil%20Dawson%22&f=false 23 February 2026 The Cedartown Standard 19 December 1996 A player is named to the Consensus team if they are selected first team by a majority of the recognized All-America teams, in this case 4. If no player at a position meets that majority threshold, a player can still qualify by earning first-team honors from at least two of the designated selectors. Second- and third-team honors are used as tie-breakers, and if a true tie remains, all tied players are included. Offense Quarterback Danny Wuerffel, Florida (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, TSN, FN, NEA-1) Jake Plummer, Arizona St. (AP-2, FWAA-Writers, NEA-2) Peyton Manning, Tennessee (AP-3) Running backs Byron Hanspard, Texas Tech (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN, FN) Troy Davis, Iowa State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN, FN, NEA-1) Warrick Dunn, Florida St. (AP-2, FWAA-Writers, NEA-1) Darnell Autry, Northwestern (AP-2, AFCA-Coaches, NEA-2) Ron Dayne, Wisconsin (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3) Corey Dillon, Washington (AP-3) Tiki Barber, Virginia (NEA-2) Wide receivers Marcus Harris, Wyoming (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN, NEA-1) Ike Hilliard, Florida (AP-3, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN, NEA-2) Reidel Anthony, Florida (AP-1, TSN, NEA-2) Rae Carruth, Colorado (AP-2, TSN, NEA-1) Keith Poole, Arizona State (AP-2) Kevin Lockett, Kansas St. (AP-3) Tight end David LaFleur, LSU (AP-3, Walter Camp, NEA-1) Tony Gonzalez, California (AP-2, TSN, FN, NEA-2) Itula Mili, BYU (AFCA-Coaches) Pat Fitzgerald, Texas (AP-1) Guards/tackles Orlando Pace, Ohio St. (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN, FN, NEA-1) Juan Roque, Arizona St. (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN, NEA-1) Benji Olson, Washington (AP-1, TSN, FN) Scott Sanderson, Washington State (AP-3, TSN, NEA-2) Chris Naeole, Colorado (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, FN, NEA-1) Dan Neil, Texas (AP-2, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN, NEA-1) Steve Scifres, Wyoming (AP-2, FWAA-Writers, NEA-2) Chris Dishman, Nebraska (AP-2) Walter Jones, Florida St. (AP-2) Ben Kaufman, Texas Tech (AP-3) Adam Meadows, Georgia (AP-3) Jerry Wunsch, Wisconsin (AP-3) Jamie Nails, Florida A&M (NEA-2) Paul Wiggins, Oregon (NEA-2) Center Aaron Taylor, Nebraska (AP-2, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN, NEA-1) Rod Payne, Michigan (AFCA-Coaches) K. C. Jones, Miami (Fla.) (AP-1) Billy Conaty, Virginia Tech (TSN) Jeff Mitchell, Florida (AP-3) Ryan Tucker, Texas Christian (NEA-2) Defense Linemen Grant Wistrom, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, TSN, FN, NEA-1) Reinard Wilson, Florida St. (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, FWAA-Writers, NEA-1) Peter Boulware, Florida St. (AP-1, FWAA-Writers, TSN, FN, NEA-1) Mike Vrabel, Ohio State (AP-2, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, NEA-2) Derrick Rodgers, Arizona St. (AP-1, FWAA-Writers, NEA-1) Jared Tomich, Nebraska (AP-2, Walter Camp, NEA-2) Cornell Brown, Virginia Tech (AP-2, Walter Camp, NEA-2) Michael Myers, Alabama (TSN) Tarek Saleh, Wisconsin (FN) William Carr, Michigan (AP-2) Greg Ellis, North Carolina (AP-3) Leonard Little, Tennessee (AP-3) Darrell Russell, USC (AP-3, NEA-2) Linebackers Canute Curtis, West Virginia (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches-DL, FWAA-Writers, TSN, FN, NEA-1) Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN, NEA-1) Jarrett Irons, Michigan (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, NEA-2) Matt Russell, Colorado (AP-1, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN) Jason Chorak, Washington (AP-3 {as DL], TSN, FN) Dwayne Rudd, Alabama (AP-2, AFCA-Coaches) Anthony Simmons, Clemson (AP-3, TSN) Keith Mitchell, Texas A&M (AP-3, FN) Andy Katzenmoyer, Ohio St. (AP-2) Brian Simmons, North Carolina (AP-2) Takeo Spikes, Auburn (AP-2) Tyrus McCloud, Louisville (AP-3) Antwaune Ponds, Syracuse (AP-3) James Farrior, Virginia (NEA-2) Backs Chris Canty, Kansas St. (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN, FN, NEA-1) Dré Bly, North Carolina (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN, NEA-1) Charles Woodson, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, FWAA-Writers, NEA-1) Shawn Springs, Ohio St. (AP-2, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, FN, NEA-2) Kevin Jackson, Alabama (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN, FN, NEA-1) Kim Herring, Penn State (AP-2, TSN, NEA-2) Kevin Abrams, Syracuse (AFCA-Coaches) Sam Madison, Louisville (AP-3, FN, NEA-2) Bryant Westbrook, Texas (AP-2, NEA-2) Kenny Wheaton, Oregon (AP-2) Eric Allen, Indiana (AP-3) Ronde Barber, Virginia (AP-3) Steve Rosga, Colorado (AP-3) Specialists Placekicker Marc Primanti, N.C. St. (AP-1, FWAA-Writers, TSN, FN, NEA-1) Cory Wedel, Wyoming (AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp) Rafael Garcia, Virginia (AP-2) Damon Shea, Nevada (AP-3) Phil Dawson, Texas (NEA-2) Punter Noel Prefontaine, San Diego St. (AP-1, FWAA-Writers, NEA-2) Brad Maynard, Ball State (AP-2, AFCA, Coaches, Walter Camp, NEA-1) Bill Marrinangle, Vanderbilt (TSN) Toby Gowin, North Texas (AP-3) All-purpose / kick returners Tim Dwight, Iowa (FWAA-Writers) Kevin Faulk, LSU (AP-1) Terry Battle, Arizona St. (AP-2, TSN) Beau Morgan, Air Force (AP-3) See also 1996 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team 1996 All-Big 12 Conference football team 1996 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1996 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team 1996 All-SEC football team References All-America Team Category:All-America college football teams