Football: All-Time All-Americans
All-time First-Team All-Americans are listed below. Abbreviations of the outlets are listed at the bottom of the page.
| Year | Name | Pos. | Type | Outlet(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Joe Routt | G | AP, LIB | |
| 1937 | Joe Routt | G | Consensus | AP, CE, CO, CP, LIB, NANA, NEA, NW, SN, UPI |
| 1939 | Joe Boyd | OT | BL, CO, CW, NYS, SN | |
| 1939 | John Kimbrough* | FB | Unanimous | AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPI, CP, NYS, WC, DH, FD |
| 1940 | John Kimbrough*^ | FB | Unanimous | AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPI, CP, DH, FD, NYS, WC |
| 1940 | Marshall Robnett | OG | Consensus | AAB, NW, UPI, CP, DH, FD, WC |
| 1940 | Marshall Robnett | OG | Consensus | AAB, NW, UPI, CP, DH, FD, WC |
| 1941 | Derace Moser | HB | NEA | |
| 1941 | James Sterling | END | NYS | |
| 1950 | Bob Smith | RB | NEA, TRIB, GR | |
| 1951 | Jack Little | FB | FWAA | |
| 1956 | Dennis Goehring | OG | n/a | |
| 1956 | John David Crow* | RB | SN | |
| 1956 | Charlie Krueger | T | INS | |
| 1956 | Jack Pardee* | B | CP, FWAA | |
| 1957 | John David Crow*$ | RB | Unanimous | AAB, AP, AFCA, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, TIME, UPI, WC |
| 1957 | Charlie Krueger* | T | FWAA, INS | |
| 1966 | Maurice Moorman | OT | FWAA, SN, TIME | |
| 1967 | Bill Hobbs | LB | AP | |
| 1968 | Bill Hobbs | LB | UPI | |
| 1968 | Rolf Krueger | DL | SN, TIME | |
| 1968 | Tommy Maxwell | DB | SN, TIME | |
| 1968 | Steve O'Neal | P | SN | |
| 1970 | Dave Elmendorf* | DB | Consensus | AP, FWAA |
| 1974 | Pat Thomas | DB | Consensus | AP, FWAA, NEA |
| 1975 | Ed Simonini | LB | Unanimous | AP, AFCA, FN, FWAA, SN, UPI, WC |
| 1975 | Pat Thomas | DB | Consensus | AP, AFCA, FN, NEA, SN, UPI, WC |
| 1976 | Tony Franklin | PLK | Consensus | FWAA, UPI, CFN |
| 1976 | Lester Hayes | DB | SN | |
| 1976 | Robert Jackson | LB | Unanimous | AP, AFCA, FWAA, FN, SN, UPI, WC |
| 1978 | Tony Franklin | PLK | FWAA | |
| 1979 | Jacob Green* | DL | AP, WC | |
| 1984 | Ray Childress* | DL | SN, UPI | |
| 1985 | Johnny Holland | LB | Consensus | AP, FWAA |
| 1986 | Rod Bernstine | TE | NEA | |
| 1986 | Johnny Holland | LB | FN | |
| 1987 | John Roper | LB | Consensus | AP, FWAA |
| 1988 | Darren Lewis | RB | AP, GNS, SN | |
| 1989 | Mike Jones | TE | NEA | |
| 1989 | Mickey Washington | DB | GNS | |
| 1989 | Richmond Webb | OL | GNS | |
| 1990 | Mike Arthur | C | FWAA | |
| 1990 | Darren Lewis | RB | Consensus | AP, AFCA, FN, GNS, UPI, WC |
| 1991 | Quentin Coryatt | LB | NEA | |
| 1991 | Kevin Smith | DB | Consensus | AP, AFCA, FN, SH, SN, WC |
| 1992 | Patrick Bates | DB | FWAA, SN, UPI, WA | |
| 1992 | Marcus Buckley | LB | Unanimous | AP, AFCA, FWAA, SN, UPI, WC |
| 1993 | Sam Adams | DL | Consensus | AP, AFCA, FN, GNS, NEA, SH, SN, UPI, WC |
| 1993 | Aaron Glenn | DB | Consensus | AP, AFCA, FWAA, GNS, SH, SN, UPI, WC |
| 1994 | Antonio Armstrong | DL | AP, FN | |
| 1994 | Leeland McElroy | AP | Consensus | FWAA, SH, SN, WC |
| 1995 | Leeland McElroy | AP | AP | |
| 1995 | Ray Mickens | DB | WC | |
| 1995 | Brandon Mitchell | DL | WC | |
| 1996 | Keith Mitchell | LB | FN |
- * NFF Hall of Famer
$ Heisman Trophy winner
^ Heisman Trophy runner-up
- All-America Teams Key:
- AAB—All-America Board
AAFF—All-America Football Foundation
AP—Associated Press
AFCA—American Football Coaches Association
Athlon—Athlon Magazine
BL—Boys’ Life
CBS—CBS Network
CE—Collyer’s Eye
CO—Collier’s Weekly (selected by Grantland Rice)
CP—Central Press Association
CFN—College Football News
CW—Collegiate Writers
DH—Deke Houlgate
ESPN—ESPN Network
FD—Football Digest
FN—Football News
FWAA—Football Writers Association of America
FOX—Fox Network
GNS—Gannett News Service
GR—Gridiron Review
INS—International News Service
LIB—Liberty Magazine
NANA—North American Newspaper Alliance
NEA—Newspaper Enterprises Association
NW-- Newsweek
NYS—New York Sun
PFW—Pro Football Weekly
Scout—Scout.com
SH—Scripps Howard News Service
SI—Sports Illustrated
SN—Sporting News
TIME—Time Magazine
TRIB—Chicago Tribune
UPI—United Press International
USAT—USA Today
WA—World Almanac
WC—Walter Camp
