The 1965 Little All-America college football team is composed of college football players from small colleges and universities who were selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the best players at each position. For 1965, the AP selected two teams, each team having separate offensive and defensive platoons.[1]
Senior Mel Stanton earned first-team honors after rushing for 1,238 yards, scoring 21 touchdowns, and leading Eastern Washington to its first conference championship since 1951.
Senior quarterback was described as "one of the most exciting quarterbacks of recent years", passing for 4,308 yard during his career at Texas A&I.
Junior linebacker Willie Lanier of Morgan State went on to play 11 years with the Kansas City Chiefs and was inducted into both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fames.
Defensive tackle Frank Cornish of Grambling was the largest player on the first team at 6 feet, 7 inches, and 285 pounds.
| Position | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | |||
| QB | Randy Johnson | Style = | Texas A&I |
| HB | Mel Stanton | Style = | Eastern Washington |
| Allen Smith | Style = | Findlay | |
| FB | Randy Schultz | Style = | State College of Iowa |
| E | Tom Mitchell | Style = | Bucknell |
| Jerome Bell | Style = | Central State (OK) | |
| T | Larry Cox | Style = | Abilene Christian |
| Richard Rhodes | Style = | Northeast Missouri State | |
| G | Dan Summers | Style = | Arkansas State |
| Willie Young | Style = | Grambling | |
| C | Marvin Peterson | Style = | Pacific Lutheran |
| Defense | |||
| DE | Tom Nelson | Style = | Sul Ross |
| Dave Lince | Style = | North Dakota | |
| DT | Robert Burles | Style = | Willamette |
| Frank Cornish | Style = | Grambling | |
| LB | Willie Lanier | Style = | Morgan State |
| John Huard | Style = | Maine | |
| Keith Atchley | Style = | Middle Tennessee | |
| DB | Pat Whalin | Style = | St. John's (MN) |
| Timothy Chilcutt | Style = | Austin Peay | |
| John Perry | Style = | Tampa | |
| Barry Roach | Style = | East Stroudsburg | |
| Position | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | |||
| QB | Ray Jones | Style = | Los Angeles State |
| HB | Ken Rota | Style = | North Dakota State |
| David Flet | Style = | Northern Michigan | |
| FB | Dave Alexander | Style = | East Carolina |
| E | Rich Kotite | Style = | Wagner |
| Milt Morin | Style = | UMass | |
| T | Fred Cremer | Style = | St. John's (MN) |
| Leonard Tyler | Style = | Ithaca | |
| G | Harlan Aden | Style = | Omaha |
| Robert Ferguson | Style = | Linfield | |
| C | Al DePalma | Style = | Montclair State |
| Defense | |||
| DE | Tom Davis | Style = | Tennessee A&I |
| Bill Scott | Style = | Northeastern Oklahoma State | |
| DT | Brad Hamilton | Style = | Southwestern Louisiana |
| Sid Otton | Style = | Weber State | |
| LB | Vern McManus | Style = | Lamar Tech |
| Wayne Harrington | Style = | Montana | |
| Henry Sorrell | Style = | Chattanooga | |
| DB | Al Mota | Style = | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Carlos Maiord | Style = | McMurry | |
| Richard Heinen | Style = | Northwest Missouri State | |
| George Clayton | Style = | Fairmont State | |