The 1970 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 1970, the AP selected three teams, each team having separate offensive and defensive platoons.[1] [2]
Jim Lindsey of Abilene Christian was selected as the first-team quarterback. During his time at Abilene Christian, he became college football's all-time passing leader, completing 642 of 1,237 passes for 8,521 yards and 61 touchdowns.[2] Lindsey went on to play in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Running back Leon Burns of Long Beach State was the only player to win first-team honors in both 1969 and 1970. He rushed for 1,033 yards in 1970, down from his 1969 totals of 1,659 yards and 27 touchdowns.[2]
Joe Profit of Northeast Louisiana broke the Gulf Coast Conference all-time rushing record and was named to the conference's all-decade team for the 1960s.[2] He was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round (seventh overall) of the 1971 NFL draft.
Junior running back Leon McQuay of Tampa rushed for 1,362 yards, added 396 yards on kickoff returns, and scored 20 touchdowns.[2] He skipped his senior season to play in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was a CFL All-Star in 1971.
| Position | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | |||
| QB | Jim Lindsey | Style = | Abilene Christian |
| RB | Leon Burns | Style = | Long Beach State |
| Leon McQuay | Style = | Tampa | |
| Joe Profit | Style = | Northeast Louisiana | |
| E | John Curtis | Style = | Springfield (MA) |
| Red Roberts | Style = | Austin Peay | |
| T | Vernon Holland | Style = | Tennessee State |
| Melvin Holmes | Style = | North Carolina A&T | |
| G | Bill Phillips | Style = | Arkansas State |
| Conway Hayman | Style = | Delaware | |
| C | Jimmy Champion | Style = | Jacksonville State |
| Defense | |||
| DE | Lawrence Brame | Style = | Western Kentucky |
| Richard Harris | Style = | Grambling | |
| DT | Fred Carter | Style = | Alcorn A&M |
| Charles Roundtree | Style = | Grambling | |
| MG | Margarito Guerrero | Style = | Texas A&I |
| LB | Ronnie Hornsby | Style = | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Len Pettigrew | Style = | Ashland | |
| Isiah Robertson | Style = | Southern | |
| DB | Nate Allen | Style = | Texas Southern |
| Joe Cichy | Style = | North Dakota State | |
| Vivian Lee | Style = | Prairie View A&M | |
| Position | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | |||
| QB | Dan Pastorini | Style = | Santa Clara |
| RB | Leroy Byars | Style = | Alcorn A&M |
| Calvin Harrell | Style = | Arkansas State | |
| Steve Pelot | Style = | South Dakota | |
| E | Vince Green | Style = | Troy State |
| Chris Myers | Style = | Kenyon | |
| T | Rod Cason | Style = | Angelo State |
| John Morring | Style = | Tampa | |
| G | Sterling Allen | Style = | Wofford |
| Jim Kalill | Style = | Hawaii | |
| C | Billy Manning | Style = | Grambling |
| Defense | |||
| DE | Vern Den Herder | Style = | Central (IA) |
| Gary Gustafson | Style = | Montana State | |
| DT | Bill Bibbee | Style = | Wittenberg |
| Dave Pureifory | Style = | Eastern Michigan | |
| MG | Ernest Holmes | Style = | Texas Southern |
| LB | Tim Kearney | Style = | Northern Michigan |
| Don McLean | Style = | North Dakota | |
| Robert Young | Style = | Texas A&I | |
| DB | Walter Huntley | Style = | Trinity (TX) |
| Cleophus Johnson | Style = | Alcorn A&M | |
| Dennis Meyer | Style = | Arkansas State | |
| Position | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | |||
| QB | Tim Von Dulm | Style = | Portland State |
| RB | Dom Flora | Style = | Bridgewater |
| Chuck Hall | Style = | Delaware | |
| Rick Thompson | Style = | East Central (OK) | |
| E | Frank Lewis | Style = | Grambling |
| Mike Savoy | Style = | Black Hills State | |
| T | Len Gotshalk | Style = | Humboldt State |
| Dan Green | Style = | North Dakota State | |
| G | Ross Bolce | Style = | Pacific Lutheran |
| Bill Soucy | Style = | Boston University | |
| C | Bruce Jackson | Style = | Trinity (TX) |
| Defense | |||
| DE | Kelvin Korver | Style = | Northwestern (IA) |
| Ronald Leigh | Style = | Elizabeth City State | |
| DT | Sammy Gellerstedt | Style = | Tampa |
| Larry Miller | Style = | Montana | |
| MG | Roosevelt Manning | Style = | Northeastern Oklahoma State |
| LB | Pete Contaldi | Style = | Montclair State |
| Terry Giltner | Style = | UT Martin | |
| Aubrey Johnson | Style = | Northeast Missouri State | |
| DB | Steve Endemano | Style = | Claremont-Mudd |
| Lynn Ferguson | Style = | Drexel | |
| Tom Williams | Style = | Willamette | |