1996 College Football All-America Team Explained
The 1996 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press,[1] Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News and Football News.
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 officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, and FN to determine Consensus All-Americans.
Offense
Quarterback
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)
- Warrick Dunn, Florida St. (AP-2, FWAA-Writers)
- Darnell Autry, Northwestern (AP-2, AFCA-Coaches)
- Ron Dayne, Wisconsin (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3)
- Corey Dillon, Washington (AP-3)
Wide receivers
- Marcus Harris, Wyoming (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN)
- Ike Hilliard, Florida (AP-3, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN)
- Reidel Anthony, Florida (AP-1, TSN)
- Rae Carruth, Colorado (AP-2, TSN)
- Keith Poole, Arizona State (AP-2)
- Kevin Lockett, Kansas St. (AP-3)
Tight end
Guards/tackles
- Orlando Pace, Ohio St. (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN, FN)
- Juan Roque, Arizona St. (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN)
- Benji Olson, Washington (AP-1, TSN, FN)
- Scott Sanderson, Washington State (AP-3, TSN)
- Chris Naeole, Colorado (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, FN)
- Dan Neil, Texas (AP-2, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN)
- Steve Scifres, Wyoming (AP-2, FWAA-Writers)
- 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)
Center
Defense
Linemen
- Grant Wistrom, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, TSN, FN)
- Reinard Wilson, Florida St. (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, FWAA-Writers)
- Peter Boulware, Florida St. (AP-1, FWAA-Writers, TSN, FN)
- Mike Vrabel, Ohio State (AP-2, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp)
- Derrick Rodgers, Arizona St. (AP-1, FWAA-Writers)
- Jared Tomich, Nebraska (AP-2, Walter Camp)
- Cornell Brown, Virginia Tech (AP-2, Walter Camp)
- 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)
Linebackers
- Canute Curtis, West Virginia (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches-DL, FWAA-Writers, TSN, FN)
- Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN)
- Jarrett Irons, Michigan (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp)
- Matt Russell, Colorado (AP-1, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN)
- Jason Chorak, Washington (AP-3
Notes and References
- News: AP All-America. May 19, 2017. The Salina Journal. December 12, 1996. 18. Newspapers.com.