The Arizona Wildcats college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and represents the University of Arizona in the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). All-America selections are individual player recognitions made after each season when numerous publications release lists of their ideal team. The NCAA recognizes five All-America lists: the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF).[1] In order for an honoree to earn a "consensus" selection, he must be selected as first team in three of the five lists recognized by the NCAA, and "unanimous" selections must be selected as first team in all five lists.[1]
Since the establishment of the team in 1894, Arizona has had 29 players honored a total of 34 times as First Team All-America for their performance on the field of play. Included in these selections are 8 consensus selections, 2 of which were unanimous selections earned by Ka'Deem Carey in the 2012 season and 2013 season and Scooby Wright III in the 2015 season.
| Consensus selection | ||||||
| Unanimous selection | ||||||
| AAB | All-America Board | AFCA | AS | Athlon Sports | American Football Coaches Association | AP | Associated Press | ||||
| CBSS | CBS Sports | CO | Collier's Weekly | CNNSI | CNN/Sports Illustrated | CP | Central Press Association | CSW | College Sports Writers | CFN | College Football News |
| DW | Davis J. Walsh | ||||||||||
| ES | ESPN | Ed Sullivan | FN | The Football News | FWAA | Football Writers Association of America | FS | Fox Sports | |||
| INS | International News Service | ||||||||||
| KCS | Kansas City Star | ||||||||||
| LAT | Los Angeles Times | LIB | Liberty Magazine | LIN | Lindy's | LK | Look magazine | ||||
| NANA | North American Newspaper Alliance | NB | Norman E. Brown | NEA | Newspaper Editors Association | NL | Navy Log | NYEP | New York Evening Post | NYS | New York Sun |
| OF | Oscar Fraley | ||||||||||
| PD | Parke H. Davis | PB | Playboy | ||||||||
| Rivals | Rivals.com | ||||||||||
| SH | Scripps-Howard | Scout | Scout.com | SN | Sporting News | ||||||
| Time | Time Magazine | ||||||||||
| UP | United Press | UPI | United Press International | USA | USA Today | ||||||
| WCFF | Walter Camp Football Foundation | WD | Walter Dobbins | ||||||||
| Yahoo | Yahoo Sports |
| Year | Player name | Position | Selector(s) |
| 1935 | |||
| 1937 | FB | ||
| 1938 | C/LB | ||
| 1941 | |||
| 1971 | LB | TSN | |
| 1975 | WR | NEA | |
| 1976 | DE | ||
| 1982 | LB | AP, UPI, AFCA, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA | |
| 1983 | Ricky Hunley | LB | |
| 1985 | UPI, WC | ||
| 1986 | LB | Playboy, CFN | |
| 1987 | FS | UPI, WC, AFCA | |
| 1987 | Joe Tofflemire | LB | |
| 1988 | Joe Tofflemire | LB | |
| 1990 | CB | AP, UPI, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, FN | |
| 1992 | P | FWAA, TSN | |
| 1992 | DT | AP, UPI, WC, FWAA, AFCA, SH, TSN, FN, NEA | |
| 1993 | LB | SH | |
| 1993 | Rob Waldrop | DT | |
| 1994 | K | WC, FWAA, SH, SN | |
| 1994 | S | WC, AFCA, SN | |
| 1994 | LB | AP, WC, FWAA, AFCA, SH, UPI, TSN, SN | |
| 1995 | Tedy Bruschi | LB | |
| 1995 | CB | AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WC, FN | |
| 1999 | WR | AP, AFCA, FWAA, CNNSI | |
| 2005 | † | P | PFW |
| 2007 | CB | AP, WC, SN, CNNSI, ESPN, CBS Sports, CFN, Rivals.com, Scout.com | |
| 2008 | TE | AP | |
| 2012 | † | RB | CBS Sports, AS, Scout.com, SN, WC, Lindy's, AP |
| 2013 | Ka'Deem Carey† | RB | |
| 2014 | ‡ | LB | AP, FWAA, AFCA, WC, SN, CNNSI, USA Today, ESPN, CBS Sports, CFN, Scout.com, and Yahoo! Sports |