1991 All-America college football team

Consensus All-Americans

The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1991 and display which first-team designations they received.

Full selections - offense

Quarterback

• Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA)
• Casey Weldon, Florida State (AP-2, WCFF, FN, SH])
• Shane Matthews, Florida (AP-3, UPI-2)

Running backs

• Vaughn Dunbar, Indiana (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA, SH)
• Trevor Cobb, Rice (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-1, FN)
• Russell White, California (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, WCFF, NEA)
• Marshall Faulk, San Diego St. (AP-1, SH)
• Amp Lee, Florida State (WCFF)
• Tony Sands, Kansas (AP-3, UPI-2)
• Derek Brown, Nebraska (AP-3)

Wide receivers

• Desmond Howard, Michigan (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA, SH, TSN)
• Mario Bailey, Washington (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA)
• Carl Pickens, Tennessee (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-2, FN, SH, TSN)
• Sean LaChapelle, UCLA (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Aaron Turner, Pacific (AP-3)
• Michael Smith, Kansas State (AP-3)

Tight end

• Kelly Blackwell, TCU (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, FN, SH, TSN)
• Derek Brown, Notre Dame (WCFF, NEA)
• Mark Chmura, Boston College (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2)
• Johnny Mitchell, Nebraska (AP-3)

Tackles

• Greg Skrepenak, Michigan (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA, SH, TSN)
• Bob Whitfield, Stanford (AP-1, UPI-1, FN, NEA, SH, TSN)
• Leon Searcy, Miami (Fla.) (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, SH)
• Ray Roberts, Virginia (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-2, SH)
• Troy Auzenne, California (AFCA, AP-3)
• Eugene Chung, Virginia Tech (FWAA)
• Lincoln Kennedy, Washington (AP-3)

Guards

• Jeb Flesch, Clemson (AP-1, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA)
• Mirko Jurkovic, Notre Dame (AP-2, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA, TSN)
• Jerry Ostroski, Tulsa (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-2, TSN)
• Tim Simpson, Illinois (AFCA, AP-3, UPI-2)
• Will Shields, Nebraska (AP-2)
• Hesham Ismail, Florida (AP-3)

Center

• Jay Leeuwenburg, Colorado (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA, SH, TSN)
• Cal Dixon, Florida (AP-2)
• Mike Devlin, Iowa (AP-3, UPI-2)

Full selections - defense

Linemen

• Steve Emtman, Washington (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA, SH, TSN)
• Santana Dotson, Baylor (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN)
• Brad Culpepper, Florida (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-2, FN, NEA, SH, TSN)
• Leroy Smith, Iowa (AFCA, AP-1)
• Robert Stewart, Alabama (AP-2, UPI-1, NEA, TSN)
• Rob Bodine, Clemson (AP-2, FWAA)
• Joel Steed, Colorado (AP-3, UPI-2, WCFF)
• Shane Dronett, Texas (AP-3, UPI-2, WCFF)
• James Patton, Texas (AP-2)
• Rusty Medearis, Miami (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Robin Jones, Baylor (AP-3)
• Chris Slade, Virginia (AP-3)

Linebackers

• Robert Jones, East Carolina (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA, SH, TSN)
• Marvin Jones, Florida State (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, NEA, SH, TSN)
• Levon Kirkland, Clemson (AFCA, UPI-2, WCFF, SH, TSN)
• Marco Coleman, Georgia Tech (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, NEA, SH)
• Darrin Smith, Miami (Fla.) (AP-2, UPI-1, FN)
• Joe Bowden, Oklahoma (AP-1, UPI-2, FN)
• Steve Tovar, Ohio State (AFCA, AP-3)
• Dave Hoffmann, Washington (AP-2, FWAA)
• Erick Anderson, Michigan (AP-3, UPI-1)
• Quentin Coryatt, Texas A&M (NEA)
• Demetrius DuBose, Notre Dame (FN)
• Ed McDaniel, Clemson (AP-3)

Defensive backs

• Terrell Buckley, Florida State (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA, SH, TSN)
• Dale Carter, Tennessee (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA, SH, TSN)
• Darryl Williams, Miami (Fla.) (AFCA, AP-1, WCFF, SH)
• Kevin Smith, Texas A&M (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-2, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN)
• Troy Vincent, Wisconsin (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, NEA, TSN)
• Matt Darby, UCLA (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-1)
• Darren Perry, Penn State (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, NEA)
• Willie Clay, Georgia Tech (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Eric Castle, Oregon (AP-3)
• Sean Lumpkin, Minnesota (AP-3)
• Carlton Gray, UCLA (AP-3)
• Tracy Saul, Texas Tech (AP-3, UPI-2)

Full selections - special teams

Placekicker

• Carlos Huerta, Miami (Fla.) (AFCA, AP-1, NEA, UPI-2, WCFF, SH, TSN, FN)
• Jason Hanson, Washington State (UPI-1, FWAA)
• Dan Eichioff, Kansas (AP-2)
• Jason Elam, Hawaii (AP-3)

Punter

• Mark Bounds, Texas Tech (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA, SH, TSN)
• Jason Christ, Air Force (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Pete Raether, Arkansas (AP-3)

All-purpose / kick returners

• Kevin Williams, Miami (Fla.) (FWAA [punt returner], TSN)
• Qadry Ismail, Syracuse (AP-3 [all purpose], FWAA [kickoff returner])
• Ryan Benjamin, Pacific (AP-1 [return specialist])
• Dion Johnson, East Carolina (AP-2 [all purpose])

Key

• Bold – Used for (1) consensus All-American and (2) first-team selections by an official selector
• CFHOF - Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
• -1 – First-team selection
• -2 – Second-team selection
• -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

• AFCA = American Football Coaches Association for Kodak
• AP = Associated Press
• FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
• UPI = United Press International
• WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation chosen by coaches and sports information directors at 105 Division I-A schools

Other selectors

• FN = Football News
• NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
• SH = Scripps Howard News Service
• TSN = The Sporting News

References

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