1992 All-America college football team

Offense

Quarterback

• Gino Torretta, Miami (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1)
• Drew Bledsoe, Washington State (WA)
• Charlie Ward, Florida State (CFHOF) (AP-3, TSN-2)
• Marvin Graves, Syracuse (AP-2)

Running backs

• Marshall Faulk, San Diego State (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Garrison Hearst, Georgia (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Reggie Brooks, Notre Dame (AP-2, TSN-2)
• Greg Hill, Texas A&M (AP-3, TSN-2)
• Trevor Cobb, Rice (AP-2)
• Chuckie Dukes, Boston College (AP-3)

Wide receivers

• O.J. McDuffie, Penn St. (AFCA, AP-1, UPI, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-2)
• Sean Dawkins, California (AP-1, FWAA, WCFF, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Lloyd Hill, Texas Tech (AFCA, AP-2, UPI, FN, TSN-1)
• Michael Westbrook, Colorado (AP-2, WA)
• Ryan Yarborough, Wyoming (FWAA)
• Lamar Thomas, Miami (FL) (AP-3, TSN-2)
• Derrick Alexander, Michigan (AP-3)

Tight end

• Chris Gedney, Syracuse (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Irv Smith, Notre Dame (GNS)
• Coleman Bell, Miami (FL) (AP-2)
• Clarence Williams, Washington State (TSN-2)
• Troy Drayton, Penn State (AP-3)

Tackles

• Lincoln Kennedy, Washington (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Willie Roaf, Louisiana Tech (CFHOF) (AP-2, FWAA, UPI, GNS, TSN-2, WA)
• Tony Boselli, USC (CFHOF) (AP-2, WCFF, SH)
• Tom Scott, East Carolina (FN, TSN-1)
• Alec Millen, Georgia (AP-3)

Guards

• Will Shields, Nebraska (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Aaron Taylor, Notre Dame (AP-1, UPI, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-1)
• Everett Lindsay, Mississippi (AP-1 [tackle], FWAA, TSN-2 [tackle], WA)
• Ben Coleman, Wake Forest (AFCA, AP-3 [tackle], GNS)
• Lester Holmes, Jackson State (GNS)
• Stacy Seegars, Clemson (AP-2)
• Joe Cocozzo, Michigan (AP-2, TSN-2)
• Mike Govi, Tulsa (TSN-2)
• Mike Gee, NC State (AP-3)
• Fletcher Kelster, Oregon State (AP-3)

Center

• Mike Compton, West Virginia (AFCA, AP-1, UPI, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Mike Devlin, Iowa (AFCA, FWAA)
• Steve Everitt, Michigan (AP-2, GNS, TSN-2)
• Ed Bowen, Temple (AP-3)

Defense

Linemen

• Eric Curry, Alabama (AFCA, AP-1, UPI, WCFF, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Chris Slade, Virginia (AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, TSN-1)
• John Copeland, Alabama (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1)
• Rob Waldrop, Arizona (CFHOF) (AP-1, FWAA, UPI, TSN-2, WA)
• Chris Hutchinson, Michigan (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, FN, SH, TSN-2)
• Coleman Rudolph, Georgia Tech (AP-2, WCFF, SH, TSN-1)
• Shante Carver, Arizona State (AP-3, WA)
• Travis Hill, Nebraska (AFCA)
• John Parrella, Nebraska (GNS)
• Leonard Renfro, Colorado (GNS)
• Dana Stubblefield, Kansas (AP-2)
• Albert Fontenot, Baylor (AP-2)
• Kevin Mitchell, Syracuse (TSN-2)
• Lou Benfatti, Penn State (TSN-2)
• Todd Kelly, Tennessee (AP-3)
• Jeff Zgonina, Purdue (AP-3)
• Ricky Logo, NC State (AP-3)

Linebackers

• Marvin Jones, Florida State (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Marcus Buckley, Texas A&M (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-1)
• Micheal Barrow, Miami (Fla.) (AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Ron George, Stanford (AP-3, FN, TSN-2, WA)
• Dave Hoffmann, Washington (AFCA, AP-2, GNS, TSN-2, WA)
• Steve Tovar, Ohio St. (AFCA)
• Darrin Smith, Miami (Fla.) (AP-2, UPI)
• Curt McMillan, Miami (OH) (AP-3, GNS)
• Travis Hill, Nebraska (AP-2, TSN-2)
• Brett Wallerstedt, Arizona State (AP-3)

Defensive backs

• Carlton McDonald, Air Force (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Deon Figures, Colorado (AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Carlton Gray, UCLA (AFCA, AP-1, UPI, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-1, WA)
• Ryan McNeil, Miami (Fla.) (AFCA, AP-1, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-2)
• Patrick Bates, Texas A&M (AP-2, FWAA, UPI, TSN-1, WA)
• Lance Gunn, Texas (FWAA, FN, TSN-2)
• Othello Henderson, UCLA (GNS)
• Stephon Pace, Southern California (GNS)
• George Teague, Alabama (AP-2)
• Corey Sawyer, Florida State (AP-2)
• Mike Reid, NC State (AP-2, TSN-2)
• Aaron Glenn, Texas A&M (TSN-2)
• Tom Carter, Notre Dame (AP-3)
• George Coghill, Wake Forest (AP-3)
• John Lynch, Stanford (AP-3)
• Antonio Langham, Alabama (AP-3)

Specialists

Placekicker

• Joe Allison, Memphis State (AP-1, FWAA, UPI, FN, TSN-1)
• Jason Elam, Hawaii (AFCA, AP-3 [punter], SH, WA)
• Scott Sisson, Georgia Tech (AP-2, WCFF, GNS, TSN-2)
• Nelson Welch, Clemson (AP-3)

Punter

• Sean Snyder, Kansas St. (AFCA, AP-1)
• Ed Bunn, UTEP (AP-2, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-2, WA)
• Josh Miller, Arizona (FWAA, TSN-1)
• Mitch Berger, Colorado (UPI)
• Harold Alexander, Appalachian State (GNS)

All-purpose / kick returners

• Curtis Conway, USC (AP-3, FWAA, GNS, TSN-2)
• Glyn Milburn, Stanford (AP-1 [all-purpose])
• Tamarick Vanover, Florida State (TSN-1)
• Ryan Benjamin, Pacific (AP-2)

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
• WCFF = Walter Camp Football Foundation as chosen by coaches and sports information directors at 107 NCAA Division IA schools

Other selectors

• FN = Football News
• GNS = Gannett News Service
• SH = Scripps Howard News Service
• TSN = The Sporting News
• WA = The World Almanac team announced by the Newspaper Enterprise Association and syndicated in more than 600 newspapers; selected by "a panel of sports experts" for The World Almanac, its co-sponsoring newspapers; and its publisher Pharos Books

References

References

1. (2016). "Football Award Winners". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
2. (November 23, 1992). "Kodak All-America". The Akron Beacon Journal.
3. (December 11, 1992). "Duo repeats on AP All-America team". The Galveston Daily News.
4. (December 16, 1992). "Football Writers Association All-America football team". Quad City Times.
5. (December 11, 1992). "Walter Camp All America". The Times (Shreveport).
6. (November 28, 1992). "All-American team by Gannett News Service". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
7. (December 16, 1992). "The Sporting News All-America Team". The Des Moines Register.
8. (December 6, 1992). "Faulk, Hearst top World Almanac All-Americans". Rocky Mountain Telegram.