1993 College Football All-America Team

1993 Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward

The 1993 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and publications that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1993. It is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes seven selectors as "official" for the 1993 season.[1] They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);[2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;[3] (3) Football News;[4] (4) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA);[5] (4) The Sporting News;[6] (6) the United Press International (UPI); and (7) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF).[7] Other notable selectors included Gannett News Service (GNS),[8] Scripps Howard (SH),[9] and the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).[10]

Ten players were unanimously selected as first-team All-Americans by all seven of the NCAA-recognized selectors. They are: quarterback Charlie Ward of Florida State; running backs Marshall Faulk of San Diego State and LeShon Johnson of Northern Illinois; wide receiver J. J. Stokes of UCLA; center Jim Pyne of Virginia Tech; offensive tackle Aaron Taylor of Notre Dame; defensive tackle Rob Waldrop of Arizona; linebackers Trev Alberts of Nebraska and Derrick Brooks of Florida State; and defensive back Antonio Langham of Alabama.[1] Charlie Ward also won the 1993 Heisman Trophy.

Offense

Heath Shuler

Quarterback

Running backs

Marshall Faulk

Wide receivers

Tight end

Tackles

Aaron Taylor

Guards

  • Mark Dixon, Virginia (AP-1, FN, FWAA, TSN, UPI, WCFF, NEA-1)
  • Stacy Seegars, Clemson (AP-1, FN, TSN, WCFF, NEA-2, SH)

Center

Defense

Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Specialists

Placekicker

Punter

  • Terry Daniel, Auburn (AFCA, AP-1, FN, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, GNS, NEA-1, SH)
  • Chris MacInnis, Air Force (AP-2)
  • Brad Faunce, UNLV (AP-3)

All-purpose / kick returners

  • David Palmer, Alabama (AFCA [WR], AP-1 (all-purpose), FWAA [KR], UPI [KR], TSN [KR], WCFF [WR], GNS [WR], NEA-1 [KR])
  • Leeland McElroy, Texas A&M (AP-2 (all-purpose))
  • Andre Coleman, Kansas State (AP-3 (all-purpose))

Key

  • Bold – Used for (1) consensus All-American[1] 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

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. pp. 3, 15. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "1993 Kodak All-American Team". The Tennessean. November 21, 1993. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "OSU's "Big Daddy" named All-American". The Marion Star. December 9, 1993. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "Football News team". The Monitor. November 26, 1993. p. 5C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "FWAA All-Time All-America" (PDF). Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Alberts on Sporting News All-America team". Lincoln (NE) Journal. December 16, 1993. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b "Walter Camp All-America Team". News-Press (Fort Myers, FL). November 28, 1993. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b "Seminoles dominate Gannett News Service All-America team". Florida Today. November 30, 1993. p. 4C – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b "Waldrop, Harris selected as Scripps All-Americans". The Arizona Daily Star. November 25, 1993. p. E2 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ a b "Charlie Ward leads All-Americans". DeKalb County Weekly. November 24, 1993. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.