The 1992 College Football All-America team is composed of

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players who were selected as

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ns by various organizations and publications that chose

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s in 1992. It is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The

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(NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1992 season. They are: (1) the

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(AFCA); (2) the

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(AP); (3) the

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(FWAA); (4) the

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(UPI); and (5) the

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(WCFF). Other notable selectors included ''

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'',

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'' (TSN), and '' The World Almanac'' (WA) in conjunction with the

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. Nine players were selected unanimously by all five official selectors. They are: quarterback

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of Miami (FL), running backs

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of San Diego State and Garrison Hearst of Georgia, tight end

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of Syracuse, tackle

Lincoln Kennedy Tamerlane Lincoln Kennedy (born Tamerlane Fizel Kennedy Jr.; February 12, 1971) is a former football offensive tackle. He played college football at Washington, and was recognized as a consensus All-American. A first-round selection in the 19 ...

of Washington, guard

Will Shields Will Herthie Shields (born September 15, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, earnin ...

of Nebraska, linebackers Marcus Buckley of Texas A&M and

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of Florida State, and defensive back Carlton McDonald of Air Force. Gino Torretta also won the 1992

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Offense

Quarterback

, Miami (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1) * Drew Bledsoe, Washington State (WA) *

Charlie Ward Charlie Ward Jr. (born October 12, 1970) is a former American professional basketball player. Ward was an exceptional football player as well, winning the Heisman Trophy, Davey O'Brien Award, and College Football National Championship while quart ...

, Florida State (CFHOF) (AP-3, TSN-2) *

Marvin Graves Marvin Graves (born February 7, 1971) is a former quarterback in the Canadian Football League as well as one of the top signal-callers in the history of Syracuse University. High school Graves was a standout quarterback at Archbishop Carroll Hi ...

, Syracuse (AP-2)

Running backs

, 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 Reginald Arthur Brooks (born January 19, 1971) is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He attended Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is the uncle to Minnesota Vikings Linebacker Antho ...

, Notre Dame (AP-2, TSN-2) * Greg Hill, Texas A&M (AP-3, TSN-2) *

Trevor Cobb Trevor Sebastian Cobb (born November 20, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rice Owls football, and ea ...

, Rice (AP-2) * Chuckie Dukes, Boston College (AP-3)

Wide receivers

O.J. McDuffie Otis James McDuffie (born December 2, 1969) is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. He played college football for Penn State University, and ...

, Penn St. (AFCA, AP-1, UPI, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-2) *

Sean Dawkins Sean Russell Dawkins (born February 3, 1971) is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He played college football for the University of California, ...

, California (AP-1, FWAA, WCFF, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA) *

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, Texas Tech (AFCA, AP-2, UPI, FN, TSN-1) *

Michael Westbrook Michael Deanailo Westbrook (born July 7, 1972) is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and is also a former mixed martial artist. Westbrook played college footba ...

, Colorado (AP-2, WA) * Ryan Yarborough, Wyoming (FWAA) *

Lamar Thomas Lamar Nathaniel Thomas (born February 12, 1970 in Ocala, Florida) is a former American football Wide Receiver and current Wide Receivers coach for the Orlando Guardians of the XFL. College career Thomas played college football and college bask ...

, Miami (FL) (AP-3, TSN-2) * Derrick Alexander, Michigan (AP-3)

Tight end

, 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 Troy Anthony Drayton (born June 29, 1970 in Steelton, Pennsylvania) is a former professional American football tight end from 1993 to 2001. He played in 9 seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams and th ...

, Penn State (AP-3)

Tackles

, 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

, 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 ackle FWAA, TSN-2 ackle WA) * Ben Coleman, Wake Forest (AFCA, AP-3 ackle 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 Eric Felece Curry (born February 3, 1970) is an American football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1990s. He played college football for the University of Alabama, and earned ...

, Alabama (AFCA, AP-1, UPI, WCFF, GNS, SH, TSN-1, WA) *

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, Virginia (AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FN, TSN-1) *

John Copeland John Anthony Copeland (born September 20, 1970) is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. He played college football for the University of Al ...

, Alabama (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, WCFF, FN, GNS, SH, TSN-1) *

Rob Waldrop Robert F. Waldrop (born December 1, 1971) is a former American college and professional gridiron football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football ...

, Arizona (CFHOF) (AP-1, FWAA, UPI, TSN-2, WA) * Chris Hutchinson, Michigan (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, FN, SH, TSN-2) *

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, Georgia Tech (AP-2, WCFF, SH, TSN-1) * Shante Carver, Arizona State (AP-3, WA) *

Travis Hill Travis LaVell Hill (October 3, 1969 – March 28, 2018) was an American professional football player who played two seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns and Carolina Panthers. Drafted in the 7th round by the Clevelan ...

, Nebraska (AFCA) *

John Parrella John Lorin Parrella (born November 22, 1969) is an American football coach and former defensive tackle who is currently the Head Coach at Lutheran West High School in Rocky River, OH. Parrella was the assistant defensive line coach for the Clev ...

, Nebraska (GNS) * Leonard Renfro, Colorado (GNS) * Dana Stubblefield, Kansas (AP-2) *

Albert Fontenot Albert Fontenot (born September 17, 1970) is a former professional American football player for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. The defensive lineman was a fourth-round draft pick in 1993 NFL Draft The 1993 NFL draft was the ...

, 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

, 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 Micheal Colvin Barrow (born April 19, 1970) is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons. He played college football for the University of Miami, an ...

, 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 Steven Eric Tovar (born April 25, 1970) is a former college and professional American football linebacker and a former football coach at the University of Kansas. College career Tovar played for the Ohio State University Buckeyes from 1989 to ...

, Ohio St. (AFCA) *

Darrin Smith Darrin Andrew Smith (born April 15, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints. He ...

, Miami (Fla.) (AP-2, UPI) * Curt McMillan, Miami (OH) (AP-3, GNS) *

, 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 Deon Juniel Figures (born January 10, 1970) is a former American college and professional football player who was cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons. He played college football for the University of Colorado, and ...

, 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 Patrick James Bates (born November 27, 1970) is a former safety in the National Football League. He was drafted in the first round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Raiders and later played for the Atlanta Falcons after being traded by t ...

, Texas A&M (AP-2, FWAA, UPI, TSN-1, WA) *

Lance Gunn Lance Cameron Gunn (born January 9, 1970) is a former American football defensive back who played in the National Football League (NFL) and NFL Europe. Early years Gunn grew up in an east suburb of Houston, Texas. He attended North Shore High ...

, Texas (FWAA, FN, TSN-2) *

Othello Henderson Othello Methelda Henderson III (born August 23, 1972) is a former American football defensive back who played two seasons with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the seventh round ...

, UCLA (GNS) * Stephon Pace, Southern California (GNS) *

George Teague George Theo Teague (born February 18, 1971) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins. He played college football at the University of Alab ...

, Alabama (AP-2) * Corey Sawyer, Florida State (AP-2) * Mike Reid, NC State (AP-2, TSN-2) *

Aaron Glenn Aaron Devone Glenn (born July 16, 1972) is an American football coach and former cornerback who is the defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the defensive backs coach for the N ...

, Texas A&M (TSN-2) * Tom Carter, Notre Dame (AP-3) * George Coghill, Wake Forest (AP-3) * John Lynch, Stanford (AP-3) *

Antonio Langham Collie Antonio Langham (born July 31, 1972) is an American former college and professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for the University of Alabama, a ...

, Alabama (AP-3)

Specialists

Placekicker

* Joe Allison, Memphis State (AP-1, FWAA, UPI, FN, TSN-1) * Jason Elam, Hawaii (AFCA, AP-3

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SH, WA) *

Scott Sisson Scott O'Neal Sisson (born July 21, 1971) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the New England Patriots (1993) and the Minnesota Vikings (1996). He played collegiately for the Georgia ...

, Georgia Tech (AP-2, WCFF, GNS, TSN-2) * Nelson Welch, Clemson (AP-3)

Punter

Sean Snyder Sean Snyder (born September 21, 1969) is an American football coach and the current Special Assistant to the Head Coach for the Kansas Jayhawks football program.. He most recently served as the special teams coordinator at the University of Ill ...

, Kansas St. (AFCA, AP-1) * Ed Bunn, UTEP (AP-2, WCFF, FN, SH, TSN-2, WA) *

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, Arizona (FWAA, TSN-1) *

Mitch Berger Mitchell Shannon Berger (born June 24, 1972) is a Canadian former American football punter. He played college football at Colorado and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 1994 NFL Draft. Berger has also been a mem ...

, Colorado (UPI) * Harold Alexander, Appalachian State (GNS)

All-purpose / kick returners

Curtis Conway Curtis Lamont Conway Sr (born January 13, 1971) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 1993 NFL Draft out of the University of Southern Ca ...

, USC (AP-3, FWAA, GNS, TSN-2) *

Glyn Milburn Glyn Curt Milburn (born February 19, 1971) is a former American football running back and return specialist who played for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Stanford, he was drafted by the Denv ...

, Stanford (AP-1 ll-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

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* -1 – First-team selection * -2 – Second-team selection * -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

* AFCA =

for Kodak * AP =

* FWAA =

* UPI =

* WCFF =

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

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

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