1983 College Football All-America Team

The 1983 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1983. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1983 season. They are:[1] (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) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers;[4] (4) the United Press International (UPI);[5] and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).[6] Other selectors included Football News (FN),[7] Gannett News Service,[8] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[9] and The Sporting News (TSN).[10]

Consensus All-Americans

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The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1983 and displays which first-team designations they received.

Offense

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Name Position School Number[11] Official Other
Bill Fralic Tackle Pittsburgh 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Irving Fryar Receiver Nebraska 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Mike Rozier Running back Nebraska 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Steve Young Quarterback Brigham Young 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Gordon Hudson Tight end Brigham Young 5/3/8 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA
Dean Steinkuhler Guard Nebraska 4/4/8 AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Bo Jackson Running back Auburn 4/3/7 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, GNS, NEA
Terry Long Tackle East Carolina 4/0/4 AFCA, AP, FWAA, WC -
Tony Slaton Center USC 3/1/4 FWAA, UPI, WC FN
Doug Dawson Guard Texas 3/0/3 AFCA, AP, WC -
Napoleon McCallum Running back Navy 2/1/3 FWAA, WC TSN
Greg Allen Running back Florida State 2/0/2 UPI, WC -

Defense

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Name Position School Number[11] Official Other
Rick Bryan Def. tackle Oklahoma 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Russell Carter Def. back SMU 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Reggie White Def. tackle Tennessee 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Ricky Hunley Linebacker Arizona 5/2/7 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, NEA
Terry Hoage Def. back Georgia 4/3/7 AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, NEA, TSN
Jerry Gray Def. back Texas 4/2/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI GNS, NEA
Wilber Marshall Linebacker Florida 4/2/6 AFCA, AP, UPI, WC FN, NEA
Ron Rivera Linebacker California 3/4/7 AFCA, AP, FWAA FN, GNS, NEA, TSN
Don Rogers Def. back UCLA 3/3/6 AFCA, FWAA, WC FN, GNS, TSN
William Perry Middle guard Clemson 4/0/4 AP, FWAA, UPI, WC -
Jeff Leiding Linebacker Texas 3/1/4 AP, FWAA, WC FN
William Fuller Defensive end North Carolina 2/2/4 AFCA, WC FN, TSN

Special teams

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Name Position School Number[11] Official Other
Luis Zendejas Placekicker Arizona St. 3/1/4 AP, FWAA, WC NEA
Jack Weil Punter Wyoming 3/0/3 AP, FWAA, UPI -

Offense

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Receivers

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Tight ends

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Tackles

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Guards

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  • Dean Steinkuhler, Nebraska (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, UPI-1, WC, FN-1, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN)
  • Doug Dawson, Texas (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-2, WC, FN-2, GNS-2, NEA-2 [tackle])
  • Stefan Humphries, Michigan (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-1, FN-1, GNS-2, NEA-2, TSN)
  • Gary Zimmerman, Oregon (AP-3, GNS-3, NEA-1)
  • Ron Solt, Maryland (FN-2, GNS-1, NEA-2)
  • James Farr, Clemson (AP-3)
  • Chris Babyar, Illinois (FN-3)

Centers

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Quarterbacks

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Running backs

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Defense

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Defensive ends

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  • William Fuller, North Carolina (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-2 [DT], WC, FN-1, GNS-2, NEA-2, TSN)
  • Bruce Smith, Virginia Tech (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-2, FN-3, GNS-1, NEA-1)
  • Don Thorp, Illinois (AP-3 [DT], FWAA, UPI-2 [DT], FN-2, GNS-3, NEA-2, TSN)
  • Freddie Gilbert, Georgia (AP-2, UPI-1, FN-2, GNS-2)
  • Ron Faurot, Arkansas (UPI-1, FN-2)
  • Donnie Humphrey, Auburn (UPI-2, GNS-3)
  • Jimmie Carter, New Mexico (AP-3)

Defensive tackles

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Middle guards

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Linebackers

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Defensive backs

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Special teams

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Kickers

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  • Luis Zendejas, Arizona State (AP-1, FWAA, WC, FN-3, GNS-2, NEA-1)
  • Bruce Kallmeyer, Kansas (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-1, GNS-1)
  • Paul Woodside, West Virginia (UPI-2, FN-2, TSN)
  • Tony Zendejas, Nevada (Reno) (NEA-2)
  • Jeff Ward, Texas (AP-3)
  • Kevin Butler, Georgia (FN-1, GNS-3)

Punters

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Returners

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  • Bold – Consensus All-American[1]
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection
  • CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame inductee

Official selectors

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Other selectors

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. pp. 3, 12–13. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "1983 Kodak-AFCA All-America Team". The Palm Beach Post. December 2, 1983. p. D6 – via Newspapers.com.  
  3. ^ a b "Associated Press All-American Team". Herald and Review (Decatur, IL). December 6, 1983. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com.  
  4. ^ a b Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Dave Raffo (December 8, 1983). "Offensive Titans Nebraska, BYU Dominate UPI All-America". Tyrone Daily Herald. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.  
  6. ^ a b "1983 Walter Camp All-America Team". The Palm Beach Post. December 2, 1983. p. D6 – via Newspapers.com.  
  7. ^ a b "All-America". The Sioux City Journal. November 30, 1983. p. C2. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b Buchsbaum, Joel S. (November 29, 1983). "Young, not Rozier deserves trophy". The Pensacola Journal. Gannett News Service. p. 3B. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. 
  9. ^ a b "The 1983 NEA All-America team". The Republic (Columbus, Ind.). November 30, 1983. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.  
  10. ^ a b "The 1983 Sporting News All-America College Football team". Times-Advocate (Escondido, CA). December 14, 1983. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.  
  11. ^ a b c This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.