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1986 College Football All-America Team

The 1986 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 1986. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1986 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) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA);[4] (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers;[5] and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).[6] Other notable selectors included Football News (FN),[7] Gannett News Service (GNS),[8] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[9] Scripps Howard (SH),[10] and The Sporting News (TSN).[11]

Consensus All-Americans

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The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1986 and displays which first-team designations they received.

Offense

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Name Position School Number[12] Official Other
Vinny Testaverde Quarterback Miami (Fla) 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Brent Fullwood Running back Auburn 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Paul Palmer Running back Temple 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Ben Tamburello Center Auburn 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, NEA, SH, TSN
Jeff Bregel Offensive guard USC 4/5/9 AFCA, AP, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Cris Carter Wide receiver Ohio State 4/4/8 AFCA, AP, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, SH
Keith Jackson Tight end Oklahoma 5/2/7 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC SH, TSN
Randy Dixon Offensive tackle Pittsburgh 3/2/5 AFCA, UPI, WC FN, TSN
John Clay Offensive tackle Missouri 2/3/5 UPI, WC GNS, NEA, SH
Danny Villa Offensive tackle Arizona State 2/0/2 AF, FWAA --
D. J. Dozier Running back Penn State 1/0/1 WC --
Terrence Flagler Running back Clemson 1/0/1 FWAA --
Brad Muster Running back Stanford 1/0/1 AFCA --

Defense

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Name Position School Number[12] Official Other
Cornelius Bennett Linebacker Alabama 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Brian Bosworth Linebacker Oklahoma 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Thomas Everett Defensive back Baylor 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Jerome Brown Defensive tackle Miami (Fla) 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, NEA, SH, TSN
Shane Conlan Linebacker Penn State 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, SH
Danny Noonan Defensive tackle Nebraska 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, GNS, NEA, SH
Chris Spielman Linebacker Ohio State 3/5/8 AFCA, AP, FWAA FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Tim McDonald Defensive back USC 4/2/6 AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC FN, SH
Jason Buck Defensive end BYU 2/4/6 AFCA, FWAA GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Rod Woodson Defensive back Purdue 2/4/6 AP, UPI GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Reggie Rogers Defensive end Washington 2/3/5 UPI, WC FN, NEA, SH
Bennie Blades Defensive back Miami (Fla) 2/2/4 AP, UPI, WC SH, TSN
Garland Rivers Defensive back Michigan 2/1/3 AFCA, WC NEA
Tony Woods Defensive end Pittsburgh 2/1/3 FWAA, UPI TSN

Special teams

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Name Position School Number[12] Official Other
Jeff Jaeger Placekicker Washington 3/1/4 AP, UPI, WC FN
Barry Helton Punter Colorado 2/2/4 AP, UPI GNS, TSN

Full selections - offense

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Quarterbacks

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Running backs

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Wide receivers

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Tight ends

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Centers

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Offensive guards

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Offensive tackles

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Full selections - defense

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Defensive ends

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Defensive tackles

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Linebackers

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Defensive backs

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Full selections - special teams

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Kickers

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  • Jeff Jaeger, Washington (AP-1, UPI-1, WC, FN-1, GNS-2, NEA-2)
  • Jeff Ward, Texas (AFCA, NEA-1)
  • Marty Zendejas, Nevada-Reno (FWAA)
  • Van Tiffin, Alabama (GNS-3, SH)
  • Chris Kinzer, Virginia Tech (AP-2, UPI-2, FN-2, TSN)
  • John Diettrich, Ball State (AP-3, FN-3, GNS-1)

Punters

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  • Barry Helton, Colorado (AP-1, UPI-1, FN-3, GNS-1, TSN)
  • Greg Montgomery, Michigan State (FWAA, FN-2, SH)
  • Bill Smith, Mississippi (AP-2, WC)
  • Greg Horne, Arkansas (AFCA, AP-3, UPI-2, FN-1, GNS-3)
  • Mark Simon, Air Force (GNS-2)

Returners

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Key

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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, 13. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Testaverde leads Kodak star squad". The Palm Beach Post. November 23, 1986. p. 4C.
  3. ^ a b "AP All-America Football Team". Florida Today. December 5, 1986. p. 5C.
  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 May 18, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "UPI All-American Team". The Indianapolis Star. December 9, 1986. p. 14.
  6. ^ a b "Walter Camp All-America Team". The Arizona Republic. November 30, 1986. p. D3.
  7. ^ a b "All-America News: Football News". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 23, 1986. p. 14D.
  8. ^ a b "Gannette (sic) News Service All-Americans". Iowa City Press-Citizen. December 2, 1986. p. 2b – via Newspapers.com.  
  9. ^ a b Murray Olderman (December 2, 1986). "Miami Trio Leads '86 All-Americans". The Daily Review (Morgan City, LA). p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.  
  10. ^ a b "Scripps Howard All-America Team". The Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN). November 21, 1986 – via Newspapers.com.  
  11. ^ a b "TSN All-America". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 10, 1986. p. 20.
  12. ^ 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.
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