1991 All-America college football team

The 1991 All-America college football 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 1991. It is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1991 season. They are: the American Football Coaches Association ; the Associated Press ; the Football Writers Association of America ; the United Press International ; and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Other notable selectors included Football News, Scripps Howard, The Sporting News, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association in conjunction with World Almanac.
Nine players were unanimously selected by all five official selectors. They are: running back Vaughn Dunbar of Indiana; wide receiver Desmond Howard of Michigan; center Jay Leeuwenburg of Colorado; tackle Greg Skrepenak of Michigan; defensive ends Santana Dotson of Baylor and Steve Emtman of Washington; linebacker Robert Jones of East Carolina; defensive back Terrell Buckley of Florida State; and punter Mark Bounds of Texas Tech. Desmond Howard also won the 1991 Heisman Trophy.

Consensus All-Americans

The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1991 and display which first-team designations they received.

Full selections - offense

Quarterback

Ty Detmer, Brigham Young

Casey Weldon, Florida State
Shane Matthews, Florida

Running backs

Vaughn Dunbar, Indiana Trevor Cobb, Rice Russell White, California

Marshall Faulk, San Diego St.
Amp Lee, Florida State
Tony Sands, Kansas
Derek Brown, Nebraska

Wide receivers

Desmond Howard, Michigan Mario Bailey, Washington

Carl Pickens, Tennessee
Sean LaChapelle, UCLA
Aaron Turner, Pacific
Michael Smith, Kansas State

Tight end

Kelly Blackwell, TCU

Derek Brown, Notre Dame
Mark Chmura, Boston College
Johnny Mitchell, Nebraska

Tackles

Greg Skrepenak, Michigan Bob Whitfield, Stanford

Guards

Jeb Flesch, Clemson Mirko Jurkovic, Notre Dame

Jerry Ostroski, Tulsa
Tim Simpson, Illinois
Will Shields, Nebraska
Hesham Ismail, Florida

Center

Jay Leeuwenburg, Colorado

Cal Dixon, Florida
Mike Devlin, Iowa

Full selections - defense

Linemen

Steve Emtman, Washington Santana Dotson, Baylor Brad Culpepper, Florida Leroy Smith, Iowa

Robert Stewart, Alabama
Rob Bodine, Clemson
Joel Steed, Colorado
Shane Dronett, Texas
James Patton, Texas
Rusty Medearis, Miami
Robin Jones, Baylor
Chris Slade, Virginia

Linebackers

Robert Jones, East Carolina Marvin Jones, Florida State Levon Kirkland, Clemson

Defensive backs

Terrell Buckley, Florida State Dale Carter, Tennessee Darryl Williams, Miami Kevin Smith, Texas A&M

Troy Vincent, Wisconsin
Matt Darby, UCLA
Darren Perry, Penn State
Willie Clay, Georgia Tech
Eric Castle, Oregon
Sean Lumpkin, Minnesota
Carlton Gray, UCLA
Tracy Saul, Texas Tech

Full selections - special teams

Placekicker

Carlos Huerta, Miami

Jason Hanson, Washington State
Dan Eichioff, Kansas
Jason Elam, Hawaii

Punter

Mark Bounds, Texas Tech

Jason Christ, Air Force
Pete Raether, Arkansas

All-purpose / kick returners

Kevin Williams, Miami
Qadry Ismail, Syracuse
Ryan Benjamin, Pacific
Dion Johnson, East Carolina

Key

Bold – Used for consensus All-American and 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
WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation chosen by coaches and sports information directors at 105 Division I-A schools