1992 All-America college football team
The 1992 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 1992. 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 1992 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, Gannett News Service, Scripps Howard, The Sporting News, and The World Almanac in conjunction with the Newspaper Enterprise Association.
Nine players were selected unanimously by all five official selectors. They are: quarterback Gino Torretta of Miami, running backs Marshall Faulk of San Diego State and Garrison Hearst of Georgia, tight end Chris Gedney of Syracuse, tackle Lincoln Kennedy of Washington, guard Will Shields of Nebraska, linebackers Marcus Buckley of Texas A&M and Marvin Jones of Florida State, and defensive back Carlton McDonald of Air Force. Gino Torretta also won the 1992 Heisman Trophy.
Offense
Quarterback
Gino Torretta, Miami- Drew Bledsoe, Washington State
- Charlie Ward, Florida State
- Marvin Graves, Syracuse
Running backs
Marshall Faulk, San Diego State Garrison Hearst, Georgia- Reggie Brooks, Notre Dame
- Greg Hill, Texas A&M
- Trevor Cobb, Rice
- Chuckie Dukes, Boston College
Wide receivers
O.J. McDuffie, Penn St. Sean Dawkins, California- Lloyd Hill, Texas Tech
- Michael Westbrook, Colorado
- Ryan Yarborough, Wyoming
- Lamar Thomas, Miami
- Derrick Alexander, Michigan
Tight end
Chris Gedney, Syracuse- Irv Smith, Notre Dame
- Coleman Bell, Miami
- Clarence Williams, Washington State
- Troy Drayton, Penn State
Tackles
Lincoln Kennedy, Washington Willie Roaf, Louisiana Tech- Tony Boselli, USC
- Tom Scott, East Carolina
- Alec Millen, Georgia
Guards
Will Shields, Nebraska Aaron Taylor, Notre Dame Everett Lindsay, Mississippi- Ben Coleman, Wake Forest
- Lester Holmes, Jackson State
- Stacy Seegars, Clemson
- Joe Cocozzo, Michigan
- Mike Govi, Tulsa
- Mike Gee, NC State
- Fletcher Kelster, Oregon State
Center
Mike Compton, West Virginia- Mike Devlin, Iowa
- Steve Everitt, Michigan
- Ed Bowen, Temple
Defense
Linemen
Eric Curry, Alabama Chris Slade, Virginia John Copeland, Alabama Rob Waldrop, Arizona- Chris Hutchinson, Michigan
- Coleman Rudolph, Georgia Tech
- Shante Carver, Arizona State
- Travis Hill, Nebraska
- John Parrella, Nebraska
- Leonard Renfro, Colorado
- Dana Stubblefield, Kansas
- Albert Fontenot, Baylor
- Kevin Mitchell, Syracuse
- Lou Benfatti, Penn State
- Todd Kelly, Tennessee
- Jeff Zgonina, Purdue
- Ricky Logo, NC State
Linebackers
Marvin Jones, Florida State Marcus Buckley, Texas A&M Micheal Barrow, Miami- Ron George, Stanford
- Dave Hoffmann, Washington
- Steve Tovar, Ohio St.
- Darrin Smith, Miami
- Curt McMillan, Miami
- Travis Hill, Nebraska
- Brett Wallerstedt, Arizona State
Defensive backs
Carlton McDonald, Air Force Deon Figures, Colorado Carlton Gray, UCLA Ryan McNeil, Miami- Patrick Bates, Texas A&M
- Lance Gunn, Texas
- Othello Henderson, UCLA
- Stephon Pace, Southern California
- George Teague, Alabama
- Corey Sawyer, Florida State
- Mike Reid, NC State
- Aaron Glenn, Texas A&M
- Tom Carter, Notre Dame
- George Coghill, Wake Forest
- John Lynch, Stanford
- Antonio Langham, Alabama
Specialists
Placekicker
Joe Allison, Memphis State- Jason Elam, Hawaii
- Scott Sisson, Georgia Tech
- Nelson Welch, Clemson
Punter
Sean Snyder, Kansas St.- Ed Bunn, UTEP
- Josh Miller, Arizona
- Mitch Berger, Colorado
- Harold Alexander, Appalachian State
All-purpose / kick returners
- Curtis Conway, USC
- Glyn Milburn, Stanford
- Tamarick Vanover, Florida State
- Ryan Benjamin, Pacific
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
- WCFF = Walter Camp Football Foundation 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 Newspaper Enterprise Association 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