1996 All-America college football team
The 1996 All-America college football team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News and Football News.
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. The NCAA officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, and FN to determine Consensus All-Americans.
Offense
Quarterback
- Danny Wuerffel, Florida
- Jake Plummer, Arizona St.
- Peyton Manning, Tennessee
Running backs
- Byron Hanspard, Texas Tech
- Troy Davis, Iowa State
- Warrick Dunn, Florida St.
- Darnell Autry, Northwestern
- Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
- Corey Dillon, Washington
Wide receivers
- Marcus Harris, Wyoming
- Ike Hilliard, Florida
- Reidel Anthony, Florida
- Rae Carruth, Colorado
- Keith Poole, Arizona State
- Kevin Lockett, Kansas St.
Tight end
- David LaFleur, LSU
- Tony Gonzalez, California
- Itula Mili, BYU
- Pat Fitzgerald, Texas
Guards/tackles
- Orlando Pace, Ohio St.
- Juan Roque, Arizona St.
- Benji Olson, Washington
- Scott Sanderson, Washington State
- Chris Naeole, Colorado
- Dan Neil, Texas
- Steve Scifres, Wyoming
- Chris Dishman, Nebraska
- Walter Jones, Florida St.
- Ben Kaufman, Texas Tech
- Adam Meadows, Georgia
- Jerry Wunsch, Wisconsin
Center
- Aaron Taylor, Nebraska
- Rod Payne, Michigan
- K. C. Jones, Miami
- Billy Conaty, Virginia Tech
- Jeff Mitchell, Florida
Defense
Linemen
- Grant Wistrom, Nebraska
- Reinard Wilson, Florida St.
- Peter Boulware, Florida St.
- Mike Vrabel, Ohio State
- Derrick Rodgers, Arizona St.
- Jared Tomich, Nebraska
- Cornell Brown, Virginia Tech
- Michael Myers, Alabama
- Tarek Saleh, Wisconsin
- William Carr, Michigan
- Greg Ellis, North Carolina
- Leonard Little, Tennessee
- Darrell Russell, USC
Linebackers
- Canute Curtis, West Virginia
- Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
- Jarrett Irons, Michigan
- Matt Russell, Colorado
- Jason Chorak, Washington (AP-3
Backs
- Chris Canty, Kansas St.
- Dré Bly, North Carolina
- Charles Woodson, Michigan
- Shawn Springs, Ohio St.
- Kevin Jackson, Alabama
- Kim Herring, Penn State
- Kevin Abrams, Syracuse
- Sam Madison, Louisville
- Bryant Westbrook, Texas
- Kenny Wheaton, Oregon
- Eric Allen, Indiana
- Ronde Barber, Virginia
- Steve Rosga, Colorado
Specialists
Placekicker
- Marc Primanti, N.C. St.
- Cory Wedel, Wyoming
- Rafael Garcia, Virginia
- Damon Shea, Nevada
Punter
- Noel Prefontaine, San Diego St.
- Brad Maynard, Ball State
- Bill Marrinangle, Vanderbilt
- Toby Gowin, North Texas
All-purpose / kick returners
- Tim Dwight, Iowa
- Kevin Faulk, LSU
- Terry Battle, Arizona St.
- Beau Morgan, Air Force