2017 All-America college football team


The 2017 All-America college football team includes the players of American college football who have been honored by various selector organizations as the best players at their respective positions. The selector organizations award the "All-America" honor annually following the conclusion of the fall college football season. The original All-America team was the 1889 All-America college football team selected by Caspar Whitney. In 1950, The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, which is the National Collegiate Athletic Association's service bureau, compiled the first list of All-Americans. This list included the first-team selections on teams created for a national audience. These teams received national circulation with the intent of recognizing selections made from viewpoints that were nationwide. Since 1957, College Sports Information Directors of America has bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the NCAA as well as National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics athletes, including all NCAA championship sports.
The 2017 All-America college football team is composed of the following All-America first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, USA Today ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Scout.com, Athlon Sports, and Fox Sports.
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. Players are chosen against other players playing at their position only. To be selected a consensus All-American, players must be chosen to the first team on at least two of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. Players named first-team by all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans.
Twenty-seven players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2017, 14 of them being unanimous. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk.
NamePositionYearUniversity
*QuarterbackOklahoma
*Running backStanford
Running backSan Diego State
Wide receiverColorado State
Wide receiverMemphis
*Wide receiverOklahoma State
*Tight endOklahoma
*Offensive lineOklahoma
Offensive lineNotre Dame
*Offensive lineNotre Dame
Offensive lineWashington State
*CenterOhio State
*Defensive lineNorth Carolina State
Defensive lineNorthern Illinois
Defensive lineMichigan
Defensive lineWashington State
Defensive tackleHouston
*LinebackerIowa
*LinebackerGeorgia
*Defensive backIowa
Defensive backOhio State
*Defensive backTexas
*Defensive backAlabama
*PunterTexas
KickerUtah
All-purposePenn State
All-purposeWashington

Offense

Quarterback

Running back

Wide receiver

Tight end

Offensive line

Defense

Defensive line

Linebacker

Defensive back

Special teams

Kicker

Punter

All-purpose / return specialist