2018 All-America college football team


The 2018 All-America college football team includes those 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 and Walter Camp. The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, which is the National Collegiate Athletic Association's service bureau, compiled, in the 1950, the first list of All-Americans including first-team selections on teams created for a national audience that 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 2018 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, 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 2018, eight of them being unanimous. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk.
NamePositionYearUniversity
QuarterbackAlabama
Running BackMemphis
*Running BackWisconsin
Wide ReceiverUMass
Wide ReceiverAlabama
Tight EndTexas A&M
*Offensive LineAlabama
Offensive LineNC State
Offensive LineOklahoma
Offensive LineClemson
Offensive LineWisconsin
*Defensive LineClemson
*Defensive LineAlabama
Defensive LineHouston
Defensive LineClemson
*LinebackerKentucky
LinebackerMichigan
LinebackerLSU
*Defensive BackLSU
Defensive BackNotre Dame
Defensive BackGeorgia
Defensive BackLSU
Defensive BackAlabama
*KickerSyracuse
*PunterTexas A&M
All-PurposePurdue
All-PurposeUtah State

Offense

Quarterback

Running back

Wide receiver

Tight end

Offensive line

Defense

Defensive line

Linebacker

Defensive back

Special teams

Kicker

Punter

All-purpose / return specialist