2020 All-America college football team


The 2020 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. 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 2020 All-America college football team is composed of the following All-American 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, The Athletic, USA Today ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Scout.com, Athlon Sports, Phil Steele, 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 half 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-eight players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2020, thirteen of them unanimously. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk
NamePositionYearUniversity
QuarterbackAlabama
*Running backIowa State
*Running backAlabama
Wide receiverOle Miss
*Wide receiverAlabama
*Tight endFlorida
*CenterAlabama
Offensive lineNotre Dame
Offensive lineBYU
*Offensive lineOhio State
Offensive lineNotre Dame
Offensive lineTexas A&M
*Offensive lineAlabama
Defensive lineCoastal Carolina
Defensive linePittsburgh
*Defensive lineIowa
Defensive lineWest Virginia
Defensive linePittsburgh
*LinebackerTulsa
LinebackerTexas
*LinebackerNotre Dame
Defensive backUSC
Defensive backNorthwestern
*Defensive backAlabama
Defensive backOhio State
*KickerMiami (FL)
*PunterGeorgia Tech
All-Purpose/Return SpecialistClemson
All-Purpose/Return SpecialistBoise State

Offense

Quarterback

Running back

Wide receiver

Tight end

Offensive line

Center

Defense

Defensive line

Linebacker

Defensive back

Special teams

Kicker

Punter

All-purpose / return specialist