1990 College Football All-America Team Official list of the best college football players of 1990
The 1990 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1990. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1990 season.[ 1] American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);[ 2] Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;[ 3] Football Writers Association of America (FWAA);[ 4] United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers;[ 5] Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).[ 6] Football News , the Gannett News Service ,[ 7] Newspaper Enterprise Association in conjunction with World Almanac ,[ 8] Scripps Howard (SH),[ 9] The Sporting News [ 10]
Consensus All-Americans
The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1990 and display which first-team designations they received.
Offense
Name
Position
School
Number[ 11]
Official
Other
Eric Bieniemy Running back
Colorado
5/5/10
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Raghib Ismail Wide receiver
Notre Dame
5/5/10
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Antone Davis Tackle
Tennessee
5/5/10
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Joe Garten Guard
Colorado
5/4/9
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, NEA, SH, TSN
Ty Detmer Quarterback
Brigham Young
4/5/9
AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Chris Smith Tight end
Brigham Young
5/3/8
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, SH, TSN
Ed King Guard
Auburn
5/3/8
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, NEA, SH
John Flannery Center
Syracuse
4/4/8
AFCA, AP, UPI, WCFF
GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Herman Moore Wide receiver
Virginia
3/4/7
AP, FWAA, UPI
FN, NEA, SH, TSN
Darren Lewis Running back
Texas A&M
4/2/6
AFCA, AP, UPI, WCFF
FN, GNS
Stacy Long Tackle
Clemson
3/2/5
AP, FWAA, UPI
FN, TSN
Defense
Name
Position
School
Number[ 11]
Official
Other
Russell Maryland Defensive tackle
Miami
5/5/10
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Alfred Williams Linebacker
Colorado
5/5/10
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Ken Swilling Defensive back
Georgia Tech
5/5/10
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Tripp Welborne Defensive back
Michigan
5/5/10
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, NEA, SH, TSN, FN
Chris Zorich Defensive tackle
Notre Dame
5/4/9
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, NEA, SH, TSN
Michael Stonebreaker Linebacker
Notre Dame
5/2/7
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
NEA, TSN
Darryll Lewis Defensive back
Arizona
5/2/7
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, TSN
Maurice Crum Linebacker
Miami (Fla)
4/3/7
AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, NEA, TSN
Todd Lyght Defensive back
Notre Dame
3/3/6
AFCA, UPI, WCFF
GNS, NEA, SH
Moe Gardner Nose guard
Illinois
3/2/5
AFCA, UPI, WCFF
GNS, SH
David Rocker Defensive tackle
Auburn
3/1/4
AFCA, UPI, WCFF
NEA
Special teams
Name
Position
School
Number[ 11]
Official
Other
Philip Doyle Placekicker
Alabama
5/4/9
AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF
FN, NEA, SH, TSN
Brian Greenfield Punter
Pittsburgh
3/2/5
FWAA, UPI, WCFF
SH, TSN
Offense
Quarterback
Ty Detmer AP -1, FWAA [tie], UPI -1, WCFF , FN, GNS, NEA-1, SH, TSN)Shawn Moore , Virginia (AFCA , AP-2, FWAA [tie], UPI-2, NEA-2)David Klingler , Houston (AP-3)
Running backs
Eric Bieniemy AFCA , AP -1, FWAA , UPI -1, WCFF , FN, GNS, NEA-1, SH, TSN)Darren Lewis AFCA , AP -1, UPI -1, WCFF , FN, GNS, NEA-2)Greg Lewis , Washington (AP-2, NEA-1, UPI-2, WCFF, SH, TSN)Mike Mayweather, Army (AP-3, FWAA , UPI-2, NEA-2)
Gerald Hudson, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
Sheldon Canley , San Jose State (AP-3)
Wide receivers
Raghib Ismail Herman Moore Lawrence Dawsey , Florida State (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-2, GNS)Ed McCaffrey , Stanford (AFCA, NEA-2)Manny Hazard , Houston (AP-3, UPI-2, SH)Wesley Carroll , Miami (AP-2)Patrick Rowe , San Diego State (AP-2)Jeff Graham , Ohio State (NEA-2)Bobby Slaughter, Louisiana Tech (AP-3)
Tight end
Chris Smith Kerry Cash , Texas (NEA-1)Kirk Kirkpatrick, Florida (AP-2, UPI-2)
Kelly Blackwell , Texas Christian (AP-3, GNS)
Tackles
Antone Davis Stacy Long Greg Skrepenak , Michigan (UPI-2, WCFF, NEA-2)Bob Whitfield , Stanford (SH)Mike Sullivan , Miami (Fla.) (UPI-2, NEA-1)Pat Harlow , USC (AP-2, GNS)Stan Thomas , Texas (AP-2)Charles McRae , Tennessee (AP-3, GNS)Mark Vander Poel , Colorado (NEA-2)Jeff Pahukoa , Washington (AP-3)
Guards
Joe Garten Ed King Dean Dingman , Michigan (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-2, NEA-2, TSN)Gene Williams , Iowa State (GNS)Eric Moten , Michigan State (AP-2, UPI-2)Mark Tucker , USC (AP-3, NEA-2)Ricky Byrd, Mississippi State (AP-3)
Center
John Flannery Mike Arthur , Texas A&M (AP-2, FWAA)Mike Heldt, Notre Dame (AP-3, UPI-2, FN, NEA-2)
Defense
Defensive ends
Kenny Walker , Nebraska (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-2, FN, NEA-2, TSN)Huey Richardson , Florida (AP-1, UPI-2, FN [linebacker])Mitch Donahue , Wyoming (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, GNS, NEA-2, TSN)Steve Emtman , Washington (AP-2)Shane Dronett , Texas (AP-3)Kelvin Pritchett , Ole Miss (AP-3)
Defensive tackles
Chris Zorich Russell Maryland David Rocker George Thornton , Alabama (AP-3)Frank Giannetti , Penn State (AP-3)
Nose guards
Moe Gardner
Linebackers
Michael Stonebreaker Alfred Williams Maurice Crum Scott Ross , USC (AFCA, UPI-2, SH)Mike Croel , Nebraska (AP-2, UPI-2, GNS, NEA-1, SH)Marco Coleman , Georgia Tech (NEA-2, SH)Darrick Brownlow , Illinois (AP-2, UPI-2, FN, NEA-2)Levon Kirkland , Clemson (AP-2, UPI-2, GNS)Roman Phifer , UCLA (GNS)Kirk Carruthers, Florida State (NEA-2)
Melvin Foster, Iowa (NEA-2)
Robert Jones , East Carolina (AP-3)Marvin Jones , Florida State (AP-3)Mark Sander , Louisville (AP-3)
Defensive backs
Ken Swilling Tripp Welborne Darryll Lewis Todd Lyght Jesse Campbell , North Carolina State (AP-3, UPI-2, TSN, FN)Stanley Richard , Texas (AP-1)Merton Hanks , Iowa (AP-3, NEA-1)Will White , Florida (AP-3, FWAA, UPI-2, NEA-2, SH)Eric Turner , UCLA (AP-2, UPI-2, GNS [safety], NEA-2)Steve Jackson , Purdue (GNS [cornerback])Nathan LaDuke, Arizona State (AP-2, NEA-2)
Terrell Buckley , Florida State (AP-2)Richard Fain , Florida (UPI-2)Kerry Valrie, Southern Mississippi (AP-3)
Special teams
Placekicker
Philip Doyle Chris Gardocki , Clemson (AP-2, UPI-2)Roman Anderson, Houston (NEA-2)
Michael Pollak, Texas (AP-3)
Punter
Brian Greenfield Cris Shale , Bowling Green (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-2, FN)Jason Hanson , Washington State (AP-3, GNS [kicker], NEA-1)
Key
Bold – Consensus All-American[ 1] CFHOF - Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
-1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
Other selectors
See also
References
^ a b "Football Award Winners" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. pp. 3, 14. Retrieved March 21, 2017 .^ a b "SU's Flannery named Kodak All-America" . Democrat and Chronicle . November 18, 1990. p. 4E.^ a b "Five juniors among All-Americans" . The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press . December 6, 1990. p. 3C.^ a b "Football Writers All-America Team" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . November 27, 1990. p. 6C.^ a b "UPI All-America teams" . Detroit Free Press . December 11, 1990. p. 5C.^ a b "All-America teams: Walter Camp" . Battle Creek Enquirer . November 22, 1990. p. 2C.^ a b "Gannett News Service All-America team" . The Courier-Journal . November 29, 1990. p. D4.^ a b "Ty Detmer leads 1990 NEA All-Americans" . Kokomo (Ind.) Tribune . December 26, 1990. p. 24.^ a b "Scripps Howard All America Team" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . November 27, 1990. p. 6C.^ a b "The Sporting News All-America team" . The Courier-Journal . December 14, 1990. p. E4.^ a b c This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.
^ "All-America teams: Football News" . Battle Creek Enquirer . November 22, 1990. p. 2C.
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