Official list of the best college football players of 1982
The1982 All-America college football team is composed ofcollege football players who were selected asAll-Americans by various organizations and writers that choseCollege Football All-America Teams in 1982. TheNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1982 season.[ 1] American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) based on the input of more than 2,000 voting members; (2) theAssociated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; (3) theFootball Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers;[ 2] United Press International (UPI). Other selectors includedFootball News (FN), theGannett News Service (GNS), theNewspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),The Sporting News Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).
Thirteen players were unanimously selected as first-team All-Americans by all four official selectors.[ 1]
Jim Arnold , punter for VanderbiltAnthony Carter , wide receiver for Michigan, consensus first-team All-American in both 1981 and 1982 and the 1982 winner of theChicago Tribune Silver Football as the Most Valuable Player in theBig Ten Conference Eric Dickerson , running back for SMU who rushed for 1,617yards in 1982John Elway , quarterback for Stanford, the 1982 recipient of theSammy Baugh Trophy Gordon Hudson , tight end for BYUTerry Kinard , defensive back for Clemson, a consensus All-American in both 1981 and 1982 and the CBS National Defensive Player of the Year in 1982Steve Korte , offensive lineman for ArkansasDon Mosebar , offensive lineman for USCChuck Nelson , placekicker for WashingtonDave Rimington , center for Nebraska, two-time winner of theOutland Trophy and the namesake of theRimington Trophy , which is awarded annually to the nation's top collegiate centerHerschel Walker , running back for Georgia, a three-time consensus first-team All-American who finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1981 and won the award in 1982Billy Ray Smith Jr. , defensive end for Arkansas and who was a consensus first-team All-American in both 1981 and 1982Darryl Talley , linebacker for West VirginiaConsensus All-Americans [ edit ] The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1982 and displays which first-team designations they received.
Name Position School Number[ 3] Official Other Eric Dickerson Running back SMU 4/5/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC John Elway Quarterback Stanford 4/5/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC Herschel Walker Running back Georgia 4/5/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC Anthony Carter Wide receiver Michigan 4/5/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC Dave Rimington Center Nebraska 4/5/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC Bruce Matthews Guard USC 3/5/8 AFCA, AP, UPI FN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC Steve Korte Guard Arkansas 4/3/7 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI GNS, NEA, TSN Gordon Hudson Tight end BYU 4/2/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI TSN, WC Don Mosebar Tackle USC 4/2/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, WC Jimbo Covert Tackle Pittsburgh 3/3/6 AFCA, FWAA, UPI FN, GNS, WC Mike Rozier Running back Nebraska 3/1/4 AFCA, FWAA, UPI FN
Name Position School Number[ 3] Official Other Terry Kinard Defensive back Clemson 4/5/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC Billy Ray Smith Jr. Defensive end Arkansas 4/5/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC Darryl Talley Linebacker West Virginia 4/4/8 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, GNS, NEA, TSN Vernon Maxwell Defensive end Arizona St. 3/5/8 AFCA, FWAA, UPI FN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC Terry Hoage Def. back Georgia 3/4/7 AFCA, AP, UPI GNS, NEA, TSN, WC Mike Pitts Def. tackle Alabama 3/3/6 AFCA, FWAA, UPI FN, NEA, TSN Mike Richardson Def. back Arizona State 3/3/6 AFCA, AP, UPI FN, TSN, WC George Achica Middle guard USC 2/4/6 AP, UPI FN, NEA, TSN, WC Ricky Hunley Linebacker Arizona 3/0/3 AFCA, AP, UPI - Marcus Marek Linebacker Ohio State 2/1/3 AFCA, UPI WC Wilber Marshall Linebacker Florida 2/1/3 AP, FWAA GNS Gabriel Rivera Def. tackle Texas Tech 2/1/3 AFCA, AP GNS Rick Bryan Def. tackle Oklahoma 2/0/2 FWAA, UPI -
Name Position School Number[ 3] Official Other Chuck Nelson Placekicker Washington 4/5/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, GNS, NEA, TSN, WC Jim Arnold Punter Vanderbilt 4/2/4 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI FN, NEA, TSN
Anthony Carter (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Kenny Jackson , Penn State(AP-1 , UPI-2) Trumaine Johnson , Grambling(GNS-3, NEA-2, TSN) Willie Gault , Tennessee(AP-3, FN-2, GNS-2, NEA-1) Henry Ellard , Fresno State(AP-2, GNS-1) Chris Castor , Duke(AP-2, FN-3) Stanley Washington, TCU(GNS-2) Cormac Carney , UCLA(FN-2, NEA-2) Mike Martin , Illinois(AP-3, GNS-3) Gordon Hudson (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-3, TSN, WC) Tony Hunter , Notre Dame(GNS-2, NEA-1) David Lewis , California(GNS-1, NEA-2) Allama Matthews , Vanderbilt(AP-2, UPI-2, FN-1) Darren Long, Long Beach State(AP-3) Chris Dressel , Stanford(GNS-3) Don Mosebar (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-2, WC) Jimbo Covert (AFCA , AP-2,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-1, NEA-2, WC) Bill Fralic , Pittsburgh (CFHOF)(AP-1 , NEA-1) Harvey Salem , California(AP-2, FN-3, GNS-2, TSN) Chris Hinton , Northwestern(UPI-2, GNS-1, NEA-2, TSN) Karl Nelson , Iowa State(NEA-1) Randy Theiss, Nebraska(AP-3) Maceo Fifer, Houston(UPI-2) Robert Oxendine, Duke(AP-3, FN-2) Joe Beazley, Alabama(FN-2) Pat Phenix, Mississippi(FN-3) Eric Moran , Washington(GNS-3) Alfred Mohammad, Arkansas(GNS-3) Steve Korte (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-2, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN) Bruce Matthews (AFCA ,AP-1 ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Dave Drechsler , North Carolina(AP-2,FWAA , UPI-2, FN-1, NEA-2, WC) Joe Lukens, Ohio State(AP-2, UPI-2) Paul Parker, Oklahoma(FN-2) Tom Thayer , Notre Dame(GNS-2) Jeff Kiewel , Arizona(GNS-2) Stefan Humphries , Michigan(NEA-2) Wayne Harris, Mississippi State (CFHOF)(AP-3, FN-3) Dave Schreck, Air Force(AP-3) Dennis Engel, Stanford(FN-3) Rob Fada , Pittsburgh(GNS-3) Steve Cox, Tulsa(GNS-3) Dave Rimington (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Bart Oates , Brigham Young(AP-2, NEA-2) Wayne Radloff , Georgia(UPI-2, GNS-3) Steve Mott , Alabama(FN-2) Robin Ham, West Texas State(GNS-2) Tony Slaton , USC(AP-3) Tom Dixon , Michigan(FN-3) John Elway (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Tom Ramsey , UCLA(AP-2, UPI-2, FN-2) Tony Eason , Illinois(AP-3, FN-3, GNS-2, NEA-2) Doug Flutie , Boston College (CFHOF)(GNS-3) Herschel Walker (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Eric Dickerson (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Mike Rozier (AFCA , AP-2,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-2, NEA-2) Ernest Anderson , Oklahoma State(AP-2, UPI-2, FN-2, GNS-3, WC) Curt Warner , Penn State (CFHOF)(UPI-2, FN-3, NEA-2) Tim Spencer , Ohio State(UPI-2, FN-3) James Jones , Florida(FN-3, GNS-2) Marcus Dupree , Oklahoma(AP-3, FN-2) Craig James , SMU(AP-3, FN-2) Mike Gunter , Tulsa(GNS-3) Billy Ray Smith Jr. (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-1, NEA-1 [LB], TSN, WC) Vernon Maxwell (AFCA , AP-2 [LB],FWAA [LB],UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-1 [LB], NEA-1 [LB], TSN, WC) William Fuller , North Carolina (CFHOF)(AP-2 [DT],FWAA , FN-1) Charles Benson , Baylor(AP-2, UPI-2, GNS-1, NEA-1) Jody Schulz , East Carolina(AP-3, GNS-2) Walker Lee Ashley , Penn State(UPI-2, GNS-3) Michael Walter , Oregon(GNS-2) Reggie Singletary, Kansas State(FN-2, GNS-2, NEA-2) Kiki DeAyala , Texas(AP-3) Carl Banks , Michigan State(FN-3) Reggie White , Tennessee(FN-3) Mike Pitts (AFCA , AP-2 [DE],FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-3 [DE], NEA-1 [DE], TSN) Rick Bryan (AP-2,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-2, GNS-2) Gabriel Rivera (AFCA ,AP-1 , UPI-2 [MG], FN-2, GNS-1, NEA-2 [NT]) Mike Charles , Syracuse(AP-3,FWAA , UPI-2, NEA-2 [DE]) Bill Maas , Pittsburgh(FN-3, TSN) Jimmy Payne , Georgia(WC) Gary Lewis , Oklahoma State(AP-1 , FN-2, GNS-1) Jim Jeffcoat , Arizona State(FN-3, GNS-1) Mark Bortz , Iowa(UPI-2) Andrew Provence , South Carolina(AP-3, GNS-2) William Perry , Clemson(AP-3) Greg Townsend , TCU(GNS-3) John Walker, Nebraska (Omaha)(GNS-3) George Achica (AP-1 ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-3, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Tim Krumrie , Wisconsin (CFHOF)(FN-3, WC) Karl Morgan , UCLA(AP-2) Michael Carter , SMU(FN-2) Darryl Talley (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN) Marcus Marek (AFCA , AP-2,UPI-1 , FN-3, NEA-2, WC) Ricky Hunley (AFCA ,AP-1 ,UPI-1 , FN-2, GNS-2) Wilber Marshall (AP-1 ,FWAA , UPI-2, FN-3, GNS-1, NEA-2) Mark Stewart , Washington(AP-1 , FN-1, NEA-2, TSN, WC) Tony Caldwell , Washington(NEA-1) Albert Richardson, LSU(AP-2, UPI-2, FN-1) Scott Radecic , Penn State(UPI-2, GNS-1, NEA-2) Riki Gray , USC(FN-2) Garin Veris , Stanford(GNS-2) Ray Cone, Colorado(GNS-2) Darrell Patterson, TCU(GNS-2) Johnny Jackson, New Mexico(AP-3) Andy Ponselgo, Navy(AP-3) Mark Zavagnin, Notre Dame(AP-3, FN-2) Johnny Rembert , Clemson(FN-3) Terry Kinard (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Terry Hoage (AFCA ,AP-1 ,UPI-1 , FN-3, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Mike Richardson (AFCA ,AP-1 ,UPI-1 , FN-1, NEA-2, TSN, WC) Mark Robinson , Penn State(AP-3,FWAA , UPI-2, FN-2, GNS-2, NEA-1, TSN) Tommy Wilcox , Alabama(WC) James Britt , LSU(NEA-1) Jeremiah Castille , Alabama(AFCA , AP-2, UPI-2, FN-2, GNS-1, NEA-2) Dave Duerson , Notre Dame(FWAA , FN-1) Leonard Smith , McNeese State (CFHOF)(GNS-1) Keith Bostic , Michigan(AP-2, UPI-2, FN-2) Russell Carter , SMU(AP-2, FN-3) Gill Byrd , San Jose State(GNS-2) Vince Newsome , Washington(GNS-2) Joey Browner , USC(AP-3, GNS-2) Tim Lewis , Pittsburgh(NEA-2) David Greenwood , Wisconsin(NEA-2) Mike Williams, Army(AP-3) Greg Best , Kansas State(FN-3) Chuck Nelson (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC) Fuad Reveiz , Tennessee(AP-2, GNS-2) Paul Woodside , West Virginia(AP-3, UPI-2) Mike Bass, Illinois(FN-2, GNS-3) Luis Zendejas , Arizona State(NEA-2) Mike Johnson, Notre Dame(FN-3) Kevin Butler , Georgia (CFHOF)(GNS-3) Jim Arnold (AFCA ,AP-1 ,FWAA ,UPI-1 , FN-1, GNS-2, NEA-1, TSN) Reggie Roby , Iowa(AP-3, UPI-2, GNS-3, NEA-2, WC) Jimmy Colquitt , Tennessee(FN-3, GNS-1) Bucky Scribner , Kansas(AP-2, FN-2) ^a b c "Football Award Winners" (PDF) .National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. pp. 3, 12. RetrievedMarch 18, 2017 .^a b Ted Gangi (ed.)."FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF) . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. RetrievedMarch 8, 2016 . ^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. ^a b "Awards" .The Arizona Republic . November 23, 1982. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.^ "1982 Associated Press All-America Team" .Santa Cruz Sentinel . December 7, 1982. p. B2 – via Newspapers.com.^ "Covert left off All-America list" .The Clarksdale Press Register (MS) . December 8, 1982. p. 7A – via Newspapers.com.^ "1982 UPI All-America football team" .St. Louis Post-Dispatch . December 7, 1982. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.^ Bill Traughber (September 16, 2015)."Matthews overcame injury to become All-American tight end" . Commodore History Corner. Archived fromthe original on March 10, 2016. RetrievedMarch 10, 2016 . ^ "Football News All-America Team" .The Gazette (Cedar Rapids (IA) . November 19, 1982. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.^ Joel Buchsbaum (November 25, 1982). "1982 GNS All-America Team".Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal – via Newspapers.com. ^ Murray Olderman (December 26, 1982)."Hershel (sic) Walker and John Elway Head '82 NEA All America team" .The Albert Lea Tribune (MN) . p. 12 – via Newspapers.com. ^ "Walter Camp All-America team" .St. Louis Post-Dispatch . November 26, 1982. p. 6E – via Newspapers.com.
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