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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] They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);^[2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;^[3] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA);^[4] (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers;^[5] and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).^[6] Other notable selectors included Football News, the Gannett News Service,^[7] Newspaper Enterprise Association in conjunction with World Almanac,^[8] Scripps Howard (SH),^[9] and The Sporting News (TSN).^[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, Brigham Young (CFHOF) (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, Colorado (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, GNS, NEA-1, SH, TSN)
Darren Lewis, Texas A&M (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, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-1 [kick returner], FWAA [kick returner], UPI-1, WCFF, FN, GNS, NEA-1, SH, TSN, FN)
Herman Moore, Virginia (AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
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, Brigham Young (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA-2, SH, TSN)
Kerry Cash, Texas (NEA-1)
Kirk Kirkpatrick, Florida (AP-2, UPI-2)
Kelly Blackwell, Texas Christian (AP-3, GNS)

Tackles

Antone Davis, Tennessee (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, GNS, NEA-1, SH, TSN)
Stacy Long, Clemson (AP-1, UPI-1, FWAA, TSN, FN)
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, Colorado (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, WCFF, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
Ed King, Auburn (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, WCFF, FWAA, SH, FN)
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, Syracuse (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, WCFF, GNS, NEA-1, SH, TSN)
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, Notre Dame (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, WCFF, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
Russell Maryland, Miami (CFHOF) (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, GNS, NEA-1, SH, TSN)
David Rocker, Auburn (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-1, NEA-1, WCFF)
George Thornton, Alabama (AP-3)
Frank Giannetti, Penn State (AP-3)

Nose guards

Moe Gardner, Illinois (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-1, WCFF, GNS, NEA-2, SH)

Linebackers

Michael Stonebreaker, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-1, UPI, NEA-1, WCFF, FWAA, TSN)
Alfred Williams, Colorado (CFHOF) (AFCA [line], AP-1, FWAA, UPI, WCFF, FWAA, FN, GNS, NEA-1, SH, TSN)
Maurice Crum, Miami,(Fla) (AP-1, UPI, NEA-1, WCFF, FWAA, TSN, FN)
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, Georgia Tech (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, GNS [safety], NEA-1, SH, TSN)
Tripp Welborne, Michigan (AFCA, AP-1 UPI-1, NEA-1, WCFF, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
Darryll Lewis, Arizona (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA-2, SH, TSN)
Todd Lyght, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-1, WCFF, GNS [cornerback], NEA-1
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, Alabama (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, WCFF, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
Chris Gardocki, Clemson (AP-2, UPI-2)
Roman Anderson, Houston (NEA-2)
Michael Pollak, Texas (AP-3)

Punter

Brian Greenfield, Pittsburgh (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, NEA-2, SH, TSN)
Cris Shale, Bowling Green (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-2, FN)
Jason Hanson, Washington State (AP-3, GNS [kicker], NEA-1)

All-purpose / kick returners

Dale Carter, Tennessee (AP-2, TSN)
Desmond Howard, Michigan (AP-3)

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

AFCA – selected by 3,000 active members of the American Football Coaches Association, also known as the "Kodak All-America Team"^[2]
AP – Associated Press^[3]
FWAA – Football Writers Association of America^[4]
UPI – United Press International^[5]
WCFF – Walter Camp Football Foundation^[6]

Other selectors

FN – Football News^[12]
GNS - Gannett News Service^[7]
NEA – Newspaper Enterprise Association in conjunction with World Almanac^[8]
SH - Scripps Howard^[9]
TSN – The Sporting News^[10]

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.