The 1983 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 1983. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1983 season. They are:[1] (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) selected by the nation's football writers;[4] (4) the United Press International (UPI);[5] and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).[6] Other selectors included Football News (FN),[7] Gannett News Service,[8] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[9] and The Sporting News (TSN).[10]
The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1983 and displays which first-team designations they received.
Name | Position | School | Number[11] | Official | Other |
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Bill Fralic | Tackle | Pittsburgh | 5/3/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | GNS, NEA, TSN |
Irving Fryar | Receiver | Nebraska | 5/3/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | GNS, NEA, TSN |
Mike Rozier | Running back | Nebraska | 5/3/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | GNS, NEA, TSN |
Steve Young | Quarterback | Brigham Young | 5/3/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | GNS, NEA, TSN |
Gordon Hudson | Tight end | Brigham Young | 5/2/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | GNS, NEA |
Dean Steinkuhler | Guard | Nebraska | 4/3/7 | AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC | GNS, NEA, TSN |
Bo Jackson | Running back | Auburn | 4/2/6 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI | GNS, NEA |
Terry Long | Tackle | East Carolina | 4/0/4 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, WC | - |
Doug Dawson | Guard | Texas | 3/0/3 | AFCA, AP, WC | - |
Tony Slaton | Center | USC | 3/0/3 | FWAA, UPI, WC | - |
Napoleon McCallum | Running back | Navy | 2/1/3 | FWAA, WC | TSN |
Greg Allen | Running back | Florida State | 2/0/2 | UPI, WC | - |
Name | Position | School | Number[11] | Official | Other |
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Rick Bryan | Def. tackle | Oklahoma | 5/3/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | GNS, NEA, TSN |
Russell Carter | Def. back | SMU | 5/3/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | GNS, NEA, TSN |
Reggie White | Def. tackle | Tennessee | 5/3/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | GNS, NEA, TSN |
Ricky Hunley | Linebacker | Arizona | 5/1/6 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | NEA |
Jerry Gray | Def. back | Texas | 4/2/6 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI | GNS, NEA |
Terry Hoage | Def. back | Georgia | 4/2/6 | AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC | NEA, TSN |
Ron Rivera | Linebacker | California | 3/3/6 | AFCA, AP, FWAA | GNS, NEA, TSN |
Wilber Marshall | Linebacker | Florida | 4/1/5 | AFCA, AP, UPI, WC | NEA |
Don Rogers | Def. back | UCLA | 3/2/5 | AFCA, FWAA, WC | GNS, TSN |
William Perry | Middle guard | Clemson | 4/0/4 | AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | - |
Jeff Leiding | Linebacker | Texas | 3/0/3 | AP, FWAA, WC | - |
William Fuller | Defensive end | North Carolina | 2/1/3 | AFCA, WC | TSN |
Name | Position | School | Number[11] | Official | Other |
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Luis Zendejas | Placekicker | Arizona St. | 3/1/4 | AP, FWAA, WC | NEA |
Jack Weil | Punter | Wyoming | 3/0/3 | AP, FWAA, UPI | - |