June 9, 2004
First Team All-Americans
| Year | Player | Teams |
| 1916 | Fred Becker | (Eck) |
| 1919 | *Lester Belding | (Men) |
| 1921 | Duke Slater | (Eck, R) |
| *Aubrey Devine | (C, FW, Eck) | |
| Gordon Locke | (R) | |
| 1922 | *Gordon Locke | (C, Eck, R) |
| 1925 | Dick Romey | (LM) |
| 1926 | Emerson Nelson | (NYS) |
| 1928 | Peter Westra | (F, NEA) |
| 1929 | Willis Glassgow | (GR, NEA, FA, NYS, CP) |
| 1933 | Francis Schammel | (AP, UP, NANA) |
| 1935 | Ozzie Simmons | (TSN) |
| 1939 | *Nile Kinnick | (Col, AP, UP, INS, NYS, NEA, H, A AB, CP, NYDN, TSN) |
| 1940 | Mike Enich | (NYN, TSN) |
| 1953 | Jerry Hilgenberg | (L, FBW) |
| Cal Jones | (NBC) | |
| 1954 | *Cal Jones | (ABC, L, TSN, AAB, UP, Jet, NEA, CP, CBS, FBW, NYN, A P, MP, PSN, G R, WR) |
| 1955 | *Cal Jones | (UP, TSN, L, NYN, Jet, WR, FBW, A AB) |
| 1956 | Alex Karras | (AP, H, L, NBC, FBW, CP) |
| Ken Ploen | (NBC, ABC, FL) | |
| 1957 | *Alex Karras | (AP, UP, INS, L, H, NEA, NBC, TSN, FBW, A P, CP) |
| Jim Gibbons | (UP, H, TSN, T, L, FBW, NYDN) | |
| 1958 | *Randy Duncan | (AP, UPI, NEA, TSN, L, FBW, Helms, NYDN, FBC) |
| Curt Merz | (L, NBC, FBW) | |
| 1959 | Don Norton | (L, NBC, FBW) |
| 1960 | Larry Ferguson | (L, FBW)) |
| Mark Manders | (L, FBW, NYN, TSN) | |
| 1961 | Bill VanBuren | (TSN) |
| 1963 | Mike Reilly | (L, FBW) |
| 1964 | Karl Noonan | (NEA, FD) |
| 1965 | John Niland | (TSN, Time) |
| Dave Long | (NYN) | |
| 1971 | Craig Clemons | (NEA, TSN, Time) |
| 1975 | Rod Walters | (TSN, Time, NEA) |
| Joe Devlin | (TSN, Time) | |
| 1979 | Dennis Mosley | (CF) |
| 1981 | *Andre Tippett | (AP, UPI, FBW, FN, WTBS) |
| *Reggie Roby | (AP, UPI, FN, WC, WTBS) | |
| 1982 | Reggie Roby | (WC) |
| 1984 | Jon Hayes | (G) |
| *Larry Station | (AP, UPI, WC, K) | |
| 1985 | Ronnie Harmon | (FN, Miz) |
| *Chuck Long | (AP, UPI, FN, FBW, K, Merc, WC, TSN, S H, G, Miz) | |
| *Larry Station | (AP, UPI, FN, FBW, K, Merc, WC, S H, Miz) | |
| 1986 | Dave Croston | (FBW, TSN, CPN) |
| 1988 | *Marv Cook | (UPI, K, FN, G, CT) |
| Dave Haight | (WC, FN) | |
| 1990 | Merton Hanks | (NEA) |
| 1991 | *Leroy Smith | (AP, K) |
| 1992 | Mike Devlin | (K, FBW) |
| 1996 | Tim Dwight | (FBW) |
| 1997 | *Tim Dwight | (AP, TSN, FBW, FBC) |
| 1998 | *Jared DeVries | (FBC, TSN, WC) |
| 2002 | Brad Banks | (WC) |
| *Dallas Clark | (FBW, FBC, WC, AP, TSN, ESPN, CNNSI) | |
| Nate Kaeding | (FBW, TSN, CNNSI, ESPN) | |
| Bruce Nelson | (FBW, CNNSI) | |
| *Eric Steinbach | (FBC, WC, AP, TSN, ESPN) | |
| 2003 | *Robert Gallery | (AP, WC, FBC, FWAA, TSN, ESPN) |
| *Nate Kaeding | (AP, CFN, FBC, ESPN) |
*Indicates consensus all-American
Second Team All-Americans
| Year | Player | Teams |
1912James Trickey(C)1916Fred Becker(n/a)1919Duke Slater(C, Eck)1920Lester Belding(Eck)1921Gordon Locke(Eck)Duke Slater(C, FW)1922Max Kadesky(C)1924John Hancock(BE)1925Dick Romey(GR)1926Emerson Nelson(BE, AP)1928Willis Glassgow(CP, NANA)Peter Westra(NYS, NANA)1929Willis Glassgow(UP)1933Joe Laws(Col, NANA)Francis Schammel(H)1934Ozzie Simmons(INS, NANA)1935Ozzie Simmons(NEA, NANA, AP)1939Erwin Prasse(UP)1940Mike Enich(UP)1948William Kay(AP)1951Bill Reichardt(A P)1953Jerry Hilgenberg(AP)1954Cal Jones(AP)1955Cal Jones(NEA, AP)1956Alex Karras(UP, NEA)Kenny Ploen(AP)Frank Gilliam(NEA)Don Suchy(CP, INS)1957Jim Gibbons(CP)1959Don Norton(TSN, NEA)1960Mark Manders(AP, FBC, ABC)Wilburn Hollis(ABC)1963Mike Reilly(AP)1964John Niland(NEA)Karl Noonan(AP)1965John Niland(AP)1971Craig Clemons(CP, US)1979Dennis Mosley(UPI)1980John Harty(UPI, NEA)1981Andre Tippett(NEA)Pat Dean(UPI)1982Reggie Roby(UPI, NEA)Mark Bortz(UPI)1983Larry Station(FN)Joel Hilgenberg(TSN)1984Ronnie Harmon(TSN)1986Dave Croston(UPI, G)1987Dave Haight(TSN)1988Marv Cook(AP)1990Nick Bell(FN)1991Leroy Smith(FN)1996Tim Dwight(TSN)1997Tavian Banks(FN)1997Jared DeVries(AP, FN)1998Jared DeVries(AP)2002Brad Banks(AP, TSN, CNNSI)Nate Kaeding(AP)Eric Steinbach(CNNSI)Colin Cole(TSN, CNNSI)2003Bob Sanders(AP)2004Chad Greenway(CNNSI)Matt Roth(AP, WC)2005Chad Greenway(AP, WC, CNNSI)
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:
A AB All American Board; ABC television; AP Associated Press; A P All Players; BE Billy Evans; C Camp; CBS radio; CF Citizen’s Foundation; CFN – College Football News; Col Colliers; CNNSI — Sports Illustrated; CP Central Press; CPN College & Pro Newsweekly; CT Chicago Tribune; Eck Eckersall; ESPN; F Farrell; FA Football Annual; FBC Football Coaches; FBW Football Writers; FD Football Digest; FL Frank Leahy; FN Football News; FW Football World; FWAA — Football Writers Association of America; G Gannett; GR Grantland Rice; G R Gridiron Record; H Hearst; Helms Helms Foundation; INS International News Service; Jet Jet Magazine; K Kodak; L Look; LM Liberty Magazine; Men Frank Menke Syndicate; Merc Mercedes; Miz Mizlou; MP Metropolitan Papers; NBC television; NANA North American Newspaper Alliance; NEA News Enterprise Association; NYDN New York Daily News; NYN New York News; NYS New York Sun; PSN Pitts Smith News; R Reed; S H Scripps Howard; T Today; Time Time Magazine; TSN The Sporting News; UP United Press; UPI United Press International; US Universal Sports; WC Walter Camp; WR Williamson Rating, WTBS television.