# 1974 Little All-America college football team

The 1974 Little All-America college football team, also known as the Small College All-America football team, is composed of college football players from small colleges and universities who were selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the best players at each position. For 1974, the AP selected three teams, each team having separate offensive and defensive platoons.

## First team

| Position | Player | Team |
| Offense |||
| Quarterback | Jim McMillan | Boise State |
| Running back | Walter Payton | Jackson State |
| Running back | Everett Talbert | Eastern Kentucky |
| Running back | Mike Thomas | UNLV |
| Wide receiver | Jim Myers | Kenyon |
| Tight end | Mike Barber | Louisiana Tech |
| Tackle | Caesar Douglas | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Tackle | John Passananti | Western Illinois |
| Guard | Herbert Scott | Virginia Union |
| Guard | Ray Sweeney | Delaware |
| Center | Mark King | Troy State |
| Defense |||
| Defensive end | Jerry Dahl | North Dakota State |
| Defensive end | Cleveland Elam | Tennessee State |
| Defensive tackle | Fred Dean | Louisiana Tech |
| Defensive tackle | Gary "Big Hands" Johnson | Grambling State |
| Middle guard | Glenn Fleming | Northeast Louisiana |
| Linebacker | Robert Brazile | Jackson State |
| Linebacker | Mike McDonald | Catawba |
| Linebacker | Steve Yates | Western Carolina |
| Defensive back | Greg Grouwinkel | Nevada |
| Defensive back | Mark Johnson | Minnesota–Duluth |
| Defensive back | Virgil Livers | Western Kentucky |

## Second team

| Position | Player | Team |
| Offense |||
| QB | Mike Franckowiak | Central Michigan |
| RB | Vincent Allen | Indiana State |
| RB | Don Hardeman | Texas A&I |
| RB | Jim Van Wagner | Michigan Tech |
| WR | Dwight Duncombe | South Dakota |
| TE | Fred Coleman | Northeast Louisiana |
| T | Brent Adams | Chattanooga |
| T | Greg Arnold | Capital |
| G | Fred Pointer | Southwest Texas State |
| G | Dan Schmitt | Coe |
| C | John Brooks | Elizabeth City State |
| Defense |||
| DE | Lawrence Pillers | Alcorn State |
| DE | Phil Wells | UC Davis |
| DT | John Bushong | Western Kentucky |
| DT | Joe Ingersoll | UNLV |
| MG | Alan Klein | Southeastern Louisiana |
| LB | Jerry Janik | Texas A&I |
| LB | Art Thomas | Wittenberg |
| LB | Pete Yorkoski | Santa Clara |
| DB | Ralph Gebhardt | Rochester |
| DB | Tony Parisi | Wagner |
| DB | Ed Pinkham | Allegheny |

## Third team

| Position | Player | Team |
| Offense |||
| QB | Lynn Heiber | IUP |
| RB | Tim Barrett | John Carroll |
| RB | Nate Beasley | Delaware |
| RB | Charles McDaniel | Louisiana Tech |
| WR | Ron Gustafson | North Dakota |
| TE | Duane Spale | Midland (NE) |
| T | James Files | McNeese State |
| T | Larry McFarland | Texas A&I |
| G | Coy Gibson | Wofford |
| G | Allen Haigler | Tennessee State |
| C | Bob McAndrews | North Park |
| Defense |||
| DE | Elois Grooms | Tennessee Tech |
| DE | Sam Miller | Delaware |
| DT | Bill Chandler | Northwood |
| DT | Dave Nygaard | Linfield |
| MG | Bennie Barbour | Winston-Salem State |
| LB | Nick Buehler | UC Riverside |
| LB | Tom Kozlosky | East Stroudsburg |
| LB | Ron Rosenberg | Montana |
| DB | Anthony Leonard | Virginia Union |
| DB | Granville Lyons | Tennessee State |
| DB | Glen Printers | Southern Colorado |