# 2017 College Football All-America Team

The 2017 College Football All-America Team includes the players of American college football who have been honored by various selector organizations as the best players at their respective positions. The selector organizations award the "All-America" honor annually following the conclusion of the fall college football season. The original All-America team was the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Caspar Whitney and Walter Camp. In 1950, The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, which is the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) service bureau, compiled the first list of All-Americans. This list included the first-team selections on teams created for a national audience. These teams received national circulation with the intent of recognizing selections made from viewpoints that were nationwide. Since 1957, College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the NCAA as well as National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics athletes, including all NCAA championship sports.
The 2017 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), College Football News (CFN), Scout.com, Athlon Sports, and Fox Sports (FOX).
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. Players are chosen against other players playing at their position only. To be selected a consensus All-American, players must be chosen to the first team on at least two of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. Players named first-team by all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans.
Twenty-seven players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2017, 14 of them being unanimous. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*).
2017 Consensus All-Americans :
| Name | Position | Year | University |
| Baker Mayfield* | Quarterback | Senior | Oklahoma |
| Bryce Love* | Running back | Junior | Stanford |
| Rashaad Penny | Running back | Senior | San Diego State |
| Michael Gallup | Wide receiver | Senior | Colorado State |
| Anthony Miller | Wide receiver | Senior | Memphis |
| James Washington* | Wide receiver | Senior | Oklahoma State |
| Mark Andrews* | Tight end | Junior | Oklahoma |
| Orlando Brown Jr.* | Offensive line | Junior | Oklahoma |
| Mike McGlinchey | Offensive line | Senior | Notre Dame |
| Quenton Nelson* | Offensive line | Senior | Notre Dame |
| Cody O'Connell | Offensive line | Senior | Washington State |
| Billy Price* | Center | Senior | Ohio State |
| Bradley Chubb* | Defensive line | Senior | North Carolina State |
| Sutton Smith | Defensive line | Sophomore | Northern Illinois |
| Maurice Hurst Jr. | Defensive line | Senior | Michigan |
| Hercules Mata'afa | Defensive line | Junior | Washington State |
| Ed Oliver | Defensive tackle | Sophomore | Houston |
| Josey Jewell* | Linebacker | Senior | Iowa |
| Roquan Smith* | Linebacker | Junior | Georgia |
| Josh Jackson* | Defensive back | Junior | Iowa |
| Denzel Ward | Defensive back | Junior | Ohio State |
| DeShon Elliott* | Defensive back | Junior | Texas |
| Minkah Fitzpatrick* | Defensive back | Junior | Alabama |
| Michael Dickson* | Punter | Junior | Texas |
| Matt Gay | Kicker | Junior | Utah |
| Saquon Barkley | All-purpose | Junior | Penn State |
| Dante Pettis | All-purpose | Senior | Washington |

## Offense
### Quarterback

* Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)

### Running back

* Saquon Barkley, Penn State (AFCA, WCFF)
* Bryce Love, Stanford (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)
* Rashaad Penny, San Diego State (AP, FWAA, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)

### Wide receiver

* Michael Gallup, Colorado State (FWAA, WCFF, Athlon)
* David Sills V, West Virginia (TSN, SI, CBS)
* James Washington, Oklahoma State (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)
* Anthony Miller, Memphis (AP, AFCA, USAT, ESPN, CFN, Athlon)

### Tight end

* Mark Andrews, Oklahoma (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)

### Offensive line

* Beau Benzschawel, Wisconsin (SI, CFN)
* Orlando Brown Jr., Oklahoma (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)
* David Edwards, Wisconsin (AFCA)
* Will Hernandez, UTEP (USAT)
* Mitch Hyatt, Clemson (TSN, ESPN)
* Mike McGlinchey, Notre Dame (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, SI, USAT, CBS, CFN, Athlon)
* Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)
* Cody O'Connell, Washington State (WCFF, TSN)
* Chukwuma Okorafor, Western Michigan (FWAA)
* Billy Price, Ohio State (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CFN, Athlon)
* Frank Ragnow, Arkansas (CBS)
* Braden Smith, Auburn (AP, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)

## Defense
### Defensive line

* Mat Boesen, TCU (SI)
* Nick Bosa, Ohio State (AFCA)
* Austin Bryant, Clemson (FWAA)
* Bradley Chubb, North Carolina State (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)
* Clelin Ferrell, Clemson (AP, Athlon)
* Maurice Hurst Jr., Michigan (AP, TSN, USAT, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
* Hercules Mata'afa, Washington State (AP, WCFF, TSN, SI, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)
* Ed Oliver, Houston (AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, USAT, ESPN, CBS)
* Sutton Smith, Northern Illinois (FWAA, WCFF, USAT, CFN)
* Christian Wilkins, Clemson (AFCA, TSN, CFN)

### Linebacker

* T. J. Edwards, Wisconsin (AP, USAT, ESPN, Athlon)
* Rashaan Evans, Alabama, (AFCA)
* Jeff Holland, Auburn (SI)
* Josey Jewell, Iowa (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)
* Micah Kiser, Virginia (TSN)
* Joel Lanning, Iowa State (FWAA)
* Dorian O'Daniel, Clemson (SI)
* Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, Oklahoma (WCFF, CBS)
* Roquan Smith, Georgia (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)

### Defensive back

* Quin Blanding, Virginia (CFN)
* Carlton Davis, Auburn (SI)
* Jalen Davis, Utah State (WCFF)
* DeShon Elliott, Texas (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, ESPN, Athlon)
* Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)
* Josh Jackson, Iowa (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Athlon)
* Derwin James, Florida State (FWAA, USAT, CBS)
* Julian Love, Notre Dame (CFN)
* Denzel Ward, Ohio State (AP, AFCA, TSN, USAT, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)

## Special teams
### Kicker

* Daniel Carlson, Auburn (AFCA, WCFF, CBS)
* Matt Gay, Utah (AP, FWAA, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CFN, Athlon)

### Punter

* Michael Dickson, Texas (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, USAT, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
* J. K. Scott, Alabama (CFN)
* Johnny Townsend, Florida (SI)

### All-purpose / return specialist

* Saquon Barkley, Penn State (AP, FWAA, TSN, SI, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
* Dante Pettis, Washington (AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, CFN, Athlon)
* Tony Pollard, Memphis (FWAA, WCFF, CFN, Athlon)