Official list of the best college football players of 1968
The 1968 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1968.
The NCAA recognizes six selectors as "official" for the 1968 season. They are (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Central Press Association (CP), (4) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (5) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (6) the United Press International (UPI).[ 1] Football News , a national weekly football publication, Time [ 2] The Sporting News Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).[ 3]
No single team dominated the All-America selections in 1968 with Ohio State and Notre Dame both having three first-team players.
Offensive selections [ edit ] Ted Kwalick (AFCA [tight end], AP-1 [tight end], CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1 [tight end], UPI-1, Time, TSN-1, WC) Jerry Levias (AFCA [flanker], AP-2, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1 [split end], UPI-2, TSN-2, FN [flanker], WC, WC) Ron Sellers , Florida State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA [split end], AP-1 [split end], CP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2, FN, Time, TSN-1) Jim Seymour , Notre Dame (AFCA [split end], AP-2, CP-2, UPI-1, FN, TSN-1, WC) Steve Zabel , Oklahoma (NEA-2 [tight end]) Gene Washington , Stanford (AP-3, CP-3) Eddie Hinton , Oklahoma (AP-3) Bob Klein , USC (TSN-2) George Kunz (AFCA, AP-2, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN-1, WC) Dave Foley (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, WC, TSN-2) Rufus Mayes , Ohio State (AP-2, CP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2, Time, TSN-1) Ken Carmon, Ohio (AP-3, CP-3)
Greg Shelly, Virginia (AP-3)
Jim Anderson , Missouri (CP-3) Charles Rosenfelder (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, WC) Jim Barnes (AP-1, CP-1, NEA-2, UPI-2, TSN-2) Mike Montler (AFCA, AP-1 [tackle], CP-2 [tackle], UPI-2 [tackle], TSN-2 [tackle]) Guy Dennis , Florida (CP-2, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN, WC) John Shinners , Xavier (NEA-1, Time, TSN-1) Joe Armstrong, Nebraska (AP-2, CP-2, FWAA)
Malcolm Snider , Stanford (NEA-2, TSN-1) Don King, Texas Tech (AP-2, CP-3)
Ken Mendenhall , Oklahoma (UPI-2) Gary Roberts , Purdue (AP-3) Alvin Samples, Alabama (AP-3)
John Miller, Lehigh (CP-3)
Dave Bradley , Penn State (TSN-2) John Didion (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN-1, WC) Carey Metts, North Carolina State (AP-2)
Jon Kolb , Oklahoma State (AP-3, CP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2) Jerry Murphy, Brown (CP-3)
Jack Rudnay , Northwestern (TSN-2) Terry Hanratty (AFCA [tie], AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN-1, WC) Bobby Douglass , Kansas (AFCA [tie], AP-2, NEA-1, UPI-2, TSN-2) Greg Cook , Cincinnati (CP-2) Steve Sogge , USC (AP-3) Brian Dowling , Yale (CP-3) O. J. Simpson (AFCA [halfback], AP-1, CP-1 [halfback], FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN [halfback], Time, TSN-1, WC) Leroy Keyes (AFCA [halfback], AP-1, CP-1 [halfback], FWAA, NEA-1 [defensive back], UPI-1, FN [halfback], Time, TSN-1 [cornerback], WC) Chris Gilbert (AFCA [halfback], AP-1, CP-3, NEA-1 [halfback], UPI-2, FN [halfback], TSN-2) Bill Enyart , Oregon State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3, CP-1 [fullback], NEA-2 [fullback], UPI-1, Time, TSN-1 [linebacker]) Paul Gipson , Houston (AFCA [fullback], AP-2, CP-3, NEA-1 [fullback], Time, TSN-2) Ron Johnson , Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, CP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2, FN [halfback]) Larry Smith , Florida (TSN-1) Steve Owens , Oklahoma (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, CP-2, FN [halfback]) Mercury Morris , West Texas State (AP-3, CP-3, NEA-2, UPI-2, FN [halfback], TSN-2) Charley Jarvis, Army (AP-3)
Jim Otis , Ohio State (CP-2) Defensive selections [ edit ] Ted Hendricks (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN-1, WC) John Zook (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN, TSN-2) Bob Stein , Minnesota (AP-3, UPI-2, WC) Ron Carpenter , North Carolina State (NEA-1) Jimmy Gunn , USC (AP-2) Mike Ford, Alabama (AP-2, UPI-2)
Billy Payne , Georgia (AP-3) Julian Nunamaker , Tennessee-Martin (TSN-2) Bill Stanfill (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-2 [defensive end], UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN-1, WC) Joe Greene (AP-1, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN-1, WC) Loyd Wainscott , Texas (AP-2, CP-1, FWAA) Rolf Krueger , Texas A&M (UPI-2, Time, TSN-1) David Campbell, Auburn (AP-3, NEA-1)
Mike Reid , Penn State (AP-2, NEA-2) Tom Nelson, Arizona (AP-3, NEA-2)
Art Thoms , Syracuse (UPI-2) Ed White (AFCA [defensive tackle], AP-1, CP-1, [guard], FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-2, FN, TSN-2) Chuck Kyle (AFCA, AP-2, CP-1 [guard], FWAA, UPI-1, WC) Ernie Calloway , Texas Southern (NEA-2, TSN-2) Carl Crennel , West Virginia (AP-3) Steve Greer , Georgia (CP-2) Dennis Onkotz (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, WC) Steve Kiner (AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, FN) Bob Babich , Miami (Ohio) (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-2, Time, TSN-1) Ron Pritchard , Arizona State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, NEA-1, UPI-2, Time, TSN-1) Mike Hall, Alabama (AP-2, CP-1, NEA-2, WC)
Ken Johnson, Army (AFCA, NEA-2)
Mike Widger , Virginia Tech (AP-1) Bill Hobbs , Texas A&M (AP-3, UPI-1) Chip Healy , Vanderbilt (CP-1, TSN-2) Dale McCullers , Florida State (AP-3, NEA-1) Jim Sniadecki , Indiana (UPI-2, TSN-2) Ken Criter , Wisconsin (AP-3) Tom Stincic , Michigan (TSN-2) Roger Wehrli (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1 [safety], UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN-1, WC) Jake Scott (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, WC, FWAA, FN, TSN-2) Al Worley (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, NEA-2 [safety], UPI-1, FN, TSN-2) Mike Battle , USC (FWAA, UPI-1, FN, WC, TSN-2) Al Brenner , Michigan State (AFCA, AP-3, CP-3 [offensive end], NEA-1 [safety], UPI-2, TSN-2) Tony Kyasky, Syracuse (AP-2, NEA-2 [safety], UPI-2, WC, Time, TSN-2 [safety])
Jim Marsalis , Tennessee State (NEA-2, Time, TSN-1) Tommy Maxwell , Texas A&M (Time, TSN-1) Jim Weatherford , Tennessee (AFCA, UPI-2) Ted Provost , Ohio State (AP-2) Tom Curtis , Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UPI-2) Bill Kishman, Colorado State (NEA-2)
Johnny Peacock , Houston (AP-3) Jim Livingston, Southern Methodist (AP-3)
Ed Hayes, Morgan State (TSN-2)
Eugene Epps, Texas-El Paso (TSN-2) Ken Vinyard , Texas Tech (TSN-1) Gerald Warren, North Carolina State (TSN-2) Bold – Consensus All-American[ 1] -1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection Unofficial selectors [ edit ]
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