The 1997 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press

Associated Press

The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...

, Football Writers Association of America

Football Writers Association of America

The Football Writers Association of America is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA...

, American Football Coaches Association

American Football Coaches Association

The American Football Coaches Association is an association of over 11,000 football coaches and staff on all levels. According to its constitution, some of the main goals of the American Football Coaches Association are to "maintain the highest possible standards in football and the profession of...

, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News

The Sporting News

Sporting News is an American-based sports magazine. It was established in 1886, and it became the dominant American publication covering baseball — so much so that it acquired the nickname "The Bible of Baseball"...

 and Football News.

The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. The NCAA officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus All-Americans.

Quarterback

• Peyton Manning
  Peyton Manning
  Peyton Williams Manning is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League . Manning holds the record for most NFL MVP awards with four. He was drafted by the Colts as the first overall pick in 1998 after a standout college football career with the...
  
  , Tennessee (AP, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN)
• Ryan Leaf
  Ryan Leaf
  Ryan David Leaf is a former American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League for four seasons...
  
  , Washington State (TSN)

Running backs

• Ricky Williams
  Ricky Williams
  Errick Lynne "Ricky" Williams, Jr. is an American football running back for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints fifth overall in the 1999 NFL Draft...
  
  , Texas (AP, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN, FN)
• Curtis Enis
  Curtis Enis
  Curtis D. Enis is a former professional American football player. For three seasons he played running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League...
  
  , Penn State (AP, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp)
• Skip Hicks
  Skip Hicks
  Brian LaVell "Skip" Hicks is a former American football running back in the National Football League. In his four seasons, Hicks played for the Washington Redskins and the Tennessee Titans...
  
  , UCLA (AFCA-Coaches, TSN)
• Ron Dayne
  Ron Dayne
  Ron Dayne is a former American football running back who is currently a free agent. He holds the NCAA record for career rushing yards, and he won the 1999 Heisman Trophy.-Early life:...
  
  , Wisconsin (FN)

Wide receivers

• Randy Moss
  Randy Moss
  Randy Gene Moss is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft...
  
  , Marshall (AP, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN)
• Jacquez Green
  Jacquez Green
  D'Tanyian Jacquez Green is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver and punt returner in the National Football League for five seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
  
  , Florida (AP, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp)
• Jerome Pathon
  Jerome Pathon
  Jerome Pathon is an American football coach and former wide receiver who played eight seasons in the National Football League...
  
  , Washington (AFCA-Coaches)
• Brian Alford
  Brian Alford
  Brian Wayne Alford is a former American football wide receiver. During his National Football League career, he played for the New York Giants.-Early life:...
  
  , Purdue (FN)

Tight end

• Alonzo Mayes
  Alonzo Mayes
  Alonzo Mayes is a former tight end in the NFL. He played from 1998-2002 for the Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins. He was the Bears starting tight end in 1998 and 1999. Nicknamed "Showtime" for his zany celebrations....
  
  , Oklahoma State (AP, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN)
• Jerame Tuman
  Jerame Tuman
  Jerame Dean Tuman is an American football tight end who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan....
  
  , Michigan (FN)

Guards/tackles

• Aaron Taylor, Nebraska (AP, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN, FN)
• Alan Faneca
  Alan Faneca
  Alan Joseph Faneca, Jr. is a former American football guard in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers 26th overall in the 1998 NFL Draft and played college football for Louisiana State....
  
  , LSU (AP, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN)
• Kyle Turley
  Kyle Turley
  Kyle John Turley is a former American football offensive tackle of the National Football League, and current American recording artist. He was originally drafted by the New Orleans Saints seventh overall in the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at San Diego State.In addition to the...
  
  , San Diego State (AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, TSN, FN)
• Chad Overhauser, UCLA (AP, FWAA-Writers, TSN)
• Benji Olson
  Benji Olson
  Benjamin Dempsey Olson is a former American football guard of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Tennessee Oilers in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft and played his entire 10-year career with the organization...
  
  , Washington (AP, Walter Camp)
• Victor Riley
  Victor Riley
  Victor Allan Riley is a former American football player who played offensive tackle. Riley played college football for Auburn University. He was drafted in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, with whom he played for four seasons...
  
  , Auburn (AFCA-Coaches)
• Matt Stinchcomb
  Matt Stinchcomb
  Matt Stinchcomb is a former football offensive tackle, who played for the University of Georgia, the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.-NFL Years:...
  
  , Georgia (AFCA-Coaches)
• Flozell Adams
  Flozell Adams
  Flozell "The Hotel" Adams is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan State....
  
  , Michigan State (Walter Camp)
• Rob Murphy, Ohio State (FN)

Center

• Olin Kreutz
  Olin Kreutz
  Olin George Kreutz is an American football center who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football for Washington.Kreutz has also played for the New Orleans Saints....
  
  , Washington (AP, Walter Camp, TSN, FN)
• Kevin Long
  Kevin Long (offensive lineman)
  Kevin Long is a former American football center who played four seasons in the National Football League with the Tennessee Oilers/Titans. He started in Super Bowl XXXIV....
  
  , Florida State (AFCA-Coaches)
• Ben Fricke Houston (FWAA-Writers)

Linemen

• Andre Wadsworth
  Andre Wadsworth
  Andre Wadsworth is an American professional football player who is currently a free agent. He began his college career as a 215-pound walk-on at Florida State University and became a highly touted prospect at defensive end, drafted 3rd overall by the Arizona Cardinals in 1998...
  
  , Florida State (AP, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, TSN, FN)
• Grant Wistrom
  Grant Wistrom
  Grant Alden Wistrom, , is a former American Football defensive end who played for the St. Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks during his 9 year career...
  
  , Nebraska (AP, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN)
• Greg Ellis, North Carolina (AP, AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, FN)
• Jason Peter
  Jason Peter
  Jason Michael Peter is a retired American football player. Peter was an All-American defensive tackle his senior year at the University of Nebraska and was taken in the first round by the Carolina Panthers in the 1998 NFL Draft. His career was shortened by a recurring and chronic neck stinger...
  
  , Nebraska (AP, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN)
• Glen Steele
  Glen Steele
  James Lendale Steele, Jr. is a former professional American football defensive lineman who played his entire six year National Football League career with the Cincinnati Bengals who drafted him in the 1998 NFL Draft...
  
  , Michigan (AFCA-Coaches)
• Jeremy Staat
  Jeremy Staat
  Jeremy Ray Staat is a former American Football defensive end who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1998 and the St. Louis Rams for two games in 2003. He also played for the Los Angeles Avengers arena football team...
  
  , Arizona State (FWAA-Writers)
• Lamanzer Williams, Minnesota (FWAA-Writers)
• Kailee Wong
  Kailee Wong
  Kailee Wong is a former linebacker in the National Football League. Wong was recruited by Bill Walsh, and subsequently played collegiately as an All-American at Stanford University. He attended North Eugene High School...
  
  , Stanford (FN)

Linebackers

• Andy Katzenmoyer
  Andy Katzenmoyer
  Andrew Warren Katzenmoyer is a former professional American football player and the first Butkus Award-winning middle linebacker to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes...
  
  , Ohio State (AP, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN)
• Sam Cowart
  Sam Cowart
  Samuel Cowart, III is a former American football linebacker who primarily played for the Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings of the NFL...
  
  , Florida State (AP, FWAA-Writers, TSN, FN)
• Anthony Simmons, Clemson (AP, AFCA-Coaches, TSN, FN)
• Brian Simmons
  Brian Simmons
  Brian Eugene Simmons is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals 17th overall in the 1998 NFL Draft...
  
  , North Carolina (AP, Walter Camp)
• Jamie Duncan
  Jamie Duncan
  Jamie Robert Duncan to James and Bertina Duncan, is a former American football linebacker in the NFL. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1998 NFL Draft. He also played for the St...
  
  , Vanderbilt (AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers)
• Leonard Little
  Leonard Little
  Leonard Antonio Little is a former American football defensive end. He was originally drafted by the Rams in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee.-Early years:...
  
  , Tennessee (Walter Camp)
• Takeo Spikes
  Takeo Spikes
  Takeo Gerard Spikes is an American football linebacker for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals 13th overall in the 1998 NFL Draft...
  
  , Auburn (TSN)
• Pat Tillman
  Pat Tillman
  Corporal Patrick Daniel "Pat" Tillman Jr. was an American football player who left his professional career and enlisted in the United States Army in June 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks. He joined the Army Rangers and served several tours in combat before he died in the...
  
  , Arizona State (TSN)
• Ron Warner, Kansas (FN)

Backs

• Charles Woodson
  Charles Woodson
  Charles C. Woodson is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He played college football at the University of Michigan for the Michigan Wolverines. In 1997, Woodson led the Wolverines to a national championship...
  
  , Michigan (AP, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN, FN)
• Dré Bly
  Dré Bly
  Donald André "Dré" Bly is a former American football cornerback who played for eleven seasons in the National Football League. After playing college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, Bly was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the second round of the 1999 NFL Draft...
  
  , North Carolina (AP, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN)
• Donovin Darius
  Donovin Darius
  Donovin Lee Darius is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars 25th overall in the 1998 NFL Draft, and played for nine seasons with the team. He played for the Miami Dolphins in 2007...
  
  , Syracuse (AP, TSN)
• Brian Lee, Wyoming (AP,FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, FN)
• Donovin Darius
  Donovin Darius
  Donovin Lee Darius is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars 25th overall in the 1998 NFL Draft, and played for nine seasons with the team. He played for the Miami Dolphins in 2007...
  
  , Syracuse (AFCA-Coaches)
• Fred Weary
  Fred Weary (defensive back)
  Joseph Frederick "Fred" Weary is a former American college and professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Weary played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for...
  
  , Florida (AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp, TSN, FN)
• Antoine Winfield
  Antoine Winfield
  Antoine Winfield is an American football cornerback in the NFL. He played college football at The Ohio State University, winning the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back in 1998. Winfield was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft. Since 2004, he...
  
  , Ohio State (AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers)
• Anthony Poindexter
  Anthony Poindexter
  Anthony Scott Poindexter is a former American football player for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns...
  
  , Virginia (TSN)

Placekicker

• Martín Gramática
  Martin Gramatica
  Martín Gramática is an Argentine-American former football placekicker.Gramática was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft after playing college football at Kansas State, and has also been a member of the Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, Dallas...
  
  , Kansas State (AP, FWAA-Writers, TSN FN)
• Chris Sailer, UCLA (AFCA-Coaches,FWAA-Writers-P, Walter Camp)

All-purpose / kick returners

• Tim Dwight
  Tim Dwight
  Timothy Deutch Dwight, Jr. is an American football wide receiver and return specialist who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round of the 1998 NFL Draft...
  
  , Iowa (AP-All-Purpose, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, TSN)