| 1987 College Football All-America Team |
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| College Football All-America Team |
| 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season |
| Official selectors |
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American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Associated Press (AP) Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) United Press International (UPI) Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF) |
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The 1987 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1987. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1987 season.[1] They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);[2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;[3] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA);[4] (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers;[5] and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).[6] Other notable selectors included Football News[7] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[8] Scripps Howard (SH),[9] and The Sporting News (TSN).[10]
The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1987 and displays which first-team designations they received.
| Name | Position | School | Number[11] | Official | Other |
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| Tim Brown | Wide receiver/return specialist | Notre Dame | 5/4/9 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, SH, TSN |
| Mark Hutson | Offensive guard | Oklahoma | 5/3/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, SH |
| Don McPherson | Quarterback | Syracuse | 5/3/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | NEA, SH, TSN |
| Keith Jackson | Tight end | Oklahoma | 5/2/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, SH |
| Nacho Albergamo | Center | LSU | 5/2/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | SH, TSN |
| Dave Cadigan | Offensive tackle | USC | 4/3/7 | AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | NEA, SH, TSN |
| Lorenzo White | Running back | Michigan State | 4/3/7 | AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, SH |
| Wendell Davis | Wide receiver | LSU | 3/3/6 | AFCA, FWAA, UPI | FN, SH, TSN |
| Randall McDaniel | Offensive guard | Arizona State | 4/1/5 | AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC | SH |
| Craig Heyward | Running back | Pittsburgh | 3/2/5 | AP, FWAA, UPI | SH, TSN |
| Jumbo Elliott | Offensive tackle | Michigan | 4/0/4 | AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC | -- |
| Name | Position | School | Number[11] | Official | Other |
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| Bennie Blades | Defensive back | Miami | 5/4/9 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, SH, TSN |
| Chad Hennings | Defensive line | Air Force | 5/4/9 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, SH, TSN |
| Deion Sanders | Defensive back | Florida State | 5/4/9 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, SH, TSN |
| Chris Spielman | Linebacker | Ohio State | 5/4/9 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, SH, TSN |
| Danny Stubbs | Defensive line | Miami | 5/4/9 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, SH, TSN |
| Aundray Bruce | Linebacker | Auburn | 3/2/5 | AFCA, UPI, WC | SH, TSN |
| Tracy Rocker | Defensive line | Auburn | 3/2/5 | FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, SH |
| Ted Gregory | Defensive line | Syracuse | 2/3/5 | FWAA, UPI | FN, NEA, TSN |
| Chuck Cecil | Defensive back | Arizona | 3/1/4 | AFCA, UPI, WC | FN |
| Rickey Dixon | Defensive back | Oklahoma | 3/1/4 | AP, FWAA, UPI | SH |
| Dante Jones | Linebacker | Oklahoma | 2/1/3 | AFCA, AP | SH |
| John Roper | Linebacker | Texas A&M | 2/0/2 | AP, FWAA | -- |
| Name | Position | School | Number[11] | Official | Other |
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| David Treadwell | Placekicker | Clemson | 4/4/8 | AFCA, AP, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, SH, TSN |
| Tom Tupa | Punter | Ohio State | 5/2/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | NEA, SH |
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