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 Everett Talbert Eastern Kentucky Mike Thomas UNLV Wide receiver Jim Myers Kenyon Tight end Mike Barber Louisiana Tech Tackle Caesar Douglas Illinois Wesleyan John Passananti Western Illinois Guard Herbert Scott Virginia Union Ray Sweeney Delaware Center Mark King Troy State Defense Defensive end Jerry Dahl North Dakota State Cleveland Elam Tennessee State Defensive tackle Fred Dean Louisiana Tech Gary "Big Hands" Johnson Grambling State Middle guard Glenn Fleming Northeast Louisiana Linebacker Robert Brazile Jackson State Mike McDonald Catawba Steve Yates Western Carolina Defensive back Greg Grouwinkel Nevada Mark Johnson Minnesota–Duluth Virgil Livers Western Kentucky
Second team Position Player Team Offense QB Mike Franckowiak Central Michigan RB Vincent Allen Indiana State Don Hardeman Texas A&I Jim Van Wagner Michigan Tech WR Dwight Duncombe South Dakota TE Fred Coleman Northeast Louisiana T Brent Adams Chattanooga Greg Arnold Capital G Fred Pointer Southwest Texas State Dan Schmitt Coe C John Brooks Elizabeth City State Defense DE Lawrence Pillers Alcorn State Phil Wells UC Davis DT John Bushong Western Kentucky Joe Ingersoll UNLV MG Alan Klein Southeastern Louisiana LB Jerry Janik Texas A&I Art Thomas Wittenberg Pete Yorkoski Santa Clara DB Ralph Gebhardt Rochester Tony Parisi Wagner Ed Pinkham Allegheny
Third team Position Player Team Offense QB Lynn Heiber IUP RB Tim Barrett John Carroll Nate Beasley Delaware Charles McDaniel Louisiana Tech WR Ron Gustafson North Dakota TE Duane Spale Midland (NE) T James Files McNeese State Larry McFarland Texas A&I G Coy Gibson Wofford Allen Haigler Tennessee State C Bob McAndrews North Park Defense DE Elois Grooms Tennessee Tech Sam Miller Delaware DT Bill Chandler Northwood Dave Nygaard Linfield MG Bennie Barbour Winston-Salem State LB Nick Buehler UC Riverside Tom Kozlosky East Stroudsburg Ron Rosenberg Montana DB Anthony Leonard Virginia Union Granville Lyons Tennessee State Glen Printers Southern Colorado
See also 1974 College Football All-America Team
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