'''List of Football Academic All-America Team Members of the Year''' is a list of the annual selection by [[College Sports Communicators]] (known before the 2022–23 school year as College Sports Information Directors of America, or CoSIDA) and its [[Academic All-America]] sponsor of the individual athlete selected as the most outstanding of the annual Football Academic All-America selections. From 1996 to 2011 one winner each was chosen from both the College and University Divisions for all twelve Academic All-America teams including football. The Academic All-America program recognizes combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation's top student-athletes. The University Division team included eligible participants from [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] member schools, while the College Division team included scholar-athletes from all of the following: [[NCAA Division II]], [[NCAA Division III]], [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA), [[List of universities in Canada|Canadian universities]] and [[List of colleges in Canada|colleges]] and two-year schools. Currently, each team selects Academic All-District honorees in eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cosida.com/media/documents/2011/2/2010_11_AAA_MBB_All_District_Teams.pdf|title=Capital One Academic All-District ® Men's Basketball Teams Released|access-date=March 22, 2011|date=February 3, 2011|publisher=[[College Sports Information Directors of America]]}}</ref> The districts are as follows: – District 1 ([[Connecticut|CT]], [[Massachusetts|MA]], [[Maine|ME]], [[New Hampshire|NH]], [[New York (state)|NY]], [[Rhode Island|RI]], [[Vermont|VT]]), District 2 ([[District of Columbia|DC]], [[Deleware|DE]], [[Kentucky|KY]], [[Maryland|MD]], [[New Jersey|NJ]], [[Pennsylvania|PA]], [[West Virginia|WV]]), District 3 ([[North Carolina|NC]], [[Tennessee|TN]], [[Virginia|VA]]), District 4 ([[Alaska|AL]], [[Florida|FL]], [[Georgia (state)|GA]], [[Puerto Rico|PR]], [[South Carolina|SC]]), District 5 ([[Illinois|IL]], [[Indiana|IN]], [[Michigan|MI]], [[Ohio|OH]]), District 6 ([[Arizona|AR]], [[Iowa|IA]], [[Louisiana|LA]], [[Minnesota|MN]], [[Montana|MO]], [[Mississippi|MS]], [[Montana|MT]], [[North Dakota|ND]], [[South Dakota|SD]], [[Wisconsin|WI]], [[Wyoming|WY]]), – District 7 ([[Colorado|CO]], [[Idaho|ID]], [[Kansas|KS]], [[Nebraska|NE]], [[New Mexico|NM]], [[Nevada|NV]], [[Oklahoma|OK]], [[Texas|TX]]), District 8 ([[Alaska|AK]], [[Arizona|AZ]], [[California|CA]], [[Hawaii|HI]], [[Oregon|OR]], [[Utah|UT]], [[Washington (state)|WA]], [[Canada]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://academicallamerica.com/documents/2021/11/18//Acad_Football_2021_22.pdf?id=3282|title=CoSIDA Academic All‐District® Football Team Released|accessdate=March 11, 2024|date=November 18, 2021|publisher=[[CoSIDA]]}}</ref> First team All-District honorees make the All-America team ballots. All twelve Academic All-American teams (Men's and women's [[basketball]], men's and women's [[College soccer in the United States|soccer]], men's and women's [[Track and field|track & field]], men's [[College baseball|baseball]], women's [[softball]], men's [[College football|football]], women's [[volleyball]] and men's and women's at-large teams) had one Academic All-American of the Year each for both the College and University divisions. One of these twelve sport-by-sport Academic All-Americans of the year is selected as the [[List of Academic All-America Team Members of the Year|Academic All-America Team Members of the Year]] for each division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cosida.com/media/documents/2011/1/Academic_AllAmerica_FAQs.pdf|title=Academic All-America program Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)|access-date=March 22, 2011|publisher=[[College Sports Information Directors of America]]}}</ref> The most recent football player to win the all-sports honor is [[John Matocha]] of the [[Colorado School of Mines]], who received the Division II awards for the 2022–23 academic year.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2023/7/25/2022-23-top-4-chosen-for-overall-academic-all-america-of-the-year-honors-in-ncaa-and-naia-divisions.aspx |title=2022-23 Top 4 chosen for Overall Academic All-America® of the Year honors in NCAA and NAIA divisions |publisher=College Sports Communicators |date=July 26, 2023 |access-date=September 26, 2023}}</ref>{{efn|group=n|Football awards are normally presented in the fall and overall awards in spring. The only exception to date was in 2020–21, when COVID-19 disruptions caused the announcement of the football awards to be delayed until summer 2021.}}

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Denison Big Red|border=0}}| '''[[Denison Big Red football|Denison]]'''

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings|border=0}}| '''[[Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings football|Augustana (South Dakota)]]'''

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings|border=0}}| '''[[Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings football|Augustana (South Dakota)]]'''

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Carnegie Mellon Tartans|border=0}}| '''[[Carnegie Mellon Tartans football|Carnegie Mellon]]'''

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys|border=0}}| '''[[Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys football|Arkansas Tech]]'''

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|MIT Engineers|border=0}}| '''[[MIT Engineers|{{color|#C2C0BF|MIT}}]]'''

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Valdosta State Blazers|border=0}}| '''[[Valdosta State Blazers football|Valdosta State]]'''

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Valdosta State Blazers|border=0}}| '''[[Valdosta State Blazers football|Valdosta State]]'''

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Illinois Weslyan Titans|border=0}}| '''Illinois Weslyan'''

| 1997 || '''{{sortname|Peyton|Manning}}'''<ref name=F/> ||style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Tennessee Volunteers|border=0}}| '''[[Tennessee Volunteers football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Tennessee}}]]'''||Brad Gray<ref name=F/>||style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|MIT Engineers|border=0}}| '''[[MIT Engineers|{{color|#C2C0BF|MIT}}]]'''

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Northern Colorado Bears|border=0}}|[[Northern Colorado Bears football|Northern Colorado]]

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Northern Colorado Bears|border=0}}|[[Northern Colorado Bears football|Northern Colorado]]

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Susquehanna River Hawks|border=0}}| '''Susquehanna'''

| 2002|| {{sortname|Kliff|Kingsbury}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cosida.com/formpdfs/2002_AAA_Football_Team_Rele.pdf|title=Thirteen Student-Athletes Earn Repeat Verizon Academic All-America® Football Team Honors|access-date=March 23, 2011|date=December 2, 2002|publisher=[[College Sports Information Directors of America]]}}</ref>||style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Tech Red Raiders|border=0}}| '''[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|{{color|#000000|Texas Tech}}]]'''||Mike Bowman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cosida.com/formpdfs/cdfbaa02.pdf|title=2002-2003 VERIZON ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® FOOTBALL TEAM (COLLEGE DIVISION)|access-date=March 23, 2011|date=December 2, 2002|publisher=[[College Sports Information Directors of America]]}}</ref>||style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Susquehanna River Hawks|border=0}}| '''Susquehanna'''

| 2009|| {{sortname|Tim|Tebow}}<ref name=2ETMSAAOTY>{{cite web|url=http://cosida.com/media/documents/2010/7/200910_Sport_by_Sport_AAA_Team_Members_of_Yr.pdf|title=2009-2010 ESPN The Magazine Sport-By-Sport Academic All-Americans Of The Year|access-date=March 23, 2011|publisher=[[College Sports Information Directors of America]]}}</ref>||style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Gators|border=0}}| '''[[Florida Gators football|{{color|#FF4A00|Florida}}]]'''||Beau Kildow<ref name=2ETMSAAOTY/>|| bgcolor=#7e262c | '''[[Morningside University|{{color|#fff|Morningside}}]]'''

| 2013 || {{sortname|Gabe|Ikard}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://cosida.com/news/2014/7/31/AAA_0731142738.aspx?path=academic_all_america |title=Alabama's Jacob crowned Capital One Division I Academic All-America of the Year |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=July 31, 2014 |access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref>||style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Sooners|border=0}}| '''[[Oklahoma Sooners football|{{color|#FDF9D8|Oklahoma}}]]'''|| {{sortname|Trent|Adams|nolink=1}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://cosida.com/news/2014/7/29/AAA_0729142202.aspx?path=academic_all_america |title=Bentley's Battista named Capital One D2 Academic All-America® of the Year |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=July 30, 2014 |access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref> ||style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Northwest Missouri State Bearcats|border=0}}| '''[[Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Northwest Missouri State}}]]'''|| {{sortname|John|Arena|nolink=1}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://cosida.com/news/2014/7/29/AAA_0729142205.aspx?path=academic_all_america |title=Cazzola named Capital One Academic D3 All-America® of the Year |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=July 29, 2014 |access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref> ||style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Johns Hopkins Blue Jays|border=0}}| '''[[Johns Hopkins Blue Jays football|{{color|#000000|Johns Hopkins}}]]'''|| {{sortname|Lamont|Wims|nolink=1}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://cosida.com/news/2014/7/28/AAA_0728145312.aspx?path=academic_all_america |title=Lunney Named Top Capital One Academic All-America® honoree in College Division |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=July 28, 2014 |access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref> || [[Robert Morris University (Illinois)|Robert Morris (IL)]]

| 2014 || {{sortname|Zach|Zenner}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://cosida.com/news/2014/12/4/AAA_1204144121.aspx?path=academic_all_america |title=Capital One Academic All-America® D1 Football Team Selected |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 4, 2014 |access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref>||style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota State Jackrabbits|border=0}}| '''[[South Dakota State Jackrabbits football|{{color|#FFD700|South Dakota State}}]]'''|| {{sortname|Kevin|Rodgers|nolink=1}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://cosida.com/news/2014/12/3/AAA_1203140319.aspx?path=academic_all_america |title=Meet the Capital One Academic All-America® D2 Football Team |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 3, 2014 |access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref> ||style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Henderson State Reddies|border=0}}| '''[[Henderson State Reddies football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Henderson State}}]]'''|| {{sortname|Michael|Bates|nolink=1}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://cosida.com/news/2014/12/2/AAA_1202141540.aspx?path=academic_all_america |title=Capital One Academic All-America® D3 Football Team Announced |publisher=[[College Sports Information Directors of America]] |date=December 2, 2014 |access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref>||style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Illinois College Blueboys|border=0}}| '''[[Illinois College Blueboys football|{{color|#919693|Illinois College}}]]'''|| {{sortname|Connor|Zumpfe|nolink=1}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://cosida.com/news/2014/12/1/AAA_1201145725.aspx?path=academic_all_america |title=Meet the Capital One Academic All-America® College Div. Football Team |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 1, 2014 |access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref> || [[Nebraska Wesleyan University|Nebraska Wesleyan]]

| 2017 || {{sortname|Marlon|Walls}}<ref name="2017 D-I">{{cite press release|url=http://cosida.com/documents/2017/12/14//2017_D1_AAA_Football.pdf?id=2526 |title=Marlon Walls of Stephen F. Austin Headlines CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Football Team |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 14, 2017 |access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks|border=0}} | '''[[Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Stephen F. Austin}}]]''' || {{sortname|Ty|Reasnor|nolink=1}}<ref name="2017 D-II">{{cite press release|url=http://cosida.com/documents/2017/12/12//AcAA_17footballD2.pdf?id=2517 |title=Arkansas Tech University's Ty Reasnor Headlines CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Football Team |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 12, 2017 |access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys|border=0}}| '''[[Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Arkansas Tech}}]]''' || {{sortname|Ugdam|Goyal|nolink=1}}<ref name="2017 D-III">{{cite press release|url=http://cosida.com/documents/2017/12/13//2017_d3_aaa_football.pdf?id=2520 |title=MIT's Ugdam Goyal Headlines CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III Football Team |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 13, 2017 |access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|MIT Engineers|border=0}}| '''[[MIT Engineers|{{color|#FFFFFF|MIT}}]]''' || {{sortname|Gunnar|Orcutt|nolink=1}}<ref name="2017 CD">{{cite press release|url=http://cosida.com/documents/2017/12/11//AcAA_17footballCD.pdf?id=2509 |title=Gunnar Orcutt of Peru State Headlines CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division Football Teams |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 11, 2017 |access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Peru State Bobcats|border=0}}| '''[[Peru State College#Athletics|{{color|#FFFFFF|Peru State}}]]'''

| 2018 || {{sortname|Justin|Herbert}}<ref name="2018 D-I">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/documents/2018/12/10//2018_Google_Cloud_AAA_D1_FB_Release.pdf?id=2953 |title=Justin Herbert of Oregon Headlines Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Football Team |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 10, 2018 |access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oregon Ducks|border=0}} | '''[[Oregon Ducks football|{{color|#FEE11A|Oregon}}]]''' || {{sortname|Kirby|Hora|nolink=y}}<ref name="2018 D-II">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/documents/2018/12/11//AcAA_18football_D2.pdf?id=2957 |title=Kirby Hora of Augustana (S.D.) Headlines Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division II Football Teams |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 11, 2018 |access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Augustana University Vikings|border=0}}| '''[[Augustana University Vikings football|{{color|#f7d417|Augustana (SD)}}]]''' || {{sortname|Ugdam|Goyal|nolink=y}}<ref name="2018 D-III">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/documents/2018/12/12//2018_d3_aaa_football.pdf?id=2961 |title=MIT's Ugdam Goyal Headlines Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division III Football Teams |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 12, 2018 |access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|MIT Engineers|border=0}}| '''[[MIT Engineers|{{color|#FFFFFF|MIT}}]]''' || {{sortname|Trent|Solsma}}<ref name="2018 CD">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/documents/2018/12/13//AcAA_18football_NAIA.pdf?id=2967 |title=Trent Solsma of Morningside Headlines Google Cloud Academic All-America® College Division Football Teams |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 13, 2018 |access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref> || bgcolor=#7e262c | '''[[Morningside University|{{color|#fff|Morningside}}]]'''

| 2019 || '''{{sortname|Justin|Herbert}}'''<ref name="2019 D-I">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2019/12/9/2019-academic-all-america-ncaa-division-i-football-teams-announced.aspx |title=2019 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Football Teams Announced |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 9, 2019 |access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oregon Ducks|border=0}} | '''[[Oregon Ducks football|{{color|#FEE11A|Oregon}}]]''' || {{sortname|Brant|Grisel|nolink=y}}<ref name="2019 D-II">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2019/12/10/2019-academic-all-america-ncaa-division-ii-football-team-announced.aspx |title=2019 Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Football Teams Announced |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 10, 2019 |access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Charleston Golden Eagles|border=0}}| '''[[Charleston Golden Eagles|{{color|#ffd200|Charleston (WV)}}]]''' || {{sortname|Matt|Anderson|nolink=y}}<ref name="2019 D-III">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2019/12/9/2019-academic-all-america-ncaa-division-iii-football-teams-announced.aspx |title=2019 Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Football Teams Announced |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 11, 2019 |access-date=December 16, 2019}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks|border=0}} | '''[[Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks football|{{color|#ffffff|Wisconsin–Whitewater}}]]''' || {{sortname|Hilton|Joseph|nolink=y}}<ref name="2019 NAIA">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2019/12/11/2019-cosida-academic-all-america-naia-football-team-announced.aspx |title=2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Football Team Announced |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 12, 2019 |access-date=December 16, 2019}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Waldorf Warriors|border=0}} | '''[[Waldorf Warriors football|{{color|#ffffff|Waldorf}}]]'''

| 2020–21{{efn|group=w|Officially designated as "2020–21" awards; Division I FBS played in fall 2020, while most teams at other levels either did not play at all or played in spring 2021.}} || '''{{sortname|Mac|Jones}}'''<ref name="2020 D-I">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2021/7/12/2020-21-academic-all-america-ncaa-division-i-football-teams-announced.aspx |title=2020–21 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Football Teams Announced |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=July 12, 2021 |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Alabama Crimson Tide|border=0}} | '''[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|{{color|#fff|Alabama}}]]''' || {{sortname|Evan|Ernst|nolink=y}}<ref name="2020 D-II">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2021/7/12/2020-21-academic-all-america-ncaa-division-ii-football-teams-announced.aspx |title=2020–21 Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Football Teams Announced |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=July 13, 2021 |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref> || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Dominican Panthers|border=0}}| '''[[Ohio Dominican Panthers|{{color|#ffc72c|Ohio Dominican}}]]''' || {{sortname|Steven|Sellers|nolink=y}}<ref name="2020 D-III">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2021/7/13/2020-21-academic-all-america-ncaa-division-iii-football-team-announced.aspx |title=2020–21 Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Football Teams Announced |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=July 14, 2021 |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref> || bgcolor=#3b1872 | '''[[Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders|{{color|#ffd700|Mary Hardin–Baylor}}]]''' || {{sortname|Cameron|Dukes}}<ref name="2020 NAIA">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2021/7/14/2020-21-cosida-academic-all-america-naia-football-team-announced.aspx |title=2020–21 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Football Team Announced |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=July 15, 2021 |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref> || bgcolor=#0063a5 | '''[[Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders|{{color|#fff|Lindsey Wilson}}]]'''

|| {{sortname|Cameron|Dukes}}<ref name="2021 NAIA">{{cite press release|url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2021/12/17/2021-cosida-academic-all-america-naia-football-announced.aspx |title=2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Football Team Announced |publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America |date=December 17, 2021 |access-date=January 13, 2022}}</ref> || bgcolor=#0063a5 | '''[[Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders|{{color|#fff|Lindsey Wilson}}]]'''

|| {{sortname|Cormac|Madigan|nolink=y}}<ref name=2022AA/> || bgcolor=#9d2235 | '''[[Ripon Red Hawks|{{color|#fff|Ripon}}]]'''

|| {{sortname|Ryan|Cole|nolink=y}}<ref name=2022AA/> || bgcolor=#7e262c | '''[[Morningside University|{{color|#fff|Morningside}}]]'''

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|MIT Engineers|border=0}}| '''[[MIT Engineers|{{color|#fff|MIT}}]]''' || 4{{refn|group=m|Four awards won by three individuals.}}

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings|border=0}}| '''[[Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings football|Augustana (South Dakota)]]''' || 3{{refn|group=m|Three awards won by two individuals.}}

| bgcolor=#7e262c | '''[[Morningside University|{{color|#fff|Morningside}}]]''' || 3

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys|border=0}} |'''[[Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys football|Arkansas Tech]]''' || 2

| bgcolor=#0063a5 | '''[[Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders|{{color|#fff|Lindsey Wilson}}]]''' || 2{{refn|group=m|name="Two by 1"}}

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Susquehanna River Hawks|border=0}}| '''Susquehanna'''|| 2

|style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Valdosta State Blazers|border=0}}| '''[[Valdosta State Blazers football|Valdosta State]]''' || 2{{refn|group=m|name="Two by 1"}}