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 the
1889 College Football All-America Team selected by
Caspar Whitney and published in
This Week's Sports in association with football pioneer
Walter Camp. Camp took over the responsibility for picking the All-America team and was recognized as the official selector in the early years of the 20th century.