1972 Little All-America college football team

The 1972 Little All-America college football team, also known as the College Division 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 1972, the AP selected three teams, each team having separate offensive and defensive platoons.

First team

Position	Player	Team
Offense
QB	Bob Biggs	UC Davis
RB	Jimmy Edwards	Northeast Louisiana
	Billy "White Shoes" Johnson	Widener
	Mike Deutsch	North Dakota
WR	Roger Carr	Louisiana Tech
TE	James Moore	McNeese State
T	David Taylor	Catawba
	Robert Woods	Tennessee State
G	Gary Kipling	South Dakota
	Curtis Wester	East Texas State
C	Bob Daigle	Southwest Texas State
Defense
DE	Joe Carpone	Delaware
	Barney Chavous	South Carolina State
DT	Gary "Big Hands" Johnson	Grambling
	Elex Price	Alcorn A&M
LB	Waymond Bryant	Tennessee State
	Stan Cherry	Morgan State
	Brian Kelley	Cal Lutheran
	Jim Youngblood	Tennessee Tech
DB	Mike Amos	Cal Poly
	Steve Dennis	Grambling
	Bruce Polen	William Penn

Second team

Position	Player	Team
Offense
QB	Joe Carpone	Delaware
RB	Don Aleksiweicz	Hobart
	Johnny Baker	Ouachita Baptist
	Kenneth Parks	East Texas State
WR	Tim George	Carson–Newman
TE	Ron Mayo	Morgan State
T	Bracey Bonham	North Carolina Central
	Paul Krause	Central Michigan
G	David Nollner	Western Kentucky
	Bob Poss	Indiana State
C	Mark Walsh	Illinois Benedictine
Defense
DE	Ed "Too Tall" Jones	Tennessee State
	Archie Pearmon	Northeastern Oklahoma State
DT	Dennis Johnson	Delaware
	Bill Kollar	Montana State
LB	Ron Klawitter	Wittenberg
	Steve Nelson	North Dakota State
	Larry Rawlinson	McNeese State
	Steve Yates	Western Carolina
DB	Mike Holmes	Texas Southern
	Doug Jones	Cal State Northridge
	Don Walker	Central State (OH)

Third team

Position	Player	Team
Offense
QB	Kim McQuilken	Lehigh
RB	Harold Hill	Glassboro State
	Chuck Markey	Central Michigan
	Phil Pope	Middlebury
WR	Chuck Cornell	Bridgeport
TE	Bill Schlegel	Lehigh
T	Stan Durant	Bucknell
	Connie Wassink	Northwestern (IA)
G	Joe Kotval	Buena Vista
	Marc Crevier	Ashland
C	Mike Evanson	North Dakota State
Defense
DE	Harvey Martin	East Texas State
	Tom Ramsey	Northern Arizona
DT	Fred Dean	Louisiana Tech
	Mike Samples	Drake
LB	Wiley Epps	Kentucky State
	Mike Leidy	Hampden–Sydney
	Ken Pettus	Newberry
	Gary Weaver	Fresno State
DB	Dave Balmeri	IUP
	Phil Borlas	Fresno State
	Tom Rezzuti	Northeastern

See also

• 1972 College Football All-America Team