List of Football Academic All-America Team Members of the Year
List of Football Academic All-America Team Members of the Year is a list of the annual selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America 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 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, Canadian universities and colleges and two-year schools. Currently, each team selects Academic All-District honorees in eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. First team All-District honorees make the All-America team ballots. All twelve Academic All-American 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 Academic All-America Team Members of the Year for each division. The most recent football player to win the all-sports honor is Justin Herbert of the University of Oregon, who received the Division I awards for the 2019–20 academic year.
In 2011, the Academic All-America program was expanded from two to four divisions. NCAA Divisions II and III were separated into their own divisions, while the College Division was then restricted to non-NCAA institutions. Most recently, effective with the 2018–19 school year, the College Division was split, with NAIA members now receiving their own set of awards.
Tables of winners
Names in bold indicate winners of the all-sports Academic All-America award.Two-division era (1991–2010)
| Year | University Division Winner | School | College Division Winner | School |
| 1991 | ' | Stanford Cardinal football| | - | - |
| 1992 | ' | Colorado Buffaloes football| | - | - |
| 1993 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish football| | - | - | |
| 1994 | ' | Nebraska Cornhuskers football| | - | - |
| 1995 | Florida Gators football| | Chris Palmer | Saint John's Johnnies football| | |
| 1996 | ' | Florida Gators football| | - | - |
| 1997 | ' | Tennessee Volunteers football| | Brad Gray | MIT Engineers| |
| 1998 | ' | Georgia Bulldogs football| | - | - |
| 1999 | ' | Marshall Thundering Herd football| | - | - |
| 2000 | Purdue Boilermakers football| | - | - | |
| 2001 | Montana State Bobcats football| | T.J. Hess | Widener Pride football| | |
| 2002 | Texas Tech Red Raiders football| | Mike Bowman | Susquehanna | |
| 2003 | Ohio State Buckeyes football| | Tyler Paul | Emporia State Hornets football| | |
| 2004 | ' | Utah Utes football| | Ty Touchstone | Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football| |
| 2005 | Brown Bears football| | Josh Lamberson | Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football| | |
| 2006 | Penn State Nittany Lions football| | Ryan Meredith | Pittsburg State Gorillas football| | |
| 2007 | Dayton Flyers football| | Danny Woodhead | Chadron State Eagles football| | |
| 2008 | Florida Gators football| | Greg Micheli | Mount Union Purple Raiders football| | |
| 2009 | Florida Gators football| | Beau Kildow | Morningside | |
| 2010 | Alabama Crimson Tide football| | Isaac Odim | Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs football| |