Vanderbilt end Lynn Bomar and Georgia Tech running back Red Barron were the only two unanimous choices of a composite of selectors.
The composite All-Southern eleven compiled from twenty four coaches and sporting editors of the South each of whom received trophies from the Atlanta Journal included: * = Consensus All-American † = Unanimous selection C = received votes for the composite All-Southern eleven compiled from twenty four coaches and sporting editors of the South.
[7] ZN = selected by Zipp Newman, sporting editor for the Birmingham News.
[7] MM = selected by Marvin McCarthy, sporting editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald.
[8][9] BH = selected by Blinkey Horn, sporting editor of the Nashville Tennessean.