1997 All-Big 12 Conference football team

1997 All-Big 12 team
1997 Big 12 Conference football season
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The 1997 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first-, second- and third-team players (the "Coaches" team);[1] and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).[2]

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

  • Corby Jones, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Michael Bishop, Kansas State (Coaches-2)
  • Scott Frost, Nebraska (Media-2)

Running backs

  • Ahman Green, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Ricky Williams, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • De'Mond Parker, Oklahoma (Coaches-2; Media-1)
  • Brock Olivo, Missouri (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Darren Davis, Iowa State (Media-2)
  • Dante Hall, Texas A&M (Media-2)

Offensive line

  • Todd Weiner, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Mike Morris, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Aaron Taylor, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Eric Anderson, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Kendyl Jacox, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
  • Steve McKinney, Texas A&M (Coaches-2; Media-1)
  • Travis Biebel, Missouri (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Josh Henson, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Jay Pugh, Texas Tech (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Melvin Thomas, Colorado (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Tight ends

  • Alonzo Mayes, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Stephen Alexander, Oklahoma (Coaches-2)
  • Derrick Spiller, Texas A&M (Media-2)

Receivers

  • Tyrone Watley, Iowa State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Phil Savoy, Colorado (Coaches-1; Media-2)
  • Donnie Hart, Texas Tech (Coaches-2)
  • Ed Williams, Iowa State (Coaches-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive linemen

  • Grant Wistrom, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Montae Reagor, Texas Tech (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Jason Peter, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Darren Howard, Kansas State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Ryan Olson, Colorado (Coaches-1; Media-2)
  • Martin Chase, Oklahoma (Media-2)
  • Jamal Williams, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1)
  • Marquis Gibson, Missouri (Coaches-2)
  • Jerome Evans, Kansas State (Coaches-2)
  • Kelly Gregg, Oklahoma (Coaches-2)
  • Cody McGuire, Texas Tech (Coaches-2)

Linebackers

  • Ron Warner, Kansas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Jeff Kelly, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Mark Simoneau Kansas State (Coaches-2; Media-1)
  • Travis Ochs, Kansas State (Media-2)
  • Warrick Holdman, Texas A&M (Media-2)
  • Jay Foreman, Nebraska (Media-2)
  • Hannibal Navies, Colorado (Media-2)
  • Kenyatta Wright, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2)

Defensive backs

  • Ralph Brown, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Kevin Williams, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • R. W. McQuarters, Oklahoma Stale (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Hyan Sutter, Colorado (Coaches-2; Media-1)
  • Tony Blevins, Kansas (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Dane Johnson, Texas Tech (Coaches-1; Media-2)
  • Harold Piersey, Missouri (Media-2)
  • Tony Darden, Texas Tech (Media-2)
  • Lamar Chapman, Kansas State (Coaches-2)
  • Mike Brown, Nebraska (Coaches-2)

Special teams

Kickers

Punters

  • Shane Lechler, Texas A&M (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Jason Davis, Oklahoma State (Media-2)
  • Dean Royal, Kansas (Coaches-2)

Return specialists

  • Ben Kelly, Colorado (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • R. W. McQuarters, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
  • Dante Hall, Texas A&M (Coaches-2)
  • David Allen, Kansas State (Coaches-2)

Key

Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel

Coaches = selected by Big 12 Conference coaches[1]

Media = selected by a media panel[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Big 12 Record Book - All-Big 12 Teams: 1997" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 125 (page 8 in the document). Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Huskers dominate All-Big 12 Team". Del Rio News-Herald (via newspapers.com). December 3, 1997.
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