1987 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1987 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1987 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Tight ends

  • Keith Jackson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Tom Banderas, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)

Wide receivers

  • Hart Lee Dykes, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Dennis Ross, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Rod Smith, Nebraska (UPI-2)
  • Willie Vaughn, Kansas (UPI-2)

Centers

  • Bob Latham, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Jake Young, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)

Down linemen

  • Anthony Phillips, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Greg Johnson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Mark Hutson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • John McCormick, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
  • Keven Lightner, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Jon Phillips, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Doug Meacham, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Jeff Rigman, Missouri (AP-2)
  • Bob Sledge, Nebraska (UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Down lineman

  • Neil Smith, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Kyle Rappold, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Tim Rother, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2)
  • David Bailey, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Dante Williams, Oklahoma (AP-2)
  • Kurt Koch, Colorado (AP-2)

Linebackers

  • Dante Jones, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Eric McCarty, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Steve Forch, Nebraska (UPI-1)
  • LeRoy Etienne, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Matt Wallerstedt, Kansas State (AP-2)
  • Sim Drain III, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)
  • Chris Moore, Iowa State (UPI-2)

Defensive backs

  • Rickey Dixon, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • David Vickers, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Erik McMillan, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Mickey Pruitt, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Charles Frayer, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Adrian Jones, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Rod Smith, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Melvin Gilliam, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Special teams

Place-kicker

  • Jeff Shudak, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Tom Whelihan, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)

Punter

  • Barry Helton, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Tom Whelihan, Missouri (AP-2)
  • Cary Cooper, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UPI = United Press International[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "All-Big Eight football team". The Salina Journal. November 25, 1987. p. 13.
  2. ^ "Sooners dominate all-Big Eight". The Tepegraph-Herald. December 2, 1987. p. 1B.