1998 All-Big 12 Conference football team

1998 All-Big 12 team
1998 Big 12 Conference football season
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The 1998 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 1998 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

  • Michael Bishop, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Major Applewhite, Texas (Media-2)
  • Corby Jones, Missouri (Coaches-2)

Running backs

  • Ricky Williams, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Devin West, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Ricky Williams, Texas Tech (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • De'Mond Parker, Oklahoma (Media-2)
  • Darren Davis, Iowa State (Media-2)
  • Nathan Simmons, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2)

Centers

  • Rob Riti, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Josh Heskew, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Jeremy Offutt, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2)

Guards

  • Craig Heimburger, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Ben Adams, Texas (Coaches-2; Media-1)
  • Adam Davis, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Curtis Lowery, Texas Tech (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Tackles

  • Ryan Young, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Jay Humphrey, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-2)
  • Derrick Fletcher, Baylor (Coaches-2)
  • Ryan Johanningmeier, Colorado (Media-2)
  • Todd Neimeyer, Missouri (Media-2)

Tight ends

  • Sheldon Jackson, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-1)
  • Derek Lewis, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-2)

Receivers

  • Darnell McDonald, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Wane McGarity, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Donnie Hart, Texas Tech, (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Darin Chiaverini, Colorado, (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Damien Groce, Iowa State (Coaches-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive linemen

  • Kelly Gregg, Oklahoma (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Casey Hampton, Texas (Coaches-2)
  • Darren Howard, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Aaron Humphrey, Texas (Media-2)
  • Chad Kelsay, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Aaron Marshall, Colorado (Coaches-2)
  • Damion McIntosh, Kansas State (Coaches-2)
  • Montae Reagor, Texas Tech (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Mike Rucker, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Taurus Rucker, Texas Tech (Coaches-1)
  • Justin Wyatt, Missouri (Coaches-1)

Linebackers

  • Pat Brown, Kansas (Media-2)
  • Jay Foreman, Nebraska (Media-2)
  • Warrick Holdman, Texas A&M (Media-1)
  • Sedric Jones, Oklahoma (Media-2)
  • Jeff Kelly, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Travis Ochs, Kansas State (Media-2)
  • Mark Simoneau, Kansas State (Coaches-2; Media-1)
  • Kenyatta Wright, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Defensive backs

  • Gary Baxter, Baylor (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Mike Brown, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Ralph Brown, Nebraska, (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Lamar Chapman, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
  • Rich Coady, Texas A&M (Media-1)
  • Jarrod Cooper, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Ben Kelly, Colorado (Media-2)
  • Wade Perkins, Missouri (Coaches-2; Media-2)
  • Harold Piersey, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Ricky Thompson, Oklahoma State (Media-2)
  • Jason Webster, Texas A&M (Media-2)
  • Mike Woods, Oklahoma (Coaches-2)

Special teams

Kickers

Punters

  • Shane Lechler, Texas A&M (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Kyle Atteberry, Baylor (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Return specialists

  • David Allen, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Ben Kelly, Colorado (Media-1)
  • Joe Walker, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-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 "All-Big 12 Conference Coaches Football Team Announced". Texas Tech University. November 28, 1998.
  2. ^ a b "All-Big 12 Conference Football Team". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. December 3, 1998. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
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