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
[edit]Quarterbacks
[edit]- Steve Taylor, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jamelle Holieway, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
Running backs
[edit]- Thurman Thomas, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Keith Jones, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Joe Henderson, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Lydell Carr, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Robert Delpino, Missouri (AP-2)
- Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
Tight ends
[edit]- Keith Jackson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Tom Banderas, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
Wide receivers
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Bob Latham, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jake Young, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
Down linemen
[edit]- 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
[edit]Defensive ends
[edit]- Darrell Reed, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Broderick Thomas, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Troy Johnson, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Ricky Shaw, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Down lineman
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Place-kicker
[edit]- Jeff Shudak, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Tom Whelihan, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
Punter
[edit]- Barry Helton, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Tom Whelihan, Missouri (AP-2)
- Cary Cooper, Oklahoma State (UPI-2)
Key
[edit]AP = Associated Press[1]
UPI = United Press International[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "All-Big Eight football team". The Salina Journal. November 25, 1987. p. 13.
- ^ "Sooners dominate all-Big Eight". The Tepegraph-Herald. December 2, 1987. p. 1B.