1998 All-Big 12 Conference football team

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 edit

Quarterbacks edit

Running backs edit

  • 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 edit

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

Guards edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

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

Receivers edit

  • 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 edit

Defensive linemen edit

  • 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 edit

Defensive backs edit

  • 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 edit

Kickers edit

Punters edit

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

Return specialists edit

  • David Allen, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
  • Ben Kelly, Colorado (Media-1)
  • Joe Walker, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Key edit

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 edit

References edit

  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.