1986 All-Big Eight Conference football team

American all-star college football team August 2023 25em 1986 All-Big Eight Conference football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid 1986 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1984 1985 ← → 1987 1988 The 1986 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1986 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). Offensive selections Quarterbacks Jamelle Holieway, Oklahoma (AP-1, UPI-1) Alex Espinoza, Iowa State (AP-2, UPI-2) Running backs Keith Jones, Nebraska (AP-1, UPI-1) Thurman Thomas, Oklahoma State (AP-1, UPI-1) Lydell Carr, Oklahoma (AP-2, UPI-2) Darrell Wallace, Missouri (AP-2) Tony Jordan, Kansas State (UPI-2) Tight ends Keith Jackson, Oklahoma (AP-1, UPI-1) Jon Embree, Colorado (AP-2) Todd Millikan, Nebraska (UPI-2) Wide receivers Hart Lee Dykes, Oklahoma State (AP-1, UPI-1) Willie Vaughn, Kansas (AP-1, UPI-1) Robbie Minor, Iowa State (AP-2, UPI-2) Ronnie Caldwell, Kansas (AP-2) Rod Smith, Nebraska (UPI-2) Centers Eric Coyle, Colorado (AP-1, UPI-1) Travis Simpson, Oklahoma (AP-2) Channon Mawdsley, Iowa State (UPI-2) Offensive tackles Tom Welter, Nebraska (AP-1, UPI-1) John Clay, Missouri (AP-1, UPI-1) Greg Johnson, Oklahoma (AP-2, UPI-2) John McCormick, Nebraska (AP-2, UPI-2) Brett Lawrence, Iowa State (UPI-2) Offensive guards Anthony Phillips, Oklahoma (AP-1, UPI-1) Mark Hutson, Oklahoma (AP-1, UPI-1) Stan Parker, Nebraska (AP-2) Rob Maggard, Nebraska (AP-2) Phil Petty, Missouri (UPI-2) Defensive selections Defensive ends Broderick Thomas, Nebraska (AP-1, UPI-1) Darrell Reed, Oklahoma (AP-1, UPI-1) Troy Johnson, Oklahoma (AP-2, UPI-2) Jerry Deckard, Oklahoma State (AP-2) Phil Forte, Kansas (UPI-2) Middle guard Danny Noonan, Nebraska (AP-1, UPI-1) Kyle Rappold, Colorado (UPI-2) Defensive tackles Curt Koch, Colorado (AP-1, UPI-1) Chris Spachman, Nebraska (AP-1, UPI-2) Steve Bryan, Oklahoma (AP-2, UPI-1) Greg Liter, Iowa State (AP-2, UPI-2) Dick Chapura, Missouri (AP-2, UPI-2) Linebackers Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma (AP-1, UPI-1) Barry Remington, Colorado (AP-1, UPI-1) Marc Munford, Nebraska (AP-1, UPI-2) Darin Schubeck, Colorado (AP-2) Paul Migliazzo, Oklahoma (AP-2) Dennis Gibson, Iowa State (UPI-2) Defensive backs Mark Moore, Oklahoma State (AP-1, UPI-1) Mickey Pruitt, Colorado (AP-1, UPI-1) David Vickers, Oklahoma (AP-1, UPI-1) Rickey Dixon, Oklahoma (AP-2, UPI-1) Wayne Ziegler, Kansas (AP-2, UPI-2) Mike Hudson, Oklahoma State (AP-2) Sonny Brown, Oklahoma (AP-2, UPI-2) Brian Davis, Nebraska (UPI-2) Terrence Anthony, Iowa State (UPI-2) Special teams Place-kicker Tim Lashar, Oklahoma (AP-1, UPI-1) Tom Whelihan, Missouri (AP-2, UPI-2) Punter Barry Helton, Colorado (AP-1, UPI-1) Rick Frank, Iowa State (AP-2, UPI-2) Key AP = Associated PressAP All-Big Eight Team St. Louis Post-Dispatch December 3, 1986 6E https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7241308/ap_allbig_eight_team/ UPI = United Press InternationalUPI All-Big Eight Team St. Louis Post-Dispatch December 2, 1986 4C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7241313/1986_upi_allbig_eight_team/ Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the Associated Press and UPI See also 1986 College Football All-America Team References All-Big Seven Conference football team Category:All-Big Eight Conference football teams