1987 All-Big Eight Conference football team

American all-star college football team August 2023 25em 1987 All-Big Eight Conference football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid 1987 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1985 1986 ← → 1988 1989 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 Steve Taylor, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Jamelle Holieway, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2) Running backs 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 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 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 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 PressAll-Big Eight football team The Salina Journal November 25, 1987 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7244276/1987_allbig_eight_football_team/ UPI = United Press InternationalSooners dominate all-Big Eight The Tepegraph-Herald December 2, 1987 1B https://books.google.com/books?id=9pldAAAAIBAJ&dq=1987+All-Big+Eight+Conference+football+team+upi&pg=PA9&article_id=6875,233773 See also 1987 College Football All-America Team References All-Big Seven Conference football team Category:All-Big Eight Conference football teams