1996 All-Big 12 Conference football team explained

The 1996 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 1996 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); 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).

This was the first year of competition for the Big 12 Conference.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Koy Detmer, Colorado (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Zebbie Lethridge, Texas Tech (Coaches-2)

Running backs

• Troy Davis, Iowa State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Byron Hanspard, Texas Tech (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Ricky Williams, Texas (Coaches-1)
• June Henley, Kansas (Coaches-2)
• David Thompson, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2)
• De'Mond Parker, Oklahoma (Coaches-2)

Offensive line

• Chris Naeole, Colorado (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Chris Dishman, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Aaron Taylor, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Dan Neil, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Calvin Collins, Texas A&M (Coaches-1)
• Ben Kaufman, Texas Tech (Media-1; Coaches-2)
• Pat Augafa, Iowa State (Coaches-2)
• Tim Kohn, Iowa State (Coaches-2)
• Jason Johnson, Kansas State (Coaches-2)
• Eric Anderson, Nebraska (Coaches-2)

Tight ends

• Alonzo Mayes, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Pat Fitzgerald, Texas (Coaches-2)

Receivers

• Rae Carruth, Colorado (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Kevin Lockett, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Isaac Byrd, Kansas (Coaches-2)
• Albert Connell, Texas A&M (Coaches-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive linemen

• Grant Wistrom, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Nyle Wiren, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Ryan Olson, Colorado (Coaches-1)
• Jason Peter, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Brandon Mitchell, Texas A&M (Coaches-1)
• Jared Tomich, Nebraska (Media-1)
• Greg Jones, Colorado (Coaches-2)
• Keith Mitchell, Texas A&M (Coaches-2)
• Jeff Ogard, Nebraska (Coaches-2)
• Barron Tanner, Oklahoma (Coaches-2)
• Chris Akins, Texas (Coaches-2)

Linebackers

• Matt Russell, Colorado (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Tyrell Peters, Oklahoma (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Keith Mitchell, Texas A&M (Media-1)
• Jon Hesse, Nebraska (Media-1)
• Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M (Coaches-2)
• Ronnie Ward, Kansas (Coaches-2)

Defensive backs

• Steve Rosga, Colorado (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Chris Canty (defensive back), Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Mario Smith, Kansas State (Coaches-1)
• Bryant Westbrook, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Mike Minter, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-1)
• George McCullough, Baylor (Coaches-2)
• Ryan Black, Colorado (Coaches-2)
• Michael Booker, Nebraska (Coaches-2)

Special teams

Kickers

• Phil Dawson, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Kris Brown, Nebraska (Coaches-2)

Punters

• Ty Atteberry, Baylor (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Marc Harris, Iowa State (Coaches-2)

Return specialists

• Kalief Muhammad, Baylor (Coaches-1)
• Dante Hall, Texas A&M (Media-1)
• Andre Richardson, Oklahoma State (Coaches-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

• 1996 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big 12 Record Book - All-Big 12 Teams: 1996 . 126 (page 9 in the document) . . November 8, 2017 .
2. News: Cornhuskers dominate Big 12 Team . The Salina Journal (via newspapers.com) . December 6, 1996.