1996 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team explained

The 1996 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-10 Conference teams for the 1996 Pacific-10 Conference football season.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Jake Plummer, Arizona St. (Coaches-1)
• Pat Barnes, California (Coaches-2)

Running backs

• Corey Dillon, Washington (Coaches-1)
• Terry Battle, Arizona St. (Coaches-1)
• Michael Black, Washington St. (Coaches-2)
• Skip Hicks, UCLA (Coaches-2)

Wide receivers

• Keith Poole, Arizona St. (Coaches-1)
• Bobby Shaw, California (Coaches-1)
• Jerome Pathon, Washington (Coaches-2)
• Damon Griffin, Oregon (Coaches-2)

Tight ends

• Tony Gonzalez, California (Coaches-1)
• John Allred, USC (Coaches-2)

Offensive linemen

• Scott Sanderson, Washington St. (Coaches-1)
• Juan Roque, Arizona St. (Coaches-1)
• Tarik Glenn, California (Coaches-1)
• Olin Kreutz, Washington (Coaches-1)
• Benji Olson, Washington (Coaches-1)
• Brad Badger, Stanford (Coaches-2)
• Paul Wiggins, Oregon (Coaches-2)
• Kyle Murphy, Arizona St. (Coaches-2)
• Frank Middleton, Arizona (Coaches-2)
• Mark Gregg, Oregon (Coaches-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive linemen

• Jason Chorak, Washington (Coaches-1)
• Derrick Rodgers, Arizona St. (Coaches-1)
• Darrell Russell, USC (Coaches-1)
• Kailee Wong, Stanford (Coaches-1)
• Joe Salave'a, Arizona (Coaches-2)
• Brandon Whiting, California (Coaches-2)
• Dorian Boose, Washington St. (Coaches-2)
• David Richie, Washington (Coaches-2)

Linebackers

• Ink Aleaga, Washington (Coaches-1)
• James Darling, Washington St. (Coaches-1)
• Sammy Knight, USC (Coaches-1)
• Chris Draft, Stanford (Coaches-2)
• Pat Tillman, Arizona St. (Coaches-2)
• Chester Burnett, Arizona (Coaches-2)
• John Fiala, Washington (Coaches-2)

Defensive backs

• Daylon McCutcheon, USC (Coaches-1)
• Kenny Wheaton, Oregon (Coaches-1)
• Chris McAlister, Arizona (Coaches-1)
• Tony Parrish, Washington (Coaches-1)
• Marc Williams, Oregon St. (Coaches-2)
• Shad Hinchen, Washington St. (Coaches-2)
• Mitchell Freedman, Arizona St. (Coaches-2)
• Abdul McCullough, UCLA (Coaches-2)

Special teams

Placekickers

• Bjorn Merten, UCLA (Coaches-1)
• Ryan Longwell, California (Coaches-2)

Punters

• Ryan Longwell, California (Coaches-1)
• Matt Peyton, Arizona (Coaches-2)

Return specialists/All purpose

• Shawn Tims, Washington St. (Coaches-1)
• Armon Williams, Arizona (Coaches-1)
• Jerome Pathon, Washington (Coaches-2)
• Marques Hairston, Washington (Coaches-2)

Key

Coaches = selected by the conference coaches^{[1] [2]}

See also

• 1996 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pac-12 Communications Department . 2014 Pac-12 Football Media Guide . pac-12.org . 2014 . 126 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150616120017/http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/350165-2014-football-media-guide . June 16, 2015 . live . 2014mg .
2. News: Sanderson, Darling, Tims named to Pac-10 first team. Moscow-Pullman Daily News. November 26, 1996. 3B.