1996 All-Big 12 Conference football team

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);^[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]

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Big 12 Record Book - All-Big 12 Teams: 1996" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 126 (page 9 in the document). Retrieved November 8, 2017.
^
The Salina Journal
(via newspapers.com). December 6, 1996.

[B12C-1] "Big 12 Record Book - All-Big 12 Teams: 1996" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 126 (page 9 in the document). Retrieved November 8, 2017.

[B12M-2] 
The Salina Journal
(via newspapers.com). December 6, 1996.

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