The 1981 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1981 season included the Associated Press (AP).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

  • Turner Gill, Nebraska (AP-1)
  • John Quinn, Iowa State (AP-2)

Running backs

Tight ends

Wide receivers

Centers

Offensive guards

  • Terry Crouch, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • Don Key, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • David Lawrence, Kansas (AP-2)
  • Mike Mandelko, Nebraska (AP-2)

Offensive tackles

  • Lyndle Byford, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • Dan Hurley, Nebraska (AP-1)
  • Randy Theiss, Nebraska (AP-2)
  • Karl Nelson, Iowa State (AP-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

  • Reggie Singletary, Kansas State (AP-1)
  • Jimmy Williams, Nebraska (AP-1)
  • Pete Perry, Colorado (AP-2)
  • Bryan Horn, Kansas (AP-2)

Defensive tackles

Nose guards

Linebackers

  • Ricky Young, Oklahoma State (AP-1)
  • Kyle McNorton, Kansas (AP-1)
  • Mike Green, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
  • Steve Damkroger, Nebraska (AP-2)

Defensive backs

  • Kevin Potter, Missouri (AP-1)
  • Pete DiClementi, Oklahoma State (AP-1)
  • Joe Brown, Iowa State (AP-1)
  • Joe Kreici, Nebraska (AP-1)
  • Gary Morrill, Kansas State (AP-2)
  • Victor Scott, Colorado (AP-2)
  • Demetrious Johnson, Missouri (AP-2)

Special teams

Place-kicker

  • Ron Verrilli, Missouri (AP-1)
  • Bruce Kallmeyer, Kansas (AP-2)

Punter

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

See also

References

  1. "Associated Press All-Big Eight". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 25, 1981. p. 68.
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