1997 All-Big 12 Conference football team

The 1997 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 1997 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).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Corby Jones, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Michael Bishop, Kansas State (Coaches-2)
• Scott Frost, Nebraska (Media-2)

Running backs

• Ahman Green, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Ricky Williams, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• De'Mond Parker, Oklahoma (Coaches-2; Media-1)
• Brock Olivo, Missouri (Coaches-2; Media-2)
• Darren Davis, Iowa State (Media-2)
• Dante Hall, Texas A&M (Media-2)

Offensive line

• Todd Weiner, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Mike Morris, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Aaron Taylor, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Eric Anderson, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Kendyl Jacox, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
• Steve McKinney, Texas A&M (Coaches-2; Media-1)
• Travis Biebel, Missouri (Coaches-2; Media-2)
• Josh Henson, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
• Jay Pugh, Texas Tech (Coaches-2; Media-2)
• Melvin Thomas, Colorado (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Tight ends

• Alonzo Mayes, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Stephen Alexander, Oklahoma (Coaches-2)
• Derrick Spiller, Texas A&M (Media-2)

Receivers

• Tyrone Watley, Iowa State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Phil Savoy, Colorado (Coaches-1; Media-2)
• Donnie Hart, Texas Tech (Coaches-2)
• Ed Williams, Iowa State (Coaches-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive linemen

• Grant Wistrom, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Montae Reagor, Texas Tech (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Jason Peter, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Darren Howard, Kansas State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
• Ryan Olson, Colorado (Coaches-1; Media-2)
• Martin Chase, Oklahoma (Media-2)
• Jamal Williams, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1)
• Marquis Gibson, Missouri (Coaches-2)
• Jerome Evans, Kansas State (Coaches-2)
• Kelly Gregg, Oklahoma (Coaches-2)
• Cody McGuire, Texas Tech (Coaches-2)

Linebackers

• Ron Warner, Kansas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Jeff Kelly, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Mark Simoneau Kansas State (Coaches-2; Media-1)
• Travis Ochs, Kansas State (Media-2)
• Warrick Holdman, Texas A&M (Media-2)
• Jay Foreman, Nebraska (Media-2)
• Hannibal Navies, Colorado (Media-2)
• Kenyatta Wright, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2)

Defensive backs

• Ralph Brown, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Kevin Williams, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• R. W. McQuarters, Oklahoma Stale (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Ryan Sutter, Colorado (Coaches-2; Media-1)
• Tony Blevins, Kansas (Coaches-2; Media-2)
• Dane Johnson, Texas Tech (Coaches-1; Media-2)
• Harold Piersey, Missouri (Media-2)
• Tony Darden, Texas Tech (Media-2)
• Lamar Chapman, Kansas State (Coaches-2)
• Mike Brown, Nebraska (Coaches-2)

Special teams

Kickers

• Martín Gramática, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Phil Dawson, Texas (Coaches-2)
• Kyle Bryant, Texas A&M (Media-2)

Punters

• Shane Lechler, Texas A&M (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• Jason Davis, Oklahoma State (Media-2)
• Dean Royal, Kansas (Coaches-2)

Return specialists

• Ben Kelly, Colorado (Coaches-1; Media-1)
• R. W. McQuarters, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
• Dante Hall, Texas A&M (Coaches-2)
• David Allen, Kansas 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

Media = selected by a media panel

See also

• 1997 College Football All-America Team