# 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