# 1998 All-Big 12 Conference football team

The 1998 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 1998 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

* Michael Bishop, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Major Applewhite, Texas (Media-2)
* Corby Jones, Missouri (Coaches-2)

### Running backs

* Ricky Williams, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Devin West, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Ricky Williams, Texas Tech (Coaches-2; Media-2)
* De'Mond Parker, Oklahoma (Media-2)
* Darren Davis, Iowa State (Media-2)
* Nathan Simmons, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2)

### Centers

* Rob Riti, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Josh Heskew, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Jeremy Offutt, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2)

### Guards

* Craig Heimburger, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Ben Adams, Texas (Coaches-2; Media-1)
* Adam Davis, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
* Curtis Lowery, Texas Tech (Coaches-2; Media-2)

### Tackles

* Ryan Young, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Jay Humphrey, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-2)
* Derrick Fletcher, Baylor (Coaches-2)
* Ryan Johanningmeier, Colorado (Media-2)
* Todd Neimeyer, Missouri (Media-2)

### Tight ends

* Sheldon Jackson, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-1)
* Derek Lewis, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-2)

### Receivers

* Darnell McDonald, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Wane McGarity, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Donnie Hart, Texas Tech (Coaches-2; Media-2)
* Darrin Chiaverini, Colorado (Coaches-2; Media-2)
* Damien Groce, Iowa State (Coaches-2)

## Defensive selections
### Defensive linemen

* Kelly Gregg, Oklahoma (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Darren Howard, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Montae Reagor, Texas Tech (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Taurus Rucker, Texas Tech (Coaches-1)
* Justin Wyatt, Missouri (Coaches-1)
* Chad Kelsay, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-2)
* Mike Rucker, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-2)
* Casey Hampton, Texas (Coaches-2)
* Aaron Humphrey, Texas (Media-2)
* Aaron Marshall, Colorado (Coaches-2)
* Damion McIntosh, Kansas State (Coaches-2)

### Linebackers

* 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)
* Warrick Holdman, Texas A&M (Media-1)
* Kenyatta Wright, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
* Pat Brown, Kansas (Media-2)
* Jay Foreman, Nebraska (Media-2)
* Sedric Jones, Oklahoma (Media-2)
* Travis Ochs, Kansas State (Media-2)

### Defensive backs

* Ralph Brown, Nebraska, (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Jarrod Cooper, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Harold Piersey, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Lamar Chapman, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
* Rich Coady, Texas A&M (Media-1)
* Gary Baxter, Baylor (Coaches-2; Media-2)
* Mike Brown, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-2)
* Wade Perkins, Missouri (Coaches-2; Media-2)
* Ben Kelly, Colorado (Media-2)
* Ricky Thompson, Oklahoma State (Media-2)
* Jason Webster, Texas A&M (Media-2)
* Mike Woods, Oklahoma (Coaches-2)

## Special teams
### Kickers

* Martín Gramática, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Chris Birkholz, Texas Tech (Media-2)
* Kris Brown, Nebraska (Coaches-2)

### Punters

* Shane Lechler, Texas A&M (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Kyle Atteberry, Baylor (Coaches-2; Media-2)

### Return specialists

* David Allen, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Ben Kelly, Colorado (Media-1)
* Joe Walker, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-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