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1995 All-Big Eight Conference football team

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The 1995 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1995 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the Big Eight Conference coaches (Coaches). The 1995 team was the final All-Big Eight football team due to the conference's merger in 1996 with four teams from the Southwest Conference to form the Big 12 Conference.[1]

Four teams from the Big Eight Conference finished among the top ten in the final AP Poll of the 1995 season, and players from those teams dominated the All-Big Eight selections. The four ranked teams were:

Troy Davis of Iowa State and David Thompson of Oklahoma State were the consensus first-team running backs. Stephen Alexander of Oklahoma was the consensus first-team tight end.

Offensive selections

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Quarterbacks

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Running backs

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Tight ends

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Wide receivers

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  • Rae Carruth, Colorado (AP-1; Coaches-1)
  • Kevin Lockett, Kansas State (AP-1)
  • Mitch Running, Kansas State (AP-2; Coaches-2 [tie])
  • Phil Savoy, Colorado (AP-2)
  • Ashaundai Smith, Kansas (Coaches-2 [tie])
  • James Kidd, Colorado (Coaches-2 [tie])

Centers

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Offensive linemen

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  • Chris Naeole, Colorado (AP-1; Coaches-1 [OG])
  • Heath Irwin, Colorado (AP-1; Coaches-1 [tie at OG])
  • Chris Banks, Kansas (AP-1; Coaches-1 [tie at OG])
  • Aaron Taylor, Nebraska (AP-1; Coaches-2 [OG])
  • Chris Dishman, Nebraska (AP-2; Coaches-1 [OT])
  • Eric Anderson, Nebraska (Coaches-1 [OT])
  • Chris Oltmanns, Kansas State (AP-2; Coaches-2 [OT])
  • Tim Kohn, Iowa State (AP-2; Coaches-2 [OT])
  • Rod Jones, Kansas (AP-2)

Defensive selections

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Defensive lineman

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  • Tim Colston, Kansas State (AP-1; Coaches-1)
  • Cedric Jones, Oklahoma (AP-1; Coaches-1 [DE])
  • Christian Peter, Nebraska (AP-1; Coaches-1)
  • Jared Tomich, Nebraska (AP-1; Coaches-2 [tie at DE])
  • Kerry Hicks, Colorado (AP-2; Coaches-1)
  • Grant Wistrom, Nebraska (AP-2 [LB]; Coaches-1 [DE])
  • Steve Martin, Missouri (AP-2; Coaches-2)
  • Dirk Ochs, Kansas State (AP-2; Coaches-2 [tie at DE])
  • Keith Rogers, Kansas (AP-2 [LB]; Coaches-2 [tie at DE])
  • Greg Jones, Colorado (AP-2 [LB]; Coaches-2 [tie at DE]

Linebackers

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  • Matt Russell, Colorado (AP-1; Coaches-1 [ILB])
  • Percell Gaskins, Kansas State (AP-1; Coaches-2 [ILB])
  • Terrell Farley, Nebraska (AP-1; Coaches-2 [ILB]))
  • Tyrell Peters, Oklahoma (Coaches-1 [ILB])
  • Jason Thoren, Kansas (Coaches-2)

Defensive backs

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Special teams

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Place-kickers

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  • Jeremy Alexander, Oklahoma (AP-1; Coaches-2 [tie])
  • Neil Voskeritchian, Colorado (AP-2; Coaches-1)
  • Lawson Vaughn, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2 [tie])

Punters

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  • Greg Ivy, Oklahoma State (AP-1; Coaches-1)
  • Darrin Simmons, Kansas (AP-2; Coaches-2)

Return specialists

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  • R. W. McQuarters, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1)
  • Reggie Baul, Nebraska (Coaches-2 [tie])
  • Ashaundai Smith, Kansas (Coaches-2 [tie])

Key

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AP = Associated Press[2]

Coaches = selected by the Big Eight Conference coaches[3]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the Associated Press and Coaches

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SWC goes quietly into the night as the Big 12 arrives". The Palm Beach Post. January 2, 1996. p. 9C.
  2. ^ "1995 AP All-Big Eight football team". The Salina Journal. November 24, 1995. p. C2.
  3. ^ "1995 Coaches All-Big Eight football team". News-Leader (Springfield, MO). November 29, 1995. p. 2D.