1981 All-Big Eight Conference football team

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)

Running backs

• Mike Rozier, Nebraska (AP)
• Stanley Wilson, Oklahoma (AP)
• Dwayne Crutchfield, Iowa State (AP)

Tight ends

• Jamie Williams, Nebraska (AP)

Wide receivers

• Wayne Capers, Kansas (AP)

Centers

• Dave Rimington, Nebraska (AP)

Offensive guards

• Terry Crouch, Oklahoma (AP)
• Don Key, Oklahoma (AP)

Offensive tackles

• Lyndle Byford, Oklahoma (AP)
• Dan Hurley, Nebraska (AP)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

• Reggie Singletary, Kansas State (AP)
• Jimmy Williams, Nebraska (AP)

Defensive tackles

• Jeff Gaylord, Missouri (AP)
• Rick Bryan, Oklahoma (AP)

Nose guards

• Gary Lewis, Oklahoma State (AP)

Linebackers

• Ricky Young, Oklahoma State (AP)
• Kyle McNorton, Kansas (AP)

Defensive backs

• Kevin Potter, Missouri (AP)
• Pete DiClementi, Oklahoma City (AP)
• Joe Brown, Iowa State (AP)
• Joe Kreici, Nebraska (AP)

Special teams

Place-kicker

• Ron Verrilli, Missouri (AP)

Punter

• Bucky Scribner, Kansas (AP)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

See also

• 1981 College Football All-America Team

References

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