The 1980 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1980 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).
Offensive selections
Quarterbacks Phil Bradley, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) J. C. Watts, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2) Jeff Quinn, Nebraska (UPI-2)
Running backs Jarvis Redwine, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Kerwin Bell, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) Dwayne Crutchfield, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1) Andra Franklin, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2) David Overstreet, Oklahoma (AP-2) James Wilder Sr., Missouri (AP-2)
Tight ends Forrest Valora, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Andy Gibler, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2)
Wide receivers David Verser, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) Mel Campbell, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2) Ron Fellows, Missouri (UPI-2)
Centers Brad Edelman, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) Dave Rimington, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
Offensive guards Randy Schleusener, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Terry Crouch, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Don Key, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2) Stan Lechner, Missouri (AP-2) Joe Adams, Nebraska (UPI-2)
Offensive tackles Howard Richards, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) Louis Oubre, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) Dan Hurley, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2) Bob Ed Culver Jr., Oklahoma (AP-2) Karl Nelson, Iowa State (UPI-2)
Defensive selections
Defensive ends Derrie Nelson, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) James Walker, Kansas State (AP-1; UPI-1) Wendell Ray, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2) Jimmy Williams, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
Defensive tackles Richard Turner, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1) David Clark, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-2) Dean Prater, Oklahoma State (UPI-1) Keith Gary, Oklahoma (AP-2; UPI-2) Jeff Fox, Kansas (AP-2)
Nose guards Stan Gardner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) Curt Hineline, Nebraska (AP-2) Johnnie Lewis, Oklahoma (UPI-2)
Linebackers Ricky Young, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-1) Lester Dickey, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2) Steve Doolittle, Colorado (AP-2; UPI-1) Mike Green, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Defensive backs Eric Wright, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2) Russell Gary, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1) Larry Crawford, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1) Bill Whitaker, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1) Joe Tumpich, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-1) Johnnie Poe, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-2) Jay Jimerson, Oklahoma State (AP-2) Gregg Johnson, Oklahoma State (AP-2; UPI-2) Jim Bob Morris, Kansas State (UPI-2)
Special teams
Place-kicker Ron Verrilli, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2) Alex Giffords, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-1)
Punter Bucky Scribner, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1) Art Woods, Colorado (AP-2) Don Birdsey, Kansas State (UPI-2)
Key
AP = Associated Press
UPI = United Press International
See also 1980 College Football All-America Team
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