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The Top Ranked Big 8 Football Players of the 1980s
Notes: The rankings are based on college stats. What players did in the pros does not factor into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Pos | College |
| 1 | Mike Rozier | RB | Nebraska |
| 2 | Barry Sanders | RB | Oklahoma St. |
| 3 | Brian Bosworth | LB | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Turner Gill | QB | Nebraska |
| 5 | Darian Hagan | QB | Colorado |
| 6 | David Rimington | OL | Nebraska |
| 7 | Thurman Thomas | RB | Oklahoma St. |
| 8 | Jarvis Redwine | RB | Nebraska |
| 9 | Keith Jackson | TE | Oklahoma |
| 10 | Dave Rimington | OL | Nebraska |
| 11 | Leslie O'Neal | DL | Oklahoma St. |
| 12 | Mark Hutson | OL | Oklahoma |
| 13 | Mark Moore | DB | Oklahoma St. |
| 14 | Tony Casillas | DL | Oklahoma |
| 15 | Rick Bryan | DL | Oklahoma |
| 16 | Broderick Thomas | LB | Nebraska |
| 17 | Jake Young | OL | Nebraska |
| 18 | Darrell Reed | DL | Oklahoma |
| 19 | Anthony Phillips | OL | Oklahoma |
| 20 | Danny Noonan | DL | Nebraska |
| 21 | Dante Jones | LB | Oklahoma |
| 22 | Gary Lewis | DL | Oklahoma St. |
| 23 | Hart Lee Dykes | WR | Oklahoma St. |
| 24 | Irving Fryar | WR | Nebraska |
| 25 | Jeff Gaylord | DL | Missouri |
| 26 | Joe Garten | OL | Colorado |
| 27 | John McCormick | OL | Nebraska |
| 28 | Mark Traynowicz | OL | Nebraska |
| 29 | Mike Busch | TE | Iowa St. |
| 30 | Randy Schleusener | OL | Nebraska |
| 31 | Rickey Dixon | DB | Oklahoma |
| 32 | John Clay | OL | Missouri |
| 33 | David Vickers | DB | Oklahoma |
| 34 | Kevin Murphy | LB | Oklahoma |
| 35 | Ricky Young | LB | Oklahoma St. |
| 36 | Tracy Henderson | WR | Iowa St. |
| 37 | Terry Crouch | OL | Oklahoma |
| 38 | Alfred Williams | LB | Colorado |
| 39 | Bill Lewis | OL | Nebraska |
| 40 | Bret Clark | DB | Nebraska |
| 41 | David Verser | WR | Kansas |
| 42 | Dean Steinkuhler | OL | Nebraska |
| 43 | Derrie Nelson | DL | Nebraska |
| 44 | Doug Glaser | OL | Nebraska |
| 45 | Ernest Anderson | RB | Oklahoma St. |
| 46 | Greg Johnson | OL | Oklahoma |
| 47 | Harry Grimminger | OL | Nebraska |
| 48 | Jim Skow | DL | Nebraska |
| 49 | Jimmy Williams | DL | Nebraska |
| 50 | Louis Oubre | OL | Oklahoma |
| 51 | Mickey Pruitt | DB | Colorado |
| 52 | Neil Smith | DL | Nebraska |
| 53 | Randy Theiss | OL | Nebraska |
| 54 | Reggie Cooper | DB | Nebraska |
| 55 | Rod Brown | DB | Oklahoma St. |
| 56 | Victor Scott | DB | Colorado |
| 57 | Willie Pless | LB | Kansas |
| 58 | Adrian Jones | DB | Missouri |
| 59 | Arthur Walker | DL | Colorado |
| 60 | Blaise Bryant | RB | Iowa St. |
| 61 | Eric Coyle | OL | Colorado |
| 62 | Kevin Potter | DB | Missouri |
| 63 | Kyle Rappold | DL | Colorado |
| 64 | Marcus Dupree | RB | Oklahoma |
| 65 | Rodney Lewis | DB | Nebraska |
| 66 | Scott Raridon | OL | Nebraska |
| 67 | Steve Taylor | QB | Nebraska |
| 68 | Tom Rathman | RB | Nebraska |
| 69 | Dwayne Crutchfield | RB | Iowa St. |
| 70 | Bill Whitaker | DB | Missouri |
| 71 | Brad Edelman | OL | Missouri |
| 72 | Conrad Goode | OL | Missouri |
| 73 | Doug DuBose | RB | Nebraska |
| 74 | Howard Richards | OL | Missouri |
| 75 | Jamelle Holieway | QB | Oklahoma |
| 76 | Jamie Williams | TE | Nebraska |
| 77 | Kanavis McGhee | LB | Colorado |
| 78 | Karl Nelson | OL | Iowa St. |
| 79 | Lydell Carr | RB | Oklahoma |
| 80 | Marc Munford | LB | Nebraska |
| 81 | Mike Knox | LB | Nebraska |
| 82 | Ray Cone | LB | Colorado |
| 83 | Richard Estell | WR | Kansas |
| 84 | Stan Gardner | DL | Kansas |
| 85 | Tom Welter | OL | Nebraska |
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