The 1982 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of

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players chosen by various organizations for All-

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teams for the 1982 college football season. Michigan receiver Anthony Carter was a first-team pick for the third consecutive year, a unanimous first-team selection by the conference coaches, and also a consensus All-American. Eight

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players were selected as a first-team players, including Carter, running back

Lawrence Ricks Lawrence Tallmagde Ricks (born June 4, 1961) is a former American football player. He played college football as a tailback for the University of Michigan from 1979 to 1982 and was selected as a first-team running back on the 1982 All-Big Ten ...

, offensive guard

Stefan Humphries Stefan Govan Humphries (born January 20, 1962) is a former American football player. He played college football at the University of Michigan, principally as an offensive guard, from 1980 to 1983. He also played five seasons in the National Foo ...

, defensive back Keith Bostic. Ohio State and Wisconsin followed with five first-team players each.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Tony Eason Charles Carroll "Tony" Eason IV (born October 8, 1959) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, primarily with the New England Patriots. Taken 15th overall by the Patriots in t ...

, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1) *

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, Michigan (AP-2) *

Babe Laufenberg Brandon Hugh "Babe" Laufenberg (born December 5, 1959) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, and Kansas City Chiefs. He also ...

, Indiana (UPI-2)

Running backs

, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1) * Tim Spencer, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1) * Mel Gray, Purdue (AP-2; UPI-2) * Eddie Phillips, Iowa (AP-2) * Ricky Edwards, Northwestern (UPI-2)

Wide receivers

* Anthony Carter, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1) * Mike Martin, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-2) * Duane Gunn, Indiana (AP-2; UPI-1) * Gary Williams, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Tight ends

Cliff Benson Clifford Anthony Benson (born August 28, 1961) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins, and the New Orleans Saints. He was drafted by the Falcons in the fifth round of ...

, Purdue (AP-1) * John Frank, Ohio State (UPI-1) * Jon Harvey, Northwestern (AP-2; UPI-2)

Centers

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, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1) *

Joel Hilgenberg Joel Hilgenberg (born July 10, 1962 in Iowa City, Iowa) was an American football center in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints. Hilgenberg played college football at the University of Iowa and he is the brother of former cent ...

, Iowa (AP-2; UPI-2)

Guards

, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1) * Joe Lukens, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1) * Bill Humphries, Minnesota (AP-2; UPI-2) * Jim Sakanich, Indiana (AP-2) * Randy Rasmussen, Minnesota (UPI-2)

Tackles

Chris Hinton Christopher Jerrod Hinton (born July 31, 1961) is a former American football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the Indianapolis Colts franchise. In addition to his seven seasons wi ...

, Northwestern (AP-1; UPI-1) *

Rich Strenger Richard Gene Strenger (born March 10, 1960) is a former All-Big Ten American football offensive tackle who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines (1980–1982) and Detroit Lions (1983–1987). He is now working as a lawyer in Lake Orion ...

, Michigan (AP-1) * Bob Winckler, Wisconsin (AP-2; UPI-1) *

John Alt John Michael Alt (born May 30, 1962) is a former professional American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He played his entire NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs from 1984 to 1996. A graduate of Columbia Heights (MN) H ...

, Iowa (AP-2) * Brett Miller, Iowa (UPI-2) * Bill Roberts, Ohio State (UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive linemen

Mark Bortz Mark Steven Bortz (born February 12, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He attended the University of Iowa and was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1983. Professiona ...

, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1) * Jerome Foster, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1) *

Tim Krumrie Timothy Alan Krumrie (born May 20, 1960) is a former American football nose tackle who played his entire National Football League career for the Cincinnati Bengals, from 1983 through 1994. Early years Krumrie was raised on a dairy farm outside ...

, Wisconsin (AP-1; UPI-1) * Darryl Sims, Wisconsin (AP-1; UPI-1) * Smiley Creswell, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2) *

Matt Hernandez Matthew J. Hernandez (born October 16, 1961) is a former American football offensive tackle who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Seattle Seahawks and Minnesota Vikings. He was drafted by the Seahawks in the eighth ...

, Purdue (AP-2; UPI-2) * Karl Mecklenburg, Minnesota (AP-2; UPI-2) * Dan Gregus, Illinois (AP-2) * Winfred Carraway, Michigan (UPI-2)

Linebackers

Carl Banks Carl E. Banks (born August 29, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played from 1984 to 1995 for the New York Giants, the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Br ...

, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1) *

Paul Girgash Paul Girgash (born c. 1961) is a retired American football linebacker. He played for the University of Michigan from 1979 to 1982. He started 36 consecutive games at inside linebacker for Michigan from 1980 to 1982, played in the 1981 Rose Bowl, ...

, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1) *

Marcus Marek Markus Marek (born January 8, 1961) is a former American football linebacker who played three seasons with the Portland Breakers, Boston/New Orleans/Portland Breakers of the United States Football League. He played college football at Ohio State U ...

, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1) *

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, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1) * Mike Boren, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2) * Mark Brown, Purdue (AP-2; UPI-2) * Glen Cobb, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2) *

Larry Station Larry W. Station Jr. (born December 5, 1963) is a former American football player. He played college football at the University of Iowa as a linebacker. He is Iowa's leader in career tackles and was twice named as a consensus first-team All-Am ...

, Iowa (AP-2) *

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, Purdue (UPI-2)

Defensive backs

* Keith Bostic, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1) *

David Greenwood David Murphy-Kasim Greenwood (born May 27, 1957) is an American retired professional basketball player whose National Basketball Association (NBA) career spanned 12 years from 1979 to 1991. Greenwood made his NBA debut on October 13, 1979 and was ...

, Wisconsin (AP-1; UPI-1) *

Bob Stoops Robert Anthony Stoops (born September 9, 1960) is an American football coach. He was the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1999 through the 2016 season, and on an interim basis during the 2021 Alamo Bowl. He led the Oklahoma ...

, Iowa (AP-1) * Matt Vanden Boom, Wisconsin (AP-2; UPI-1) * Charles Armstead, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2) *

Craig Swoope Craig Avery Swoope, Sr. (born February 3, 1964), is a former professional American football player who played collegiately for the University of Illinois, and in 3 NFL seasons from 1986 to 1988 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colt ...

, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2) *

Shaun Gayle Shaun Lanard Gayle (born March 8, 1962) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He played twelve seasons, eleven for the Chicago Bears (1984–1994), and one for the San Diego Chargers (1995). He was a m ...

, Ohio State (UPI-2)

Special teams

Placekicker

* Mike Bass, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1) *

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, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)

Punter

Reggie Roby Reginald Henry Roby (July 30, 1961 – February 22, 2005) was an American professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. He played college football for the Iowa H ...

, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1) * John Kidd, Purdue (AP-2; UPI-2)

Key

Bold = Selected as a first-team player by both the media (AP) and coaches (UPI) AP =

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, "selected by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters throughout the Midwest" UPI =

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, selected by the Big Ten Conference coaches

References

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