1997 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team

The 1997 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-10 Conference teams for the 1997 Pacific-10 Conference football season.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Ryan Leaf, Washington St. (Coaches-1)
• Cade McNown, UCLA (Coaches-2)

Running backs

• Skip Hicks, UCLA (Coaches-1)
• Rashaan Shehee, Washington (Coaches-1)
• Michael Black, Washington St. (Coaches-2)
• Saladin McCullough, Oregon (Coaches-2)

Wide receivers

• Jerome Pathon, Washington (Coaches-1)
• Bobby Shaw, California (Coaches-1)
• Jim McElroy, UCLA (Coaches-2)
• Troy Walters, Stanford (Coaches-2)

Tight ends

• Cameron Cleeland, Washington (Coaches-1)
• Blake Spence, Oregon (Coaches-2)

Offensive linemen

• Chad Overhauser, UCLA (Coaches-1)
• Olin Kreutz, Washington (Coaches-1)
• Kyle Murphy, Arizona St. (Coaches-1)
• Grey Ruegamer, Arizona St. (Coaches-1)
• Benji Olson, Washington (Coaches-1)
• Jason McEndoo, Washington St. (Coaches-2)
• Jeremy Newberry, California (Coaches-2)
• Jose Portilla, Arizona (Coaches-2)
• Cory Withrow, Washington St. (Coaches-2)
• Tony Coats, Washington (Coaches-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

• Jason Chorak, Washington (Coaches-1)
• Kailee Wong, Stanford (Coaches-1)
• Dorian Boose, Washington St. (Coaches-2)
• Inoke Breckterfield, Oregon St. (Coaches-2)

Defensive tackles

• Joe Salave'a, Arizona (Coaches-1)
• Leon Bender, Washington St. (Coaches-1)
• Jeremy Staat, Arizona St. (Coaches-2)
• Brandon Whiting, California (Coaches-2)

Linebackers

• Jerry Jensen, Washington (Coaches-1)
• Pat Tillman, Arizona St. (Coaches-1)
• Chris Claiborne, USC (Coaches-1)
• Danjuan Magee, UCLA (Coaches-2)
• Chris Draft, Stanford (Coaches-2)
• Peter Sirmon, Oregon (Coaches-2)

Defensive backs

• Brian Kelly, USC (Coaches-1)
• Mitchell Freedman, Arizona St. (Coaches-1)
• Chris McAlister, Arizona (Coaches-1)
• Shaun Williams, UCLA (Coaches-1)
• Tony Parrish, Washington (Coaches-2)
• Jason Simmons, Arizona St. (Coaches-2)
• Damien Richardson, Arizona St. (Coaches-2)
• Duane Stewart, Washington St. (Coaches-2)
• Larry Atkins, UCLA (Coaches-2)

Special teams

Placekickers

• Chris Sailer, UCLA (Coaches-1)
• Robert Nyez, Arizona St. (Coaches-2)

Punters

• Marcus Williams, Arizona St. (Coaches-1)
• Jeff Banks, Washington St. (Coaches-2)

Return specialists/All purpose

• Troy Walters, Stanford (Coaches-1)
• Eric Winn, Oregon (Coaches-1)
• J. R. Redmond, Arizona St. (Coaches-1)
• Patrick Johnson, Oregon (Coaches-2)
• Reggie Davis, Washington (Coaches-2)
• R. Jay Soward, USC (Coaches-2)

Key

Coaches = selected by the conference coaches^{[1] [2]}

See also

• 1997 College Football All-America Team

References

1. Pac-12 Communications Department (2014). "2014 Pac-12 Football Media Guide". pac-12.org. p. 126. Archived from the original on June 16, 2015.
2. "College Awards". Eugene Register-Guard. November 25, 1997. p. 4D.