The Joe Thomas Award is presented annually to the state's top senior offensive lineman as part of the WSN Senior Football Awards. The award is named after former Brookfield Central and University of Wisconsin athlete Joe Thomas, who has gone on to great success in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns. After an All-American career at UW, Thomas was selected to the NFL Pro Bowl ten times.
The pre-season list will be trimmed down to about 25 semi-finalists halfway through the year, with five finalists chosen at the start of the playoffs. Winners are announced the week of the state finals.
First | Last | Team |
---|---|---|
Payton | Allen | Racine Case |
Zane | Amershek | Lakeland |
Joel | Anderson | Spring Valley |
Casey | Arendt | Port Washington |
Nino | Baier | Menomonee Falls |
Nick | Bakken | Whitefish Bay |
Gage | Banfield | Darlington |
Ben | Bird | Wauzeka/Seneca |
Sam | Bossman | Onalaska |
Jackson | Braden | Badger |
Tyler | Burhop | Regis |
Will | Bussan | Lancaster |
Owen | Butkovich | Little Chute |
Sem | Campos | Milwaukee Pulaski |
Khang | Chau | Johnson Creek |
Hudson | Cleary | Middleton |
Nate | Cleveland | Neenah |
Ryland | Day | Luxemburg-Casco |
Ryder | Depies | Merrill |
Braden | Dickman | Kimberly |
Noah | Draeger | Hortonville |
Isaiah | Durkee | Watertown Luther Prep |
Dawson | Eastman | Prairie du Chien |
Gabe | Enerson | Muskego |
Isaac | Erb | Belleville |
Karson | Ernst | Kaukauna |
Tyler | Felle | Racine Horlick |
Kyle | Felt | Baraboo |
Charlie | Garvey | Wrightstown |
Richard | Gerek | Slinger |
Braden | Gissal | Kewaskum |
Jesus | Gonzalez | Reedsburg |
Harrison | Graveen | Edgar |
George | Greene | Janesville Craig |
Logan | Gross | Sun Prairie East |
Peyton | Gundelach | Marshall |
Andrew | Gutting | Ellsworth |
Donovan | Harbour | Catholic Memorial |
Jack | Hardt | Marquette |
Sam | Hawker | Monona Grove |
Steven | Henry | West Bend East |
Brock | Hodge | Oak Creek |
Grant | Hoffer | Pepin/Alma |
Vanden | Hoffman | Weyauwega-Fremont |
Derek | Jensen | Arrowhead |
Ethan | Jensen | Hudson |
Braden | Jorgensen | Assumption |
Jacob | Junkins | Appleton East |
Carter | Kadow | Middleton |
Grant | Kaiser | Boyceville |
Josh | Klann | Lodi |
Henry | Koeppen | Lodi |
Ethan | Kohlman | Plymouth |
Brody | Kollath | Sturgeon Bay |
Paul | Krachey | Wauzeka/Seneca |
Gunner | Krause | Assumption |
Owen | Kurtz | Rhinelander |
Charles | Lawson | Bay Port |
Demonte | Lee | St. Thomas More |
Charlie | Lehman | Amherst |
Austin | Leibfried | Mount Horeb/Barneveld |
Jake | Long | Adams-Friendship |
Sebastian | Luevano | Franklin |
Matthew | Malvitz | Southern Door |
Ethan | Markunas | Kenosha Indian Trail |
Garth | Martell | Oshkosh West |
Jack | Mattison | Spring Valley |
Ethan | McClain | Kenosha Bradford |
Devon | McCormick | Columbus |
Colin | Meyers | Pacelli |
Mike | Mieska | Waukesha West |
Wyatt | Miles | Fennimore |
Jack | Modder | Appleton North |
Gary | Northup | Jefferson |
Charlie | Nowinsky | Wittenberg-Birnamwood |
Aiden | Olson | Elkhorn |
Kristian | Peterson | Middleton |
Anthony | Poole | Greenfield |
Jhanik | Posnaski | Brookfield Central |
Bradey | Przeracki | Whitnall |
Alex | Rack | Wauwatosa West |
Ashton | Radatz | Pepin/Alma |
Braxton | Riha | Kewaunee |
Nathan | Roy | Mukwonago |
Gray | Rumohr | Kettle Moraine |
Matt | Rusch | Fond du Lac |
Joel | Sadowski | Menomonee Falls |
Marcello | Sanchez | Racine Park |
Noah | Sarauer | Baldwin-Woodville |
Andrew | Schaefer | Menomonie |
Cameron | Schmidt | Fond du Lac |
Max | Schneider | Prairie du Chien |
Dom | Schneier | Muskego |
John | Schwaab | Catholic Memorial |
Steven | Scott | Menomonee Falls |
Anthony | Seefeldt | Lena/STAA |
Sawyer | Seefeldt | Coleman |
Garrett | Sexton | Arrowhead |
Daniel | Simon | Winneconne |
Ian | Smith | Northwestern |
Breyden | South | Edgerton |
Andrew | Steinle | Portage |
Drew | Stietz | Black Hawk/Warren |
Grant | Stromberg | Mukwonago |
Max | Stuhlmacher | Nicolet |
Dante | Thao | Sussex Hamilton |
Jae’Shaun | Thomas | Catholic Memorial |
Kenneth | Thompson | St. Thomas More |
Kyle | Turner | New Richmond |
Milo | Upton | De Pere |
Trent | Vande Hey | Wrightstown |
Mitch | Verstegen | Kaukauna |
Isiah | Wade | Menomonee Falls |
Lance | Walters | Germantown |
Brandon | Watrous | Badger |
Jack | Wellhoefer | Omro |
Kaden | Westphal | McFarland |
Shane | Willenbring | Aquinas |
Alton | Williams | Sun Prairie East |
Ryder | Zamora | Augusta |
Landyn | Zepczyk | River Falls |
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