The Joe Thomas Award is presented annually to the state's top senior offensive lineman as part of the WSN Senior Football Awards presented by Taco Bell. 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 has been selected to the NFL Pro Bowl each of his three years in the league.
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 Name | Last Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor | Allen | Independence-Gilmanton |
| Dalton | Anders | Flambeau |
| Garret | Auth | Durand |
| Hunter | Babich | Laona/Wabeno |
| Dylan | Bauer | Nekoosa |
| Luke | Bennett | Whitnall |
| Nathan | Berg | South Milwaukee |
| Henry | Bernhagen | Weston |
| Jordan | Berth | Peshtigo |
| Taylor | Bilberry | Westfield |
| Matt | Blechl | Laconia |
| Colton | Boelte | Amherst |
| Zach | Bradley | Plymouth |
| Brandon | Brick | Wrightstown |
| Logan | Brown | North Crawford |
| Keegan | Brown | Potosi |
| Dylan | Brude | Black River Falls |
| Caleb | Bryant | Stratford |
| Nick | Buisman | West Salem |
| Bryce | Butenhof | Muskego |
| Russell | Chambers | Riverside |
| Josh | Chenoweth | Evansille/Albany |
| Adam | Chier | Cedar Grove-Belgium |
| Colin | Conner | Iowa-Grant |
| Colin | Connor | Iowa-Grant |
| Brett | Connors | New Berlin West |
| Justin | Cox | Appleton East |
| Connor | Crotty | Shullsburg |
| Kolton | Davidson | Kimberly |
| Caleb | Davilla | Oshkosh North |
| Jacob | Decorah | Monona Grove |
| Johnny | Dennee | Crandon |
| Jackie | Dewalt | Menomonee Falls |
| Ethan | Ehlers | Kenosha St. Joseph's |
| Austin | Feuerhammer | Campbellsport |
| Andy | Fidler | Port Washington |
| Cody | Flannery | Crandon |
| Ethan | Foerster | Ft. Atkinson |
| Collin | Frederick | Big Foot |
| Nick | Fredrickson | Kenosha St. Joseph's |
| Chris | Fredrickson | Kenosha St. Joseph's |
| Jaden | Gault | Monona Grove |
| Sam | Georgeson | DeForest |
| Josh | Good | Wautoma |
| Elijah | Goodman | Brookfield Central |
| Luke | Held | Plymouth |
| Tanner | Helgeson | DeSoto |
| Luke | Hesse | Burlington |
| Cash | Hickethier | Unity |
| Nathan | Hutter | Menasha |
| Garrett | Jeters | Big Foot |
| Collin | Kandler | Kimberly |
| Jay | Karich | Northwestern |
| Blake | Kirsch | Antigo |
| Zach | Koch | River Valley |
| Kory | Kodanko | West De Pere |
| Brett | Kramer | Winneconne |
| Noah | Krause | Catholic Memorial |
| Jacob | Lanier | Waunakee |
| Trent | Layton | Nekoosa |
| Nicholas | Lies | SJNMA |
| Gabe | Lujan | Waunakee |
| Jacob | Maxwell | Greendale |
| Nathan | Miller | Roncalli |
| Logan | Nelson | Kimberly |
| Chase | Nottestad | Westby |
| Justin | O'Neill | Beloit Memorial |
| George | Panos | Arrowhead |
| Brett | Patoka | Amherst |
| Corey | Pierce | Reedsburg |
| Tyler | Powers | Hortonville |
| Brett | Pride | Whitehall |
| Vince | Propson | Chilton |
| Ben | Puent | Bangor |
| Noah | Pulsifer | Brookfield East |
| Charlie | Raethke | Pepin/Alma |
| Ricardo | Ramos | Riverside |
| Luke | Rasmussen | Brookfield Central |
| Joel | Rausch | Medford |
| Brent | Reierson | Watertown |
| Dayne | Retallick | Marshall |
| Thor | Riemer | Osceola |
| John | Robinson | Ithaca |
| Max | Scharping | GB Southwest |
| Erik | Schaumberg | Seymour |
| Briar | Schilliam | Platteville |
| Nick | Schmitz | Loyal |
| Josh | Schnepf | Waukesha West |
| Sam | Schrauth | Saint Mary's Springs |
| Dylan | Schultz | Lakeside Lutheran |
| Micky | Sega | EC Memorial |
| Travis | Shackleton | Baldwin-Woodville |
| Spencer | Shirek | Stevens Point |
| Scott | Skornicka | Two Rivers |
| Brock | Snider | Lancaster |
| Cody | Stageman | Ozaukee |
| Adam | Stiner | Verona |
| Lucas | Stoney | Belmont |
| Kevin | Stotzheim | North Fond du Lac |
| Spencer | Susa | Spencer/Columbus |
| Tyler | Sygulla | Whitehall |
| Dondrick | Tackes | Stratford |
| Logan | Tenney | Badger |
| Jalen | Thomas | Monona Grove |
| Nate | Trewyn | Milton |
| Clayton | Uselman | Johnson Creek |
| Colin | Valley | Oconomowoc |
| Mitch | Van Epps | Wild Rose |
| Deonta | Vann | Vincent |
| Austin | Vetta | Waukesha West |
| A.J. | Volk | Boyceville |
| Tom | Walker | Waukesha West |
| Luke | Weiss | Clayton |
| Devin | Wilson | Omro |
| Austin | Winters | Necedah |
| Ethan | Yonke | Almond-Bancroft |
| Zach | Zangl | Oshkosh North |
| Matt | Zeitler | Wisconsin Lutheran |
Pre-season watch lists are compiled from all-conference teams, stats leaders, film evaluations, WSN Player Rankings, and coach input. Players do not have to be on the pre-season list to be considered for the semi-final or finals list.
