The Tim Krumrie Award is presented annually to the state's top senior defensive lineman as part of the WSN Senior Football Awards. The award is named after Tim Krumrie, a former Mondovi and University of Wisconsin athlete who would go on to star in the NFL for 12 seasons, including two Pro Bowl appearances.
The pre-season list will be trimmed down to 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 | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Drew | Archie | Mount Horeb/Barneveld |
| Nathan | Bakalars | La Crosse Logan |
| Trevor | Bangart | Mosinee |
| Jarod | Banks | Holmen |
| Shomori | Banks | Greenfield |
| Jawaun | Battle | Milwaukee King |
| Cullen | Bauer-Trotter | Port Washington |
| Nathan | Beining | Wrighstown |
| Luke | Benzschawel | Grafton |
| Andrew | Berra | Evansville/Albany |
| Tyler | Biadasz | Amherst |
| Jamin | Brown | Madison West |
| Dominic | Cartier | Brookfield East |
| Kendrick | Davis | West Bend East |
| Sam | Decorah | Waunakee |
| Andrew | Deets | Roncalli |
| Brett | DeGrave | Pulaski |
| Hunter | Dischler | Ithaca |
| Zak | Elliott | Mishicot |
| Alex | Ewers | DeForest |
| Wylie | Frahm | Edgar |
| Tim | Gaither | Dodgeville |
| Anthony | Gatzow | Sussex Hamilton |
| Mike | Gerber | Stoughton |
| Justin | Graf | Waukesha North |
| Ben | Grow | Xavier |
| Cameron | Hackl | Bay Port |
| Gavin | Haehl | Oshkosh North |
| Alex | Hansen | Waunakee |
| Brandon | Hughes | Brookfield Central |
| Tommy | Inda | University School |
| Jordan | Jagodinsky | Roncalli |
| Trayvonn | Johnson | Verona |
| Alfie | Johnson | Sun Prairie |
| Kaiser | Kastner | Whitnall |
| Justice | Kelly | University School |
| Christian | Kleinschmidt | Merrill |
| Jack | Knier | St. John's NW Military |
| Drake | Koenigs | Peshtigo |
| Skyler | Kurt | Lodi |
| Nick | Leach | Marquette |
| Zach | Levis | Antigo |
| Myles | Luckett | Menomonee Falls |
| Aaron | Maternowski | Slinger |
| Trevor | Maye | Crivitz |
| Tyler | Miller | Fond du Lac |
| Chris | Moor | Cuba City |
| Josh | Mueller | Homestead |
| Alex | Navis | Howards Grove |
| Matt | Nowak | Kettle Moraine |
| Dom | O'Brion | West Allis Hale |
| Jake | Odegard | Oregon |
| Nik | Ohuafi | De Pere |
| Mike | Olson | Reedsburg |
| Caleb | Olson | Ithaca |
| Demetrius | Pinkston | Wautoma |
| Quinton | Reed | Wisconsin Lutheran |
| Kyle | Richter | Kenosha Tremper |
| Cole | Riemer | Osceola |
| Dimas | Rodriguez | Denmark |
| Ian | Ruble | Clear Lake |
| Colin | Sabel | Lomira |
| Dylan | Schramski | Clear Lake |
| Efrain | Segura | New Glarus/Monticello |
| Gage | Sellers | Wrightstown |
| Jake | Simar | Kenosha Indian Trail |
| Adam | Skaletski | Denmark |
| Tyler | Stadler | New Holstein |
| James | Sterry | Pepin/Alma |
| Austin | Stiadel | Menomonie |
| Xavier | Straub | Pewaukee |
| Zack | Taylor | Catholic Memorial |
| Hegeman | Tiedt | Burlington |
| Will | Valle-Fuentes | Menasha |
| Sam | White | Muskego |
| John | Wierzba | D.C. Everest |
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.