Oklahoma State University Athletics
2022 Football Roster
Roster
Joe Michalski
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, KS
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas
2024 Season Captain (voted by teammates)
2024 Academic All-Big 12
2023 Season Captain (voted by teammates)
2023 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2022 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2020 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
Pronounced muh-HALL-skee
Emerged as OSU’s best offensive linemen in 2023 and was an unquestioned team leader as his teammates voted him a season captain in each of his final two seasons in 2023 and 2024 ... Earned honorable mention honors for Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2023 and honorable mention All-Big 12 in 2024 ... A five-time Academic All-Big 12 selection ... Developed throughout his career from a special teams performer into a key part of the offense ... Saw his first starting action at the end of 2021 and finished his career with 59 games played and 35 starts ... His 1,035 offensive snaps played in 2023 led all Power Five players and ranked third in the FBS.
2024 (Super Senior): Voted a season team captain by his teammates for a second consecutive year ... An Academic All-Big 12 team honoree for a fifth-straight season ... Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors ... One of five Cowboy offensive players to start all 12 games ... Served as a game captain against South Dakota State, Kansas State, Arizona State, Texas Tech and Colorado ... Earned preseason All-America honors from The Athletic and Phil Steele ... Preseason All-Big 12 and on the preseason watch lists for the Outland Trophy, Rimington Trophy and Lombardi Award.
2023 (Senior): A first team Academic All-Big 12 team honoree ... Voted a season captain by his teammates ... Emerged as OSU’s best offensive linemen, earning honorable mention honors for Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year from the league’s head coaches, as well as honorable mention All-Big 12 honors ... Joined running back Ollie Gordon II as the only two Cowboy offensive players to start all 14 games of 2023 ... According to PFF, his 1,035 offensive snaps played on the year were the most of any Power Five player and tied for the third-most of any FBS player ... One of two players in the FBS to play more than 600 pass blocking snaps (617) without allowing a sack ... Leader of an offensive line that blocked for the nation’s leading rusher, ranked No. 7 in the FBS in sacks allowed per game and ranked No. 14 in tackles for loss allowed per game ... Named OSU’s co-offensive MVP after the season-opening win over Central Arkansas ... Served as a game captain against Arizona State, South Alabama, West Virginia, Houston and Texas A&M.
2022 (Junior): A first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Played in 12 games, missing only the Kansas State game ... Started five times, including each of the last four games of the season ... Started at center against Texas, Iowa State and Wisconsin and started at right guard against Oklahoma and West Virginia ... Served as a game captain vs. Iowa State.
2021 (Sophomore): A first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Played in all 14 games and earned the first four starts of his career in the final four games of the season ... Mostly played special teams and rotated in at center until he took over at center when starter Danny Godlevske went down to injury ... OSU’s coaches credited him with four pancake blocks and six knockdowns.
2020 (Freshman): Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Played in seven games during the year, mainly blocking for place kicks.
2019: Redshirted.
High School: Played for coach Randy Dreiling at St. Thomas Aquinas … Anchored an offensive line that helped Aquinas score at least 30 points on 11 occasions in 2018, with nine of those outings surpassing 40 points … Named all-state, first-team all-metro and the lineman of the year … Excelled as a run blocker and helped Aquinas log 4,584 rushing yards and score 61 rushing touchdowns on 570 carries in 2018 … Aquinas’ yards-per-carry average jumped from 5.9 during his sophomore season to 6.6 as a junior and 8.0 during his final high school campaign … Guided St. Thomas Aquinas to 23 wins over his final two seasons, including an unbeaten 12-0 title-winning season in 2018 … The Kansas Football Coaches Association named him an All-Senior Kansas Top 11 Player ... Also on the Wichita Eagle Top 11 players in Kansas and a first-team selection on the Topeka Capitol Journal All-State team ... Earned his second straight team award as the Outstanding Offensive Lineman as a senior ... A two-time all-league player and back-to-back KPreps 5A offensive line all-state player ... Sports in Kansas named him all-non-senior as a sophomore and junior, as well as Top 11 among all classes in 2017 ... Helped the Saints finish as the Kansas Class 5A runner-up in 2017 … Also a baseball and track and field athlete … An honor roll student who completed 30 hours of volunteer service every year in high school … Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Slotted as the No. 7 player in the state of Kansas and the No. 62 offensive guard nationally by ESPN … 247Sports listed him as the 11th-best player out of Kansas. ... Chose Oklahoma State over Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State and others.
Personal: Born in Kansas City, Kansas … Son of James and Carolee Michalski … Majoring in agribusiness.
