2020 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Third-Team All-Big Ten honors from the coaches and media...Selected a Phil Steele All-Big Ten third team honoree...Received an invitation to the Senior Bowl.
Season: Started all nine games at center...Selected as a team captain...Penn State ranked second in the Big Ten in total offense (430.3)...Named the Coaching Staff's Offensive Player of the Week vs. Rutgers (12/5).
at Indiana (10/24): Helped the Nittany Lion offense gain 488 yards, including 250 on the ground...Led the way for Penn State to convert 27 first downs...Protected Sean Clifford as he threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for a career-high 119 yards and a score. Ohio State (10/31): Led the way for the Nittany Lions to gain 325 yards...Allowed Sean Clifford to throw for 281 yards and three touchdowns. Maryland (11/7): Aided the Penn State offense to gain 434 yards...Helped Sean Clifford throw for 340 yards and three touchdowns…Offense totaled a season-high 30 first downs. at Nebraska (11/14): Paved the way for the Nittany Lions to gain 501 yards, including 245 on the ground...Aided Devyn Ford to find the end zone on a five-yard run and helped Keyvone Lee score on a 31-yard rush...Protected Will Levis as he threw for 219 yards…The Penn State offense matched a season high in first downs with 30. Iowa (11/21): Protected quarterbacks Will Levis and Sean Clifford as they threw for a combined 280 yards...Aided Keyvone Lee to find the endzone on a six-yard rush. at Michigan (11/28): Helped the Nittany Lions rush to a season-high 254 yards on the ground, the most since the 2019 Cotton Bowl...Helped Keyvone Lee rush for 134 yards...Aided Keyvone Lee, Sean Clifford and Will Levis to rushing touchdowns...Paved the way for 50 total rushing attempts and four rushes over 20 yards...Helped the offense to total 417 yards. at Rutgers (12/5): Paved the way for the Nittany Lions to rush for 248 yards...The offense had 57 rushing attempts, the second most in the James Franklin era. Michigan State (12/12): Protected Sean Clifford as he threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns...The offense did not allow a sack for the first time since at Maryland in 2019...Aided Sean Clifford and Will Levis on rushing touchdowns, including a 31-yarder from Clifford. Illinois (12/19): Helped Penn State total 580 yards of offense, the seventh most in the James Franklin era...Penn State had two passing plays of 70 or more yards in the same game for the first time in program history...PSU's 42 points in the first half were its most in a half since scoring 42 points in the second half at Illinois in 2018…Helped pave the way to 253 rushing yards, Penn State’s fifth game of the season with 245-plus rushing yards.
2019 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Postseason: Selected All-Big Ten honorable mention by the coaches and media...Earned the Dick Maginnis Memorial Award, recognizing an outstanding offensive lineman, at the team's awards banquet...Claimed the Captain's Award. Midseason: Tabbed with the offensive line unit for the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll. Weekly: Selected to the Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week second team following the Purdue game (10/5). Preseason: Named to the preseason Rimington Trophy Watch List.
Season: Made 13 starts at center...Selected as a team captain.
Idaho (8/31): Saw playing time on offense and special teams...Helped the Nittany Lions to gain 673 total yards, their third-most in a game since 1947...Sprung Nittany Lion rushers for 331 yards and seven touchdowns...Did not allow a sack while helping Sean Clifford to throw for 280 yards and two touchdowns and Will Levis to throw for 62 yards and a score...Aided Penn State to earn 35 first downs...Named the Coaching Staff's Offensive Player of the Week. Buffalo (9/7): Led the way for the Penn State offense to gain 357 total yards...Protected Sean Clifford as he threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns...Helped the Nittany Lions to score 38 points in the second half, including 28 in the third quarter. Pittsburgh (9/14): Helped the Nittany Lions to gain 389 yards, including 222 through the air...Led the way for Journey Brown's first career 100-yard game...Paved the way for rushing scores by Noah Cain and Devyn Ford. at Maryland (9/27): Led the way as the Nittany Lions gained 613 yards, its third-most in a Big Ten game...Helped the Nittany Lions to throw for 421 yards, their most in a Big Ten contest...Aided PSU to gain 30 first downs...Helped Sean Clifford to throw for 398 yards, the third-most in program history, including a program-record 287 yards in the first half...Helped the Nittany Lions to score five rushing touchdowns. Purdue (10/5): Helped the Nittany Lion offense to gain 460 total yards...Led the way as Sean Clifford threw for three touchdowns and rushed for one score...Aided Clifford to record his fifth-straight 200-yard passing game...Helped Noah Cain to earn his first career 100-yard game with 105 yards and a touchdown...Paved the way for the PSU offense to score 21 points in the first quarter. at Iowa (10/12): Helped the Penn State offense to gain 294 total yards, including 177 on the ground...Led the way for Noah Cain's second-straight 100-yard rushing game and 5-yard score in the fourth quarter. Michigan (10/19): Helped the Nittany Lions gain 283 total yards, including 101 on the ground...Aided Sean Clifford to throw for three touchdowns...Led the way for Clifford's 2-yard rushing touchdown. at Michigan State (10/26): Led the way for Penn State to gain 302 total yards, including 189 through the air...Protected Sean Clifford to throw for a career-high-tying four touchdowns...Paved the way for Clifford to score on a two-point conversion. at Minnesota (11/9): Guided the Nittany Lion offense to 518 total yards, including 340 passing yards...Protected Sean Clifford to throw for 340 yards and a touchdown...Led the way for Journey Brown to rush for 124 yards and two touchdowns. Indiana (11/16): Paved the way for the Nittany Lion offense to gain 371 total yards, including 192 on the ground...Guided Journey Brown to 100 rushing yards on 21 carries...Protected Sean Clifford to throw for one touchdown and rush for two scores...Led the way on an 18-play, 75-yard drive covering 9:01 to seal the game...Selected as the coaching staff's Offensive Player of the Week. at Ohio State (11/23): Helped the Nittany Lion offense to gain 227 yards...Led the way for rushing touchdowns by Journey Brown and Will Levis. Rutgers (11/30): Led the way for the Penn State offense to gain 333 yards, including 252 on the ground...Helped Will Levis (108) and Journey Brown (103) to rush for 100 yards, the first Penn State teammates to run for 100 yards since Saquon Barkley (195) and Akeel Lynch (120) against Rutgers in 2015...Paved the way for Brown to rush for a career-high three touchdowns...Protected Will Levis to find Jahan Dotson for a 44-yard touchdown. vs. Memphis (12/28): Led the Nittany Lions to score a program-bowl record 53 points...Helped the Penn State offense to gain 529 total yards, the program's second-most in bowl games...Paved the way for Penn State to tie a Cotton Bowl record with five rushing touchdowns...Helped Penn State run for 396 yards, a program bowl record and the second-most in Cotton Bowl history...Helped Penn State to set program bowl records for points in a first half (35), a Cotton Bowl record...Aided the Nittany Lions to tie a program bowl record with 28 points in the second quarter, also a Cotton Bowl record...Led the way for Journey Brown to run for a program bowl record 202 yards.
2018 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named to the Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week following the Wisconsin (11/10) game.
Season: Made 12 starts at center...One of 20 players to make their first career start.
Appalachian State (9/1): Helped the Nittany Lion offense to 434 yards, including 204 on the ground...Cleared the way for five rushing touchdowns, including two each by Trace McSorley and Miles Sanders. at Pittsburgh (9/8): Part of an offensive line that aided the Nittany Lions to 390 total yards, including 211 yards on the ground with three rushing touchdowns...Helped Miles Sanders collect his first career 100-yard game. Kent State (9/15): Led the way as the Nittany Lions totaled 643 yards, PSU’s most in a game since 1995...Aided the Nittany Lions to six rushing touchdowns and three through the air...Helped Trace McSorley to find the end zone five total times with three rushing scores and two passing touchdowns. at Illinois (9/21): Paved the way as the Nittany Lions gained 591 yards...Assisted in the offense gaining 387 on the ground, PSU’s third-highest total in a Big Ten game in program history...Helped Miles Sanders to become the sixth Nittany Lion to rush for 200 yards and three touchdowns in a game...Helped McSorley record his ninth game with three or more touchdown passes. Ohio State (9/29): Helped the Nittany Lions to 492 total yards...Led the way as Trace McSorley set a program record with 461 yards of total offense (175 rushing, 317 passing)...Paved the way for McSorley to rush for a career-high 175 yards and KJ Hamler to earn his first 100-yard receiving game. Michigan State (10/13): Helped the Penn State offense to 397 total yards, including 205 on the ground against the nation’s No. 1 rush defense...Blocked for Miles Sanders’ third 100-yard game of the season...Aided Trace McSorley to post his 34th-straight game with a passing touchdown. at Indiana (10/20): Guided the Nittany Lions to post 417 total yards, including 243 through the air...Led the way as Trace McSorley recorded his second career 100-yard rushing game with two rushing touchdowns...Paved the way for Miles Sanders’ 126 all-purpose yards, including 72 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Iowa (10/27): Led the way as Penn State gained 312 total yards...Helped Trace McSorley to post his 20th career game with a passing and a rushing touchdown, including a 51-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. at Michigan (11/3): Helped Tommy Stevens rush for an 8-yard touchdown...Blocked for Trace McSorley as he reached the 9,000 career passing yards mark. Wisconsin (11/10): Helped the Nittany Lions to compile 343 total yards, including 183 on the ground...Paved the way for Miles Sanders’ fourth 100-yard game of the season with 159 yards and a touchdown. at Rutgers (11/17): Led the way as the Nittany Lions tallied 322 total yards, including 183 through the air...Protected Trace McSorley, who completed 17 passes, including two touchdown throws to Pat Freiermuth...Helped McSorley to earn his program-record 30th win as starting quarterback. Maryland (11/24): Led the way as the Nittany Lions compiled 565 total yards, its third 500-yard performance of the season...Helped PSU to rush for 310 yards and four touchdowns, including two each by Trace McSorley and Ricky Slade...Paved the way for Miles Sanders’ 128 rushing yards. vs. Kentucky (1/1): Helped the Nittany Lions to gain 410 total yards, including 246 passing...Led the way for Penn State to earn 22 first downs, its ninth most in a bowl game...Protected Trace McSorley, who threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another, in his final collegiate game.
2017 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in 12 games...Made collegiate debut vs. Akron (9/2)...One of 24 student-athletes to make their collegiate debut...One of 17 freshmen (14 redshirt, 3 true) to appear.
Akron (9/2): Made his collegiate debut.
2016 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letterman for head coach Matt Bauer at Exeter Township Senior High School...Was a two-time team captain...Helped the Eagles to the Berks Inter-County Football Conference title in 2015 with an 11-1 record...Selected to the 2016 Under Armour All-American Game...Earned first-team All-State AAAA honors following his sophomore, junior and senior seasons...Selected as the Berks Inter-County Football Conference Offensive and Defensive Lineman of the Year as a junior and a senior...Earned Conference Most Valuable Player honors as a senior...Three-time first-team Berks Inter-County Football Conference All-League selection (2013, 2014, 2015)...Selected to the MaxPreps Junior All-American Team in 2014...Named the PA Preps Underclassman Offensive Lineman MVP in 2014...Played on both sides of the ball for the Eagles...Registered 75 tackles, 7.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and two blocked punts in 2015...Totaled 71 tackles, 6.5 sacks and two forced fumbles as a junior...Posted 74 tackles, 11.5 sacks and a fumble recovery as a sophomore...Ranked as a five-star recruit by Scout and 247Sports and a four-start recruit by ESPN and Rivals...Rated as a top-100 recruit nationally, a top-five recruit in the state of Pennsylvania and a top-two recruit on the offensive line by the four major recruiting services...Rated No. 58 in the ESPN300...Ranked as the No. 2 offensive guard in the country and No. 2 overall prospect in Pennsylvania by ESPN...Ranked as the No. 1 offensive tackle in Pennsylvania and the No. 2 tackle in the nation by Scout...Rated No. 1 among offensive guards in the country and No. 2 among overall prospects in Pennsylvania by 247Sports...Ranked as the No. 3 prospect in Pennsylvania and No. 5 offensive guard nationally by Rivals...Earned three letters in basketball...Earned all-conference basketball honors as a sophomore and junior...Made the All-Academic team four consecutive years.
PERSONAL
Full name is Michal James Menet...Son of Sherry Graffius and Brian Menet...Has two brothers, Christian Menet and Joseph Schlaffer...Majoring in psychology...Born August 8, 1997 in Reading, Pennsylvania.