Offensive lineman Michal Menet committed to Penn State prior to the resurgent 2016 season, the top player in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the 2016 recruiting class and a selection to the 2016 Under Armour All-American game, and having been named to the first team all-state team in his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons in high school.
Menet redshirted his first season in Happy Valley, the University’s first Big Ten championship year under James Franklin. As a redshirt freshman in 2017, he saw action in 12 of the thirteen games played that season.