Career
He played college football at Michigan State University and was drafted in the second round of the 1963 NFL Draft. Kanicki was also selected in the seventh round of the 1963 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft by the Buffalo Bills. Jim Kanicki purchased the Arthur Louis Steel Company of Ashtabula, Ohio in 1985, and still maintains control of the business.
In 2012, the Cleveland Plain Dealer named Jim Kanicki one of the Cleveland Browns" 100 best all-time players.