
AlexWollschlaeger
- position Offensive Lineman
- height 6-7
- Weight 310
- class Graduate Student
- Hometown Aurora, Ill.
- High school Oswego East
- Previous School Bowling Green State
2025 – Graduate
• Transferred to Kentucky after five seasons at Bowling Green State
• Got 2,341 career snaps under his belt as a three-year starter for the Falcons
• Two-time All-Mid-American Conference selection
• Two-time Academic All-MAC member
2024 – Senior
• Elected team captain
• Helped lead the Falcons to a 7-5 overall record, including a 6-2 mark in conference play
• Started in 12 games at right tackle and played in 768 offensive snaps … Also saw action on 62 plays on special teams for a total of 836 snaps
• Named 2024 First Team All-MAC
• Earned 2024 Academic All-MAC
• Named 2024 CFN Second Team All-MAC
• 2024 HERO Sports Group All-America
• On the watch lists for the 2024 Outland Trophy ad the Lombardi Award
• Listed on the 2024 Phil Steele preseason first-team All-MAC and 2024 Athlon Sports preseason second-team All-MAC teams
2023 – Junior
• Starting in all 13 games with 768 snaps at right tackle and another 61 on special teams for a total of 829
• Named 2023 Third Team All-MAC
• Named to the Academic All-MAC team
2022 – Sophomore
• Started in 12 of BGSU’s 13 games and played more than 800 snaps
• Missed one game (Ohio) with injury
• Appeared in 800 plays at right tackle
• Earned All-MAC honorable mention from PFN
• Named to the Academic All-MAC team
• 2022 Phil Steele preseason Fourth Team All-MAC
2021 – r-Freshman
• Played in four games with two starts (vs. Murray State and NIU)
2020 – Freshman
• Redshirt season
• Appeared in three games
High Schools
• A three-star prospect coming out of Oswego East High School for head coach Tyson Leblanc
• Earned all-conference and academic all-state in 2019
• Named Oswego East’s Lineman Most Valuable Player in back-to-back seasons
• The two-time Academic All-MAC member (2022 and 2023) and Dean’s List member graduated cum laude in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis in supply chain management and international business
Personal
• Last name is pronounced “wool-SCHLAY-ger”
• Born in Chicago, Illinois
• Son of Mark and Sharon Wollschlaeger
• Has two sisters, Jacqueline and Emily
• Graduated from cum laude from Bowling Green State in ’23 with a bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis in supply chain management and international business
• Earned a master’s of business administration from BGSU in December of ’24
• Currently working on an undergraduate certificate in business from UK
Alex Says
• Nickname is “Wolly”
• Three words to describe him are disciplined, trustworthy and reliable
• Other than play in the NFL, his dream job is to be in international logistics
• One thing most people don’t know is that he used to run cross country
• His hobbies include spending time with his dog, fishing and traveling