Transfer Bio Blast: Alex Wollschlaeger
The winter transfer portal window officially opened on Monday. We’ve seen some heavy player movement and are expecting more over the next few days. Teams are working rapidly to get targets on campus for visits over the next few weeks to close these fast-paced recruitments.
Kentucky needs to find starters at center and tackle. This MAC transfer could be a plug-and-play addition for offensive line coach Eric Wolford.
Bowling Green transfer Alex Wollschlaeger (6-7, 305) officially entered the transfer portal on Dec. 12 and offers have come flooding in. Kentucky was one one of the first schools in contact. That led to the Wildcats getting the first visit this weekend.
KSR’s Transfer Bio Blast is taking a closer look at the Group of Five transfer to see what Wollschlaeger could bring to the Big Blue Wall.
True development at Bowling Green
Alex Wollschlaeger starred at Oswego (Ill.) East in the Chicagoland area during his prep career. The class of 2020 recruit committed to Bowling Green in May of junior year after taking visits to Eastern Michigan, South Dakota State, Western Michigan, Illinois State, Holy Cross, Harvard, Princeton, Ball State, Drake, and others.
Wollschlaeger came to the MAC program as a skinny 250-pound lineman. Wollschlaeger leaves the MAC school at 305 pounds. The player development and added mass has turned this former low three-star recruit into a potential NFL Draft pick.
After playing sparingly through his first two seasons on campus, Wollschlaeger became a full-time starter for Bowling Green as a redshirt sophomore in 2022 and would never let go of that starting right tackle spot until entering the transfer portal.
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All-MAC performer in 2024
Alex Wollschlaeger likely was not on many transfer radars for power conference programs heading into last season. That all changed when the redshirt senior put together his best year as a starter. Wollschlaeger earned a career-high PFF grade (76.6) and allowed only 15 pressures in 429 pass sets in 2024. Wollschlaeger had a good season in Bowling Green’s gap-heavy scheme and kept former Missouri and Indiana quarterback Connor Bazelak clean enough to complete 67.1 percent of his passes.
Bowling Green finished the season ranked No. 54 in offensive success rate and No. 57 in points per drive. The Falcons were a win on Senior Day away from playing for a MAC title. Wollschlaeger earned first-team all-conference honors for his big season.
Luckett’s scouting notebook
Alex Wollschlaeger will be a super senior in 2025 and has played 2,458 snaps during his collegiate career. There is a lot known about this right tackle. The MAC transfer is a strong, sturdy, and smart player who shows power as a run blocker and has a big frame defenders must work around in pass protection.
This is my scouting write-up on the right tackle after watching Bowling Green games against Texas A&M and Miami (Ohio).
Alex Wollschlaeger plays with a good base and pad level on a 6-foot-7 frame. Shows grip strength, torque, and finishing power in gap scheme runs. Gets movement on double teams and finds work at the second level. Plays through the whistle and finishes blocks. Does get unbalanced in pass sets playing over his toes and allowing defenders to strike and disengage quickly. But when he sets, and plays with balance, rushes are typically stoned quickly due to punch and play strength. Dealing with true speed rush in isolation needs improvement. Shows high football IQ in passing off stunt games and rarely gets out of position.
Winning early is a key for Wollschaleger as defensive ends got under his pads when his first strike misses and that caused some issues. Enters the transfer portal as an experience right tackle with good downhill run game production and a big frame to maneuver around in pass pro. Dealing with better athletes in protection will be a concern as the super senior translates to the next level.
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