Bowling Green starting right tackle Alex Wollschlaeger has been named to the preseason Outland Trophy Watch List, as announced the Football Writers Association of America.

The Outland Trophy is given annually to the nation’s top interior linemen. Wollschlaeger is one of three MAC players on the list, which includes Western Michigan’s Jacob Gideon (center) and Miami (OH)’s Reid Holskey.

Wollschlaeger (Aurora, Ill.) was an All-MAC honoree in 2023 after helping block for All-MAC running back Terion Stewart.

Despite missing four games with injury, Stewart finished the year No. 4 in the nation with 78 broken tackles, tied for No. 25 in the nation with 6.1 yards per rush and his 4.81 yards per rush after contact ranked No. 2 in the nation among those with at least 100 rushing attempts.

The FWAA will announce the Outland Trophy semifinalists on Nov. 20, and those players will then be paired down to three finalists announced on Nov. 26.

The Outland Trophy winner is chosen from those finalists who will be part of the annual FWAA All-America Team. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the entire membership, selects a 26-man first team and eventually the three Outland finalists. Committee members, then by individual ballot, select the winner. Only interior linemen on offense or defense are eligible for the award; ends are not eligible.

Players may be added or removed from the watch list during the course of the season. For a second year now, the FWAA will announce an Outland Trophy National Player of the Week each Tuesday this season. If not already on the watch list, each week’s honored player will be added at that time.

The recipient of the 2024 Outland Trophy will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards, live on ESPN on Dec. 12, 2024. The official presentation to the winner will be made at the Outland Trophy Awards Dinner sponsored by Werner Enterprises and produced by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee in Omaha, Neb., on Jan. 22, 2025.