His father, Alan Wujciak (pictured here as#66), played as an offensive guard at Notre Dame, including as part of the 1973 national championship team.

Alex Wujciak attended Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey, where he was a four-year letterwinner playing football at linebacker, tight end, and punter.

[2] As such, he was heavily recruited by several major colleges and received offers from Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Rutgers, Wisconsin, and Louisville.

[3] His mother, Erin Wujciak, said that Alex chose Maryland because he believed that head coach Ralph Friedgen and recruiting coordinator Dave Sollazzo were "straight shooters" and did not make unrealistic promises about playing time.

In 2007, he suffered a partial tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in summer training camp which caused him to miss the entire subsequent season.

[10] In the spring of 2009, College Football News named him as one of their "120 Players to Know" for the upcoming season, and wrote that "he craves contact and plays with a no-quit, blue-collar mentality ...