"[4] As a senior in 1935, Wetsel was a co-captain of the 1935 SMU Mustangs football team that played Stanford in the 1936 Rose Bowl.

At the conclusion of the 1935 college football season, Westsel was selected as a first-team All-American by the North American Newspaper Alliance (chosen by Andy Kerr of Colgate, Dan McGugin of Vanderbilt, James Phelan of Washington, and Gus Dorais of Detroit),[5] the All-America Board (a board made up of Glenn "Pop" Warner, Christy Walsh, Elmer Layden, Howard Jones and Frank Thomas)[6] and the Walter Camp Football Foundation.

[7] He was also named a consensus first-team All-American based on a survey of the major All-America selectors in 1935.

As an example he worked out with bar bells daily and in addition he would take an extra mile around the track each day as a conditioner.

I think his work with bar bells accounts for his tremendous strength in wrists, arms and shoulders.