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24   Brian Wetzel
Brian Wetzel

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Dallas, Tex.

High School:
Jesuit College Prep

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 183

Position:
WR

Birthdate:
08/12/1992


05/20/2013

Fordham's Brian Wetzel Earns Spot on 2013 CFPA FCS Wide Receiver Award Watch List

Junior receiver earned First Team All-Patriot League honors last fall

04/23/2013

Fordham Football to Hold Spring Game on Friday Night on Coffey Field

Rams to honor Boston Marathon victims with special helmet decal

01/29/2013

30 Fordham Football Student-Athletes Named to 2012 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

Rams Lead All Patriot League School in Student-Athletes on Honor Roll for Third Straight Year

12/11/2012

Fordham's Patrick Murray Named 2012 Fred Mitchell Award Winner

Senior kicker honored as the top NCAA placekicker

11/20/2012

Nine Football Rams Named All-Patriot League

Six Named to First Team, Four to Second Team and Three Named to All-Academic Team

04/26/2013

2013 Spring Game

Photos from the 2013 Fordham football spring game on Jack Coffey Field on April 26

04/04/2013

2013 Spring Football

Photos from Fordham's 2013 spring football practice on April 3, 2013

11/17/2012

Football vs. Colgate (all photos by Ally White)

Photos of the Fordham-Colgate Patriot League football game on November 17 on Jack Coffey Field

11/10/2012

Football vs. Lafayette

Photos of the Fordham-Lafayette football game on Jack Coffey Field on November 10, 2012

11/03/2012

Football at Bucknell

Photos of the Fordham-Bucknell football game on November 3, 2012

Named to the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Wide Receiver Award Watch List... had four receptions for 58 yards in the 2013 Spring Game... earned First Team All-Patriot League honors at wide receiver in 2012 and Second Team accolades as return specialist... became just the third Fordham player to amass more than 1,00 receiving yards in a season... had seven 100-yard receiving games in 2013... led Rams in receptions and receiving yards in 2012... led Patriot League in receiving yards/game in 2012... had a solid first season at Fordham in 2011, leading all freshmen receivers in receptions and receiving yards... a First Team All-District pick in both football and basketball in high school... named to the 2012 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2012: Started all eleven games at wider receiver for the Rams as a sophomore... earned First Team All-Patriot League honors at wide receiver and Second Team honors as a return specialist... led the 2012 Rams with 72 catches for 1,042 yards and seven touchdowns... ranked fourth on the Fordham single season reception list and fifth on the receiving yards list and became just the third Ram to accumulate more than 1,000 receiving yards in a season... led the Patriot League and was 18th in the NCAA FCS in receiving yards/game (94.7) and ranked third in the league and 22nd in the NCAA FCS in receptions/game (6.5)... had seven 100-yard receiving games, including a career-best 187 yards on 14 catches in the season finale with Colgate... the 14 receptions in the Colgate game tied the Fordham single game record while the 187 receiving yards was the seventh most in a game in school history... returned 31 kickoffs for 713 yards (23.0 yards/return) and 15 punts for 82 yards (5.5 yards/return) on special teams... was second in the Patriot League, and 51st in the NCAA FCS, in kickoff return average and second in all-purpose yards... made nine catches for 121 yards and once score at Cincinnati... matched that with nine receptions for 130 yards and one score at Holy Cross... hauled in eight passes for a career-high 153 yards and one touchdown in the Cornell win... also had eight receptions for 123 yards in the win over Georgetown... caught seven passes for 112 yards and a touchdown at Lehigh... made seven catches for 55 yards at Columbia... had three catches for 100 yards and two scores versus Lafayette.

2011: Appeared in nine games as a freshman for the Rams, starting three... caught 36 passes for 493 yards... was second on team in receiving yards and third in receptions... hauled in a season-high eleven passes for 118 yards at Georgetown... made seven catches for 79 yards against Bucknell... gained 94 yards on six receptions at Lafayette... recorded six catches for 71 yards at Rhode Island... had a 58-yard reception in the season opener at Connecticut.

Before Fordham: A graduate of Jesuit College Prep in Dallas, Texas, where he lettered in football and basketball... played high school football for head coach Bob Wanderlick... named First Team 5A All-District in both football and basketball (point guard) both as a junior and senior... recipient of the Heart Award with the football team... MVP of the Plano Basketball Tournament... Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Gongaza Tournament... named District Newcomer of the Year as a junior... basketball team MVP all four years.

Personal: Born August 12, 1992... son of Sharon and Scott Wetzel... has an older sister, Christine, two older brothers, Kevin and Ben, and two younger brothers, Pete and Charlie... majoring in Finance.