2020 Football Roster
Roster
Skyler Wetzel
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
- High School:
- Reagan HS
- Prev School:
- Tarleton State
2020 (Senior): First Team Academic All-Big 12 … Played eight games on special teams … Totaled two tackles on the year … Had a tackle in the opener vs. KU (9/26) … Added one tackle in the game vs. KSU (11/28).
2019 (Junior): Appeared in all 14 games on the season as the team’s holder.
Prior to Baylor: Spent three years at Tarleton State under coach Todd Whitten … two-year letterman as a running back and special teams player… helped team to 12-1 record and Lonestar Conference title in 2018 … team advanced to third round of Division II playoffs … redshirted in 2017 … Twice named to LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List … Saw action in seven games as a true freshman … Had 26 carries for 68 yards … Rushed for a season-high 36 yards on 13 carries against UT-Permian Basin
High School: Lettered three years and was a team captain at Ronald Reagan High School for head coach David Wetzel … Also lettered in track … Three straight District Championships in football with a combined record of 33-4 … All-District HM (DB) 2013; All-District (RB) 2014; All- district, All-Area, All-State HM (DB) 2015 … SA QB Club Player of the Year 2015...Competed in the HEB San Antonio Area All-Star Game in January 2016
Personal: Son of David and Shana Wetzel … Has two siblings, Chase and Garren … father is Baylor’s Associate AD for Football Relations … father lettered at Baylor from 1990-91 … Earned degree in Kinesiology from Tarleton State in May 2019 … pursuing master’s from Baylor in sports pedagogy
