I never wrestled but I did BJJ for about a year and dabbed in MMA. I played football, hockey, and lacrosse in high school and Rugby in college (now I play Tennis and Mountain Bike) and football was by far the roughest. However, MMA and football were very comparable in how I felt afterwards and the next day. I never broke anything in football, but tore my MCL in lacrosse. In 6 months of MMA I broke 2 fingers. My ulnar bone, reinjured my MCL, and lasting contusions... seriously.. they are just calcified now and are little hard spots all over my body.
My best friend wrestled in high school. He said "people would quit the wrestling team and join the track team" When asked why they responded "in wrestling there is too much running."
Sparring with those wrestlers was a whole nother world compared to the BJJ guys. It was freakin sparring and I never left the Gym without blood flowing out of some oriface of my body...
Props to wrestlers, I give them the edge over football players for toughness!