Major: Finance (2021-22)
Weight: 267 (2022), 240 (2021)

2021: Played in all 13 games as a true freshman in 2021 … contributed 13 total tackles, including 3.0 TFLS (all quarterback sacks) for losses of 24 yards … also had one pass break-up, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble … had a high of three tackles twice, and had quarterback sacks vs. Akron, Maryland and Nebraska.

2021 Media Guide: The first verbal commitment in the 2021 class, Sawyer made his pledge to the Buckeyes in February of 2019 … he signed in December of 2020 and was one of 14 early enrollees who
arrived on campus in January of 2021 … the highest-rated prospect in Ohio State’s 2021 recruiting class according to 247Sports … a five-star player who is the No. 1 overall player in Ohio, the No. 4 player
nationally and the nation’s No. 3-ranked defensive end.

High School: Did not play his senior season at Pickerington Central … as a junior, was the OCC-Ohio Division Defensive Player of the Year for head coach Nate Hillerich … had 37 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 13.5 quarterback sacks … an exceptional athlete, Sawyer also played quarterback for Pickerington North and led then to the Division I, Region 3 playoffs … completed 79 of 135 passes for 1,056 yards and nine touchdowns before an injury cut his season short … also played basketball at Pickerington North where he made the varsity team as a freshman.

High School: His father, Lyle, played football at Findlay College and his mother, Michelle, was a star basketball player at Pickerington … his grandfather played in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system.