- Name
- Jack Sawyer
- Nationality
United States- Position
- DE
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 240
- Hometown
- Pickerington, OH
- High School
- Pickerington North
- Past Teams
- Ohio State
- Seasons
- 2021, 2022, 2023
Defensive Stats
| Season | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Asst | TFL | TFL Yds | Sacks | Sack Yds | FF | FR | Int | Int Yds | PBU | Blk | Def TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ohio State | 12 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3.0 | 24 | 3.0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Ohio State | 13 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 6.5 | 24 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | - | 25 | 0 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 9.5 | 48 | 7.5 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Major: Finance (2021-23)
Weight: 265 (2023), 267 (2022), 240 (2021)
2023 Media Guide: Jack is a two-year Varsity O letterwinner who has played in all 26 games the past two years … he will be one of the key defensive ends for the Buckeyes in 2023 and among the best in the Big Ten Conference … played both defensive end and the program’s “jack” position in 2022, but will focus solely on end in 2023.
2022: Recorded 24 tackles in 2022, including the third-most tackles-for-loss with 6.5 for minus-24 yards, and earned honorable mention all-Big Ten Conference honors for the league’s coaches … also had 4.5 quarterback sacks (-20 yards) … had a career-best five tackles vs. Toledo, including 2.0 TFLs.
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.