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Ohio State Buckeyes – No. 33 | |
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Position | Defensive end |
Class | Junior |
Major | Finance |
Personal information | |
Born: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | May 6, 2002
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
Career history | |
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Bowl games | |
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Pickerington North ( Pickerington, Ohio) |
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Jack Sawyer (born May 6, 2002) is an American college football defensive end for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Sawyer grew up in Pickerington, Ohio Where he Attended St. Pius K-8 Catholic school. Attended Pickerington High School North, where he played basketball and football. He was rated a five-star recruit and the best collegiate prospect in the 2021 class by ESPN. After making the school's varsity football team as a backup tight end, he was moved to defensive end and finished the season with 58 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks. [1] Sawyer committed to play college football at Ohio State shortly after his sophomore season, when he recorded 62 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, and six sacks. [2] He choose the Buckeyes over offers from Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State, and Oklahoma. [3] [4]
Due to injuries, Sawyer took over as the Panthers' starting quarterback during his junior season. [5] He completed 79 of 135 passes for 1,056 yards and nine touchdowns while rushing for 386 yards and six touchdowns and was named the Ohio Capital Conference-Ohio Division Defensive Player of the Year after recording 13.5 sacks and 19 tackles for loss before suffering a torn MCL in the state playoffs. [6] Sawyer opted not to play in his senior football season due to uncertainties surrounding Covid-19. [7]
Sawyer enrolled at Ohio State a semester early. [8] He won the Rose Bowl in 2022 with the team, but was ejected during the game for targeting Utah quarterback Cameron Rising. [9] [10]
![]() Sawyer in 2023 | |
Ohio State Buckeyes – No. 33 | |
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Position | Defensive end |
Class | Junior |
Major | Finance |
Personal information | |
Born: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | May 6, 2002
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
|
Bowl games | |
High school |
Pickerington North ( Pickerington, Ohio) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Jack Sawyer (born May 6, 2002) is an American college football defensive end for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Sawyer grew up in Pickerington, Ohio Where he Attended St. Pius K-8 Catholic school. Attended Pickerington High School North, where he played basketball and football. He was rated a five-star recruit and the best collegiate prospect in the 2021 class by ESPN. After making the school's varsity football team as a backup tight end, he was moved to defensive end and finished the season with 58 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks. [1] Sawyer committed to play college football at Ohio State shortly after his sophomore season, when he recorded 62 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, and six sacks. [2] He choose the Buckeyes over offers from Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State, and Oklahoma. [3] [4]
Due to injuries, Sawyer took over as the Panthers' starting quarterback during his junior season. [5] He completed 79 of 135 passes for 1,056 yards and nine touchdowns while rushing for 386 yards and six touchdowns and was named the Ohio Capital Conference-Ohio Division Defensive Player of the Year after recording 13.5 sacks and 19 tackles for loss before suffering a torn MCL in the state playoffs. [6] Sawyer opted not to play in his senior football season due to uncertainties surrounding Covid-19. [7]
Sawyer enrolled at Ohio State a semester early. [8] He won the Rose Bowl in 2022 with the team, but was ejected during the game for targeting Utah quarterback Cameron Rising. [9] [10]