Sawyer is a true hometown star for Ohio State — he was born and raised in Columbus. On top of football, he also grew up playing basketball. Sawyer attended Pickerington High School North in Ohio, where he became one of the nation's top recruits.

By his own admission, Jack Sawyer didn’t need any kind of elaborate pitch from Ryan Day to get him to commit to Ohio State. If the scholarship offer was there, the Pickerington native was going to don the scarlet and gray.

In the College Football Playoff game against Texas, one of the greatest plays in Ohio State football history took place. When Jack Sawyer sacked Quinn Ewers forcing a fumble, then recovered it and rumbled 83 yards for a touchdown,

Sawyer stripped Texas star quarterback Quinn Ewers with a little over two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. With the Longhorns on fourth down, Sawyer came up with one of the biggest plays of the game, recovered the ball himself and went on to run 83 yards for the TD. There was no coming back for Texas after that.