Jack Sawyer in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive end, Ohio State, 2021–⁠24

Jack Sawyer

Number
No. 33
Height
6′5″
Weight
260 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Pickerington, OH
Born
2002

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Jack Sawyer played defensive end at Ohio State (2021–⁠24). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Sawyer in round 4, No. 123 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
59
Tackles, 2024 (Ohio State, 14–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 123
Round 4, 2025 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Career highs

3sacks, career highvs. Missouri, 2023

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2024

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2021Ohio State13933012
2022Ohio State23106.54.5012
2023Ohio State4824106.5023
2024Ohio State592599168
Career1436828.52311015

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Ohio State33DEFr.
2022Ohio State33DESo.
2023Ohio State33DEJr.
2024Ohio State33DESr.6′5″260

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2024 Ohio State 16 games, 59 tackles, 9 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.AkronW 52–⁠6200000
Sep 7vs.Western MichiganW 56–⁠0311100
Sep 21vs.MarshallW 49–⁠14440000
Sep 28atMichigan StateW 38–⁠7530000
Oct 5vs.IowaW 35–⁠7321.51.500
Oct 12atOregonL 31–⁠32200000
Oct 26vs.NebraskaW 21–⁠17320000
Nov 2atPenn StateW 20–⁠13410000
Nov 9vs.PurdueW 45–⁠0510.50.500
Nov 16vs.NorthwesternW 31–⁠7720000
Nov 23vs.IndianaW 38–⁠15421.51.500
Nov 30vs.MichiganL 10–⁠13420010
Dec 21 ✦vs.TennesseeW 42–⁠17511.51.502
Jan 1 ✦vs.OregonW 41–⁠21222203
Jan 10 ✦vs.TexasW 28–⁠14311101
Jan 20 ✦vs.Notre DameW 34–⁠23310000
2023 Ohio State 13 games, 48 tackles, 6.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2atIndianaW 23–⁠3410000
Sep 9vs.Youngstown StateW 35–⁠7320000
Sep 16vs.Western KentuckyW 63–⁠10310.5000
Sep 23atNotre DameW 17–⁠14110001
Oct 7vs.MarylandW 37–⁠17300000
Oct 14atPurdueW 41–⁠7321.51.500
Oct 21vs.Penn StateW 20–⁠12310000
Oct 28atWisconsinW 24–⁠10640000
Nov 4atRutgersW 35–⁠16410.5001
Nov 11vs.Michigan StateW 38–⁠3210000
Nov 18vs.MinnesotaW 37–⁠3633.5100
Nov 25atMichiganL 24–⁠30631100
Dec 29 ✦vs.MissouriL 3–⁠14443300
2022 Ohio State 10 games, 23 tackles, 4.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 10vs.Arkansas StateW 45–⁠12210.5000
Sep 17vs.ToledoW 77–⁠21522100
Sep 24vs.WisconsinW 52–⁠21111100
Oct 1vs.RutgersW 49–⁠10210.5000
Oct 8atMichigan StateW 49–⁠20100000
Oct 22vs.IowaW 54–⁠10310000
Oct 29atPenn StateW 44–⁠31100001
Nov 5atNorthwesternW 21–⁠7110000
Nov 12vs.IndianaW 56–⁠14311.51.500
Nov 19atMarylandW 43–⁠30421100
2021 Ohio State 7 games, 13 tackles, 3 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 25vs.AkronW 59–⁠7321100
Oct 2atRutgersW 52–⁠13210001
Oct 9vs.MarylandW 66–⁠17221100
Oct 23atIndianaW 54–⁠7330000
Nov 6atNebraskaW 26–⁠17111100
Nov 20vs.Michigan StateW 56–⁠7100000
Jan 1 ✦vs.UtahW 48–⁠45100000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2025Combine or pro day 2025
Height6′4¼″
Weight260 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size9¾″
Wingspan77⅛″
Bench press21 repsW

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 20 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2025Pittsburgh Steelers163312
2026 (so far)Pittsburgh Steelers41200
NFL career204512

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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