The Ohio State Buckeyes were down out. They'd just lost to rival Michigan for the fourth consecutive year and, in turn, missed out on the Big Ten

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.

Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer's mother works at the Fairfield County Workforce Center and talks about the team's national championship run.

Defensive end Jack Sawyer shared his Ohio State football journey in an essay for The Players' Tribune. Here's what he wrote.

Sawyer's passion for the Buckeyes is unmatched, and his 83-yard fumble return touchdown to beat Texas will live forever in Ohio State lore.

Pickerington North graduate Jack Sawyer and Central product Sonny Styles are playing integral roles in Ohio State's College Football Playoff run.

Just a year after the Longhorns' bid to play Michigan in the national title ... Wisner preceded disaster as Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer stripped and recovered the Quinn Ewers fumble ...

Jack Sawyer opens up about his lingering pain from Ohio State’s loss to Michigan, revealing the emotional impact it’s had on him and Coach Ryan Day.

There are plenty of players in Monday's national championship game who could help fit a need for the Patriots. Read more on Boston.com.

Out of its lowest moment of the season came clarity for the Ohio State Buckeyes.  Raw emotions. Honesty. Hard conversations that were long overdue.  It all came spilling out in a players-only meeting on the Tuesday after Ohio State's devastating loss to Michigan in the final weekend of the regular season.

Three days after their Michigan loss, the Buckeyes bore their souls to each other and hashed out exactly what went wrong. Now, they're on the doorstep of a title, and it may have been because of that meeting.