Jack Sawyer

Experience: 2 years

Height: 6-5

Age: 24

Weight: 260 lbs

College: Ohio State

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Year

Season

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Sundays	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
September	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST
vs AFC Teams	1	0	0	0
vs NFC Teams	1	3	1	2
Outside Own Division	2	3	1	2

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Atlanta Falcons	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New England Patriots	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Losses	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wins	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Gillette Stadium	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acrisure Stadium	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Biography

PRO CAREER

Has played in 17 regular-season games (one start) in his one-year NFL career (Pittsburgh 2025)
Has registered 20 tackles (11 solo), 1.0 sack, two interceptions, four passes defensed, six quarterback hits and three tackle for loss
Has recorded 14 tackles (five solo) on special teams
Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2025 (at N.Y. Jets)
Made NFL starting debut in Week 16 of 2025 (at Detroit)

PRO CAREER

Has played in 17 regular-season games (one start) in his one-year NFL career (Pittsburgh 2025)
Has registered 20 tackles (11 solo), 1.0 sack, two interceptions, four passes defensed, six quarterback hits and three tackle for loss
Has recorded 14 tackles (five solo) on special teams
Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2025 (at N.Y. Jets)
Made NFL starting debut in Week 16 of 2025 (at Detroit)

2025 (STEELERS)

Played in 17 regular-season games (one start)
Registered 20 tackles (11 solo), 1.0 sack, two interceptions, four passes defensed, six quarterback hits and three tackle for loss
Recorded 14 tackles (five solo) on special teams
Registered interceptions in Week 9 vs. Indianapolis and Week 17 at Cleveland
Recorded five tackles (four solo), 1.0 sack, one quarterback hit and two tackles for loss in Week 2 vs. Seattle
Registered five tackles (three solo), two quarterback hits and one tackle for loss in Week 16 at Detroit
Made NFL debut in Week 1 (at N.Y. Jets)
Made NFL starting debut in Week 16 (at Detroit)

COLLEGE

Played four seasons as a linebacker at Ohio State (2021-24), where as a team captain and senior, helped lead Ohio State to the College Football Playoff national championship
Played in all 55 games and started 29 games consecutively in 2023 and 2024
In the four CFP games, he had 13 tackles, seven pass breakups, 4.5 sacks and two quarterback hurries, and he was named the Defensive MVP of the Cotton Bowl
Four-year career totals include 144 tackles, 28.5 tackles for loss, 23.0 sacks, six forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, 15 quarterback hurries and 11 pass breakups
His 23.0 sacks rank eighth in Ohio State history

PERSONAL

Earned Ogio State Scholar-Athlete in 2023 and an Academic All-Big Ten Conference honoree in both 2023 and 2024
Graduated in December 2024 with his degree in sport industry
Attended Pickerington North H.S. (Pickerington, Ohio), where he was the highest-rated prospect in Ohio State's 2021 recruiting class according to 247Sports
Five-star player who was the No. 1 overall player in Ohio, No. 4 player nationally and the nation's No. 3-ranked defensive end
Did not play his senior season at Pickerington North H.S.
As a junior, was the OCC-Ohio Division Defensive Player of the Year
Registered 37 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 13.5 sacks
An exceptional athlete, also played quarterback for Pickerington North and led them to the Division I, Region 3 playoffs
Completed 79 of 135 passes for 1,056 yards and nine TDs before an injury cut his season short
Also played basketball at Pickerington North where he made the varsity team as a freshman
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

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