Jack Sawyer

EDGE·

Pittsburgh Steelers

Round 4, pick 123 in 2025

Updated November 10, 2026

67.8

Model Score

Down from 68.5 last year

Trade value ·a 7th

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Recruited

Class of 2021 · Defensive lineman · High school: Pickerington North, Pickerington, OH

Recruiting sites

★★★★★

No. 5 in the nation. Composite 0.9980, the recruiting sites' average

Offers

Partial list

None on record beyond his commitment

Committed to

Ohio State

Partial offer list. Offer lists for the 2021 class are partial everywhere we can read them: we hold 3 or more offers for 43 of 3,366 recruits, and we grade only those boards.

College: Ohio State 2021-24

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Our College Grade

85.0 MODEL

2022

64.8

2023

74.5

2024

77.3

Ranked #103 among EDGEBroke out at 22.0

How good he was in college at what his position is supposed to do, out of 100. Scored against everyone else at his position, adjusted for the level he played at. This is not his NFL grade.

College Production

Ohio State · Big Ten

Season	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Hur	PD	INT	Pos Rk
2021	13	3	3.0	2	1		196
2022	23	6	4.5	2	1		143
2023	48	10	6.5	3	2		59
2024	59	9	9.0	8	6	1	18

The seasons in our college data. It does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Scouting Report

Ohio State · 2025 draft class

Sawyer is an athletic edge defender with an impressive combination of power, technique, and motor. He possesses good first-step quickness and the ability to convert speed to power effectively. Sawyer demonstrates advanced hand usage for his age, with the technical refinement to defeat blocks with various moves. In run defense, he sets a strong edge and maintains gap integrity with good discipline. His competitive toughness shows in his relentless pursuit and physical finish as a tackler.