After the game, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day was being interviewed on the field by ESPN’s Holly Rowe, basking in the win. Day was a few answers into the interview when longtime Buckeyes defender Jack Sawyer,

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.

Watch: Ohio State linebacker Jack Sawyer destroys a camera after hugging Ryan Day following his fumble returned for a touchdown.

In the semifinals of the College Football Playoff, Jack Sawyer stepped up for Ohio State on arguably the team's biggest play of the season. With Texas looking to tie the Cotton Bowl in the fourth quarter,

Emotions were at an all-time high as Will Howard commented on the Ohio State Buckeyes' national championship, in a sincere message to head coach Ryan Day, Jack Sawyer and the rest of his teammates.

The lasting image from the Cotton Bowl between Ohio State and Texas came late in the fourth quarter on a fourth-and-goal play with the Longhorns attempting to