Ohio State Buckeyes star Jack Sawyer is soaking in his team's national title victory, but looking ahead to the next level, he says continuing to lean on his faith will go a long way.

Ohio State is off to the College Football Playoff National Championship game to face Notre Dame. But it wasn’t easy. Clinging to a seven-point lead, the defense was asked again to make yet another stop. Texas drove down the field fairly quickly and then two pass interference calls put the Longhorns on the one-yard line with a first and goal.

Jack Sawyer and Will Howard were still basking in the glory of being national champions as they spent time with Ohio State fans at a Raising Cane’s in Columbus on Wednesday.

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Who is Jack Sawyer? The Ohio State football senior defensive end became a legend in the Buckeyes' Cotton Bowl win over Texas.

Jack Sawyer was essential to Ohio State Buckeyes reaching the top of the college football world once again, and the star defender is receiving his flowers as the dust settles on the 2024 campaign. He was one of the first players to lift the trophy after the College Football Playoff National Championship Game,

Sawyer undoubtedly had the biggest play of the game when he sealed Ohio State's 28-14 victory over the Texas Longhorns. After stripping the ball away from Texas QB Quinn Ewers during a 4th-and-goal situation with less than three minutes remaining, the star defensive end proceeded to complete the play with an 83-yard fumble return.

Ohio State's last win over Michigan was in 2019 when Sawyer was in high school. However, this season's loss to the rival may have hurt the most for the senior defender, as it was on the Buckeyes' senior day. Plus, the game ended in a brawl between both teams after a Michigan flag was planted in the middle of Ohio State's field.

Ohio State's run to its first national championship in a decade enabled the Buckeyes to dominate the Associated Press' all-College Football Playoff team.

Despite the wintry weather, a crowd of Buckeye fans visited a near-campus Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers — located at 1211 Olentangy River Road — to interact with members of the Ohio State football team.

Buckeye quarterback Will Howard and defensive end Jack Sawyer work celebratory shift at chicken finger restaurant