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 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.

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

Ohio State football linebacker Jack Sawyer wanted his head coach, Ryan Day, to enjoy the moment of winning a national championship.

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.

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,