There’s a different pride that comes with being an Ohio State player when you hail from the Columbus area.
One of the five largest American cities by population without an NFL football team, the Buckeyes suck up all the attention that an NFL franchise could otherwise have and then some. Some consider it the nation’s largest college town, really the only comparable huge city-college team relationship out there is that between Austin and Texas.
Jack Sawyer knows the Ohio State football craze in Columbus firsthand. Not only was he born and raised in it, playing his high school ball at Pickerington North, but he also participated in it heavily growing up.