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PIT Pittsburgh Steelers · LB· #33

Jack Sawyer

Age
24
Height
6'4"
Weight
260 lbs
College
Ohio State
Drafted
2025, No. 123 overall (PIT)
Experience
2nd NFL season

Steelers 3-2Offense 22ndDefense 18th

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48

Overall

106th of 141 edge rushers

Early read

Most of his numbers are still mostly luck; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

01 / 11

The read

Jack grades about average among edge rushers: 106th of 141 on the average of 1 settled advanced stat over 5 games. The box score reads 8 tackles, 2 solo tackles and 6 assisted tackles.

  • His highest-ranked settled number is only below the middle: pressures per 100 snaps is 1.2 on 86 snaps, 96th of 141 among edge rushers (the typical edge rusher is 2.4). Nothing he does stands out from the edge rushers yet.
  • What holds him back: pressures per 100 snaps is 1.2 on 86 snaps, 96th of 141 among edge rushers (the typical edge rusher is 2.4).
  • Game to game on pressures per 100 snaps: best 5.3 in Week 2 against NE, worst 0.0 in Week 5. He beat the typical edge rusher's pressures per 100 snaps in 1 of 5 games.
  • Season rank slipped: 42nd to 33rd percentile since Wk 3.
  • Role is shrinking: When he plays he is on the field for about 2 of every 10 plays lately, down from about 4 of every 10 plays before.
  • Too early to call: tackles for loss per 100 snaps. After 5 games the gaps between edge rushers on that stat are still mostly chance, so we show it without ranking.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 5 games are behind the season figures.

02 / 11

His team

A player is part of a unit. Here is how the Pittsburgh Steelers do at his job, and who he shares the room with.

Jack is the Steelers' 3rd-best edge rusher by grade (of 4), and the Steelers' pass rush ranks 21st of 32.

Steelers unit

Pass rush: 21st of 32

  • Sacks per dropback6.4% 14th
  • Pressure per dropback16% 29th
  • Quarterback hits per dropback14.5% 19th

Ranked among all 32 teams. See every team.

Pittsburgh Steelers edge rushers

His room, by grade

  1. 1T.J. Watt LB53
  2. 2Alex Highsmith LB52
  3. 3Jack Sawyer LB48
  4. 4Nick Herbig LB47

Overall grade, 20 to 80, against all edge rushers in the league. A teammate with too few plays to grade is listed without one.

03 / 11

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the edge rushers in the league.
  • Pressures per 100 snaps1.296th of 141
  • Sacks per 100 snaps0.0mostly luck so far
  • Tackles for loss per 100 snaps0.0mostly luck so far

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying edge rushers. Faded bars are still small samples. Outlined bars are stats where, this early, the gaps between players are mostly luck, so they are not ranked yet.

04 / 11

In the league

Every edge rusher in the league as a dot: pick any two stats and see where he sits, who is around him, and who is ahead.

Who is around him on the leaderboards

His best numbers, with the edge rushers just ahead of and behind him. A number is easier to judge beside the names.

Pressures per 100 snaps

The edge rushers just above and below him

  1. 94thDanny Striggow Jaguars1.3
  2. 95thNolan Smith Eagles1.6
  3. 96thJack Sawyer Steelers1.2
  4. 97thAnthony Nelson Buccaneers1.1
  5. 98thMichael Hoecht Bills1.1

The leader is further up the board.

Tackles for loss per 100 snaps

The edge rushers just above and below him

  1. 92ndYasir Abdullah Falcons0.0
  2. 93rdTyrion Ingram-Dawkins Vikings0.6
  3. 94thJack Sawyer Steelers0.0
  4. 95thMichael Hoecht Bills0.0
  5. 96thAbdul Carter Giants0.7

The leader is further up the board.

Build and age against the position

Size and age are not good or bad. They show what kind of edge rusher he is and how he compares physically with the edge rushers in the league.

Height

6'4"

Jack Sawyer is taller than 56% of edge rushers.

Weight

260 lbs

Jack Sawyer is lighter than 51% of edge rushers.

Age

24

Jack Sawyer is younger than 79% of edge rushers.

05 / 11

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among edge rushers after each week, and every game behind it.
WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 3: 40th percentileWeek 4: 34th percentileWeek 5: 32nd percentile32nd

Season rank slipped: 40th to 32nd percentile since Wk 3.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 99 (the best in the league) down to 1 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

Pressures per 100 snaps game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamesnapsSeason rank after
1vs ATL0.023Not yet
2vs NE5.319Not yet
3vs CIN0.0940th pct
4vs CLE0.01534th pct
5vs IND0.02032nd pct

“Not yet” means too little of the season was behind him to rank him fairly against edge rushers. A week-by-week rank needs most of the 80 snaps that grade a full season, so early weeks stay blank for players who see few plays, like kickers. It says nothing about how he played.

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 17 snaps can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

06 / 11

The numbers, in context

Each one against every edge rusher with at least 80 snaps. Right on the strip is better.

Pressures per 100 snaps

Below typical

1.2

96th of 141 edge rushers · bottom 33%

Sacks, hits and hurries as Pro Football Reference charts them, for every 100 snaps he plays. A pass rusher is doing his job on plays that never become a sack.

The box score: A sack total misses most of what a rusher does and depends on how many snaps he plays.

Does it show up in winning? Across 276 games league-wide, a good or bad game on pressures per 100 snaps from a edge rusher has not lined up much with his team winning (58% wins in the best third, 50% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 0.0 (24) vs 1.6 before.

Sample still growing · 86 snaps · true level likely 0.0 to 3.1

Sacks per 100 snaps

Mostly luck so far

0.0

Too early to rank. On 86 snaps, luck still decides who is on top of edge rushers.

Sacks for every 100 snaps he plays. Rare, so it swings fast; pressures are the steadier read.

The box score: A sack total ignores how many snaps he played.

Does it show up in winning? Across 276 games league-wide, a good or bad game on sacks per 100 snaps from a edge rusher has not lined up much with his team winning (48% wins in the best third, 54% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 0.0 (24) vs 0.0 before.No change worth reading.

Small sample: could move a lot · 86 snaps

Tackles for loss per 100 snaps

Mostly luck so far

0.0

Too early to rank. On 86 snaps, luck still decides who is on top of edge rushers.

Plays he ends behind the line of scrimmage, for every 100 snaps.

The box score: Tackles for loss are counted, but never against the snaps he played.

Does it show up in winning? Across 276 games league-wide, a good or bad game on tackles for loss per 100 snaps from a edge rusher has not lined up much with his team winning (59% wins in the best third, 51% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 0.0 (24) vs 0.0 before.No change worth reading.

Small sample: could move a lot · 86 snaps

07 / 11

Contract & cap

Jack Sawyer's deal is 4 years and $5.2M, $1.3M a year. $951K of it is guaranteed, 18% of the total.

Per year

$1.3M

average over the deal

Cap hit, 2026

$1.2M

0.4% of the $301.2M cap

Guaranteed

$951K

18% of the total, at signing

Runs through

–

4-year deal, final year not tracked

117th-highest paid of the 138 edge rushers we track

A'Shawn Robinson (TB): $10.0M a yearAbdul Carter (NYG): $11.3M a yearAidan Hutchinson (DET): $45.0M a yearAkheem Mesidor (LAC): $5.1M a yearAl-Quadin Muhammad (TB): $4.0M a yearAlex Highsmith (PIT): $17.0M a yearAndrew Van Ginkel (MIN): $23.0M a yearAnthony Nelson (TB): $5.0M a yearArden Key (IND): $8.0M a yearArnold Ebiketie (PHI): $4.3M a yearAshton Gillotte (KC): $1.7M a yearAustin Booker (CHI): $1.1M a yearBaron Browning (ARI): $7.5M a yearBarryn Sorrell (GB): $1.3M a yearBoye Mafe (CIN): $20.0M a yearBradley Chubb (BUF): $14.5M a yearBrenton Cox Jr. (GB): $1.7M a yearBrian Burns (NYG): $28.2M a yearBroderick Washington (BAL): $2.0M a yearByron Young (LAR): $1.4M a yearCaleb Banks (MIN): $5.3M a yearCalijah Kancey (TB): $3.6M a yearCameron Jordan (NO): $7.5M a yearCameron Thomas (ATL): $3.1M a yearCarl Granderson (NO): $13.0M a yearCashius Howell (CIN): $3.0M a yearCedric Gray (TEN): $1.2M a yearCedric Johnson (CIN): $1.0M a yearCharles Omenihu (WAS): $4.0M a yearChase Young (NO): $17.0M a yearChauncey Golston (NYG): $6.0M a yearChop Robinson (MIA): $3.7M a yearD'Marco Jackson (CHI): $3.8M a yearD.J. Wonnum (DET): $3.0M a yearDallas Turner (MIN): $3.9M a yearDani Dennis-Sutton (GB): $1.4M a yearDanielle Hunter (HOU): $40.1M a yearDanny Striggow (JAX): $995K a yearDante Stills (ARI): $993K a yearDavid Bailey (NYJ): $13.7M a yearDayo Odeyingbo (CHI): $16.0M a yearDeMarcus Lawrence (SEA): $10.8M a yearDennis Gardeck (JAX): $3.2M a yearDerek Barnett (CLE): $3.5M a yearDerick Hall (SEA): $14.0M a yearDerrick Barnes (DET): $8.0M a yearDerrick Brown (CAR): $24.0M a yearDondrea Tillman (DEN): $1.1M a yearDonovan Ezeiruaku (DAL): $2.5M a yearDorance Armstrong (WAS): $11.0M a yearDre Greenlaw (SF): $6.0M a yearDre'Mont Jones (NE): $12.2M a yearDrue Tranquill (KC): $3.5M a yearEd Oliver (BUF): $17.0M a yearElijah Ponder (NE): $993K a yearEyioma Uwazurike (DEN): $1.1M a yearFelix Anudike-Uzomah (KC): $3.0M a yearGabe Jacas (NE): $2.2M a yearGeorge Karlaftis (KC): $22.0M a yearGreg Rousseau (BUF): $20.0M a yearIsaiah McGuire (CLE): $1.1M a yearJacob Martin (TEN): $9.0M a yearJaden Dugger (SF): $1.2M a yearJadeveon Clowney (HOU): $5.5M a yearJaelan Phillips (CAR): $30.0M a yearJalen Redmond (MIN): $1.1M a yearJalyx Hunt (PHI): $1.4M a yearJames Lynch (CHI): $1.2M a yearJared Verse (CLE): $3.8M a yearJaylahn Tuimoloau (IND): $2.5M a yearJermaine Johnson II (TEN): $3.3M a yearJohn Franklin-Myers (TEN): $21.0M a yearJonah Elliss (DEN): $1.5M a yearJordan Burch (ARI): $1.6M a yearJordyn Brooks (MIA): $16.0M a yearJosaiah Stewart (LAR): $1.6M a yearJoseph Ossai (NYJ): $11.5M a yearJosh Hines-Allen (JAX): $28.2M a yearJosh Sweat (ARI): $19.1M a yearJoshua Uche (MIA): $1.4M a yearJustin Eboigbe (LAC): $1.2M a yearK'Lavon Chaisson (WAS): $11.0M a yearKayvon Thibodeaux (NYG): $7.8M a yearKeion White (SF): $1.9M a yearKeldric Faulk (TEN): $4.3M a yearKhalid Kareem (SF): $1.2M a yearKhalil Mack (LAC): $18.0M a yearKingsley Enagbare (NYJ): $9.0M a yearKwity Paye (LV): $16.0M a yearL.J. Collier (ARI): $2.0M a yearLaiatu Latu (IND): $4.3M a yearLandon Jackson (BUF): $1.7M a yearLogan Hall (HOU): $6.9M a yearLukas Van Ness (GB): $4.3M a yearMalachi Lawrence (DAL): $5.1M a yearMalcolm Koonce (LV): $11.0M a yearMalcolm Rodriguez (DET): $2.8M a yearMalik Herring (MIA): $1.2M a yearMaxx Crosby (LV): $35.5M a yearMichael Hoecht (BUF): $7.0M a yearMike Green (BAL): $1.9M a yearMontez Sweat (CHI): $24.5M a yearMyles Murphy (CIN): $3.1M a yearNick Herbig (PIT): $25.0M a yearNik Bonitto (DEN): $26.5M a yearNolan Smith (PHI): $3.0M a yearOdafe Oweh (WAS): $24.0M a yearOtito Ogbonnia (DAL): $2.8M a yearPatrick Jones II (CAR): $7.5M a yearPrincely Umanmielen (CAR): $1.6M a yearQue Robinson (DEN): $1.3M a yearQuincy Williams (CLE): $6.5M a yearR Mason Thomas (KC): $3.0M a yearRashan Gary (DAL): $16.0M a yearRomello Height (SF): $1.8M a yearRueben Bain Jr. (TB): $4.3M a yearSam Williams (CLE): $2.5M a yearSamson Ebukam (ATL): $2.8M a yearT.J. Edwards (CHI): $10.0M a yearT.J. Watt (PIT): $41.0M a yearTavius Robinson (BAL): $1.1M a yearTravon Walker (JAX): $27.5M a yearTrevis Gipson (CAR): $1.4M a yearTrevor Nowaske (DET): $1.4M a yearTrey Hendrickson (BAL): $28.0M a yearTuli Tuipulotu (LAC): $1.6M a yearTyler Lacy (DET): $1.1M a yearTyrion Ingram-Dawkins (MIN): $1.1M a yearUchenna Nwosu (SEA): $9.8M a yearWill Anderson Jr. (HOU): $50.0M a yearWill McDonald IV (NYJ): $4.1M a yearWillie Gay Jr. (MIA): $1.4M a yearYasir Abdullah (ATL): $1.1M a yearYaya Diaby (TB): $1.4M a yearZach Allen (DEN): $25.5M a yearZaven Collins (ARI): $7.0M a yearZion Young (BAL): $2.8M a yearJack Sawyer: $1.3M a yearSawyer $1.3M$0$50.0M
Each dot is one of the edge rushers on the teams we track, placed by what he is paid a year.

Pay against play

Early read

Among the 138 edge rushers we have a grade and a contract for, Jack Sawyer is 103rd on the field and 117th in pay. His grade is still an early read, so this says nothing yet about whether his pay is fair.

On the field (overall grade)103 of 138
In pay117 of 138

Ranks are among the 138 edge rushers on the teams we track who have both a grade and a contract. A rank near the right of a bar is better play or higher pay.

Contract figures as of 2026-10-12, read from public cap sites (StickToTheModel team cap pages and OverTheCap contracts list and player pages) into a file we keep by hand, for all 32 teams. A deal signed, cut or reworked since may differ, and cap hits are rounded to $0.1M.

08 / 11

Playing time

He has played in 4 of his team's 4 games with snap counts, on the field for about 28% of the team's defensive plays when he plays.

Role is shrinking. When he plays he is on the field for about 2 of every 10 plays lately, down from about 4 of every 10 plays before.

Each column is a game: the share of his team's defensive snaps he played. 80% means about 8 of every 10 plays. “Out” means he did not play; a question mark means snap counts are not posted yet. Shaded games are the recent stretch.

09 / 11

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level. A dash means that number is not in yet (charting posts a day or two after a game), not a zero.

Pressures per 100 snapsHigher is better

▲ Best game
5.3per 100 snapsWeek 2 NE, L 3–201 pressure in 19 snaps
▼ Worst game
0.0per 100 snapsWeek 5 IND, W 34–220 pressures in 20 snaps

Tackles for loss per 100 snapsHigher is better

▲ Best game
0.0per 100 snapsWeek 1 ATL, W 20–130 tackles for loss in 23 snaps
▼ Worst game
0.0per 100 snapsWeek 5 IND, W 34–220 tackles for loss in 20 snaps
Jack Sawyer game by game
GameResultSnapsTklSoloAstTFLSacksPressPBUIntMissedPressures/100TFL/100
Wk 1 vs ATLW 20–1338%3120000000.00.0
Wk 2 vs NEL 3–2035%0000010005.30.0
Wk 3 vs CINW 30–2716%0000000000.00.0
Wk 4 vs CLEL 24–2723%1010001000.00.0
Wk 5 vs INDW 34–22–4130––0––0.00.0

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The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among edge rushers. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.
Jack Sawyer box score totals
StatTotalRank
Tackles889th of 141
Solo tackles2116th of 141
Assisted tackles642nd of 141
Tackles for loss0105th of 141
Sacks087th of 141
Pressures1108th of 141
Passes defended122nd of 141
Interceptions010th of 141
Missed tackles074th of 141 (most)

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Players with a similar profile

The edge rushers whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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