In what could be the start of the back-to-back championship journey for Ohio State in the College Football Playoff , one Buckeyes player left the Heisman Trophy ceremony feeling largely ignored.

Quarterback Julian Sayin, who some considered neck-and-neck with Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza the majority of the year, finished fourth in the voting behind Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Smith, Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia, and the Hoosiers quarterback, who took home the top prize.

The Buckeyes conductor only received eight first-place votes compared to Mendoza's leading 643.

It was a weekend of being overlooked for Sayin and the Buckeyes. During the press day for the Heisman finalists, Sayin sat alone with only one or two media members asking him questions, while his contemporaries from Indi

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