To put it simply, Isaiah Bowser was Sidney (Ohio)'s Justin Jackson.

It's difficult to have a much better senior season than Bowser, one of two Northwestern running back signees in the Class of 2018. He rushed for 2,686 yards and 29 touchdowns in helping Sidney reach the state playoffs for just the second time in school history and the first time since 1989.

As a result, Bowser claimed the 2017 James A. Rhodes Award presented by the Touchdown Club of Columbus as the Ohio High School Football Player of the Year.

For his career, Bowser posted Jackson-like numbers of nearly 5,500 rushing yards and 74 total TDs.

Get to know the signee who goes by the nickname "Zay" and will enroll early at Northwestern in January.

What does signing day mean to you? It’s a feeling of accomplishment of what I’ve been dreaming of and working for my whole life. And a feeling of relief.

No. 1 reason you chose Northwestern: Coach Fitzgerald.

Three words that describe head coach Pat Fitzgerald: Enthusiastic, caring, role model

Potential major: Civil engineering

Favorite movie: The Blind Side

Favorite music artist: Quavo

Funniest guy in the class of 2018: Willy Boatman

Role model as a player: Adrian Peterson, Justin Jackson

One unique thing about you that very few people know: I got both my hands burnt when I was two years old. (For more on the incredible story of Bowser's hands, read Hands down, Sidney's Isaiah Bowser is something special by Tom Archdeacon of the Dayton Daily News.)