Ryan Pretorius
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| No. 85 – Ohio State Buckeyes | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Kicker | ||||||||||||||||
| Class | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 May 1979 Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Westville Boys High School | ||||||||||||||||
| College | Ohio State | ||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Pretorius (born 2 May 1979) is a South African former rugby union player and American football place kicker with the Ohio State Buckeyes.[1][2] He was raised in Durban, South Africa, and played rugby union professionally before attending Ohio State University to play American football.
Pretorius was born in Rhodesia and is the grandson of Joe Pretorius, a rugby player who played internationally for Rhodesia and was part of their 1949 10–8 victory over the All Blacks. Pretorius and his family fled to Durban, South Africa, in 1983 after a Zimbabwe Republic Police officer threatened him and his father with an AK-47.[3] He settled with his family in Durban and was educated at Westville Boys High School.[4]