Ryan Pretorius (born 2 May 1979) is a South African former rugby union player and American football place kicker with the Ohio State Buckeyes.
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.
[4] After finishing school, Pretorius moved to England and joined the academy of Bath Rugby.
[7] He also played in Ohio's 2008 BCS National Championship Game loss to LSU Tigers.
[16] In his 2008 season, he scored all but one of his point after touchdown attempts and was a part of Ohio State's 2009 Fiesta Bowl game, a loss to the Texas Longhorns.