Buckeye Bits: Another of Ohio State’s talented kickers ... has 50-yard range and is accurate ... at 29, is the oldest player on the Ohio State squad ... played high school soccer and rugby ... was on vacation in France and decided to visit the United States and explore the possibility of playing football on the collegiate level ... made a video of himself and sent it to numerous schools at the suggestion of former NFL player Gary Anderson, who also is from Durban and is a friend of the family ... was offered a spot as a preferred walk-on and enrolled in the fall of 2004.

2007 (Junior): Won the job as the Ohio State placekicker during preseason camp ... Lou Groza Award semifinalist ... 48-49 on PAT for the season ... 18-23 on field goals, with four blocked ... three field goals made at Purdue ... 50-yard field goal at Penn State was career long, one of three FG against the Lions ... special units player of week: Youngstown State, Penn State ... special teams dog tags: Youngstown State, Akron, Northwestern, Purdue, Kent State, Penn State ... Big Ten all-academic ... second-year letterman.

2006 (Sophomore): Attempted two field goal attempts, both of which came from more than 50 yards out ... connected on a 52-yarder vs. Cincinnati after missing a 51-yard attempt in the season-opener vs. Northern Illinois ... kicked off 19 times during the regular-season, none of which went out of bounds and three of which were touchbacks.

2005 (Freshman): Made his lone two appearances of the year against Indiana and Northwestern and had a kickoff in each game ... neither was returned.

2004 (Redshirt): Worked with the kickers, but did not get into any games.

High School: Played soccer and rugby and ran track (the 800) ... was the captain of the soccer and rugby teams ... received honors in both soccer and rugby ... has literally played rugby around the world.

Personal: Son of Denny and Terry Pretorius ... has a younger sister, Julie, who lives near London ... enjoys all sports (rugby, tennis, skiing or just anything with a ball).