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Home For The Summer - Aaron Pettrey


Senior placekicker Aaron Pettrey talks a little bit about his hometown of Raceland, Ky.

Q. How many people live there?
A. About 2,500

Q. How long has your family lived there?
A. Since I was 6

Q. Famous people from there?
A. Billy Ray Cyrus is from that county

Q. What visitors need to see/do:
A. We have the third-largest Wal-Mart in the world

Q. Most prominent industry/line of work?
A. Railroads

Q. What you miss most about your hometown?
A. It's small and you know everybody
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The top 20 Ohio State football players for 2009: No. 17, Aaron Pettrey
by Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
Wednesday August 05, 2009

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No. 17: Senior kicker Aaron Pettrey

With the graduation of Ryan Pretorius, Pettrey will handle all the kicking duties this season, kickoffs and field goals.

A year ago, his leg strength tied the Buckeyes for 17th in the nation in touchbacks on kickoffs. Good leg. Big deal to Jim Tressel.

And as the long-distance field goal kicker, Pettrey was 7 of 8 on field goals, and he only attempted one under 40 yards. He was 4 of 4 from 40 to 49 yards and 2 of 3 on tries 50 yards or longer.

So he made 88 percent of his kicks and he didn't get any easy ones. Pretorius was 8 of 8 from 29 yards and in. Give those to Pettrey, and he might be one of the most accurate kickers in the country this season.

Now, the reason he didn't have those chances before is because he's had some trouble in the past with his accuracy on shorter kicks. I think he had that licked for most of last season, but Pretorius had already won the job. But Tressel started giving Pettrey the long ones because he liked what he saw.

Ohio State hasn't needed a game-winning field goal try since Mike Nugent's 55-yarder beat Marshall in 2004. If given that situation this season, I think Pettrey is as likely to make that pressure 55-yarder as any kicker in America.
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The top 20 Ohio State football players for 2009: No. 17, Aaron Pettrey - cleveland.com
 
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Pettrey Named to Lou Groza Award Watch List


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Senior kicker http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1059293Aaron Pettrey has been named to the 2009 Lou Groza Award Watch list by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The list includes 30 of the nation's top place kickers.

A walk on in 2005, Pettrey is a fifth-year senior from Raceland, Ky., who is 15-of-19 on field goals in his career. Last season he split the kicking duties with http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1059342Ryan Pretorius, handling most of the long-range attempts. He made good on 7-of-8 field goals, including 6-of-7 from 40 yards out, which included a career-long 54-yarder against Youngstown State -- the fourth-longest in Ohio Stadium history. He also handled all kickoff duties, averaging 62.9 yards per kickoff with 13 touchbacks.

More than 300 media representatives, coaches, past recipients, conference and university officials make up the voting panel which selects the recipient of the Lou Groza Collegiate Place Kicking Award. The Award will be presented on Dec. 10, 2009, as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards program. The three finalists will be honored at the 18th annual Lou Groza Award Banquet to be held at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday Dec. 8.

For more information on the Lou Groza Award and the Palm Beach County Sports Commission visit www.lougrozaaward.com.
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I posted this on Bucknuts and I wanted to do it here - I would like to see the Stadium crew play [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j7huh5Egew"]the White Stripes - Seven Nation Army[/ame] during his kick offs.
 
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