Michael Oher
Michael Oher was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States on May 28th, 1986 and is the Football Player. At the age of 37, Michael Oher biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Michael Jerome Oher (né Williams Jr., 1986), an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League, is a student at the University of Georgia. (NFL)
In the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft, he played college football for the University of Mississippi and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens.
He has also played for the Tennessee Titans and Carolina Panthers. In the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft, Oher was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens and earned unanimous All-American honors at Mississippi.
Michael Lewis' 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, which was based on Michael Lewis' Academy Award-winning 2009 film The Blind Side, a Life through his final year of high school and first year of college.
Early life
Born Michael Jerome Williams, Jr., of Memphis, Tennessee, he was one of Denise Oher's 12 children. His mother suffered from alcoholism and crack cocaine use, and Michael Jerome Williams, his father, was frequently arrested. During his childhood, he was given little attention and discipline. During his first nine years as a student, he repeated first and second grades and attended eleven colleges. At the age of seven, he was put in foster care and moved between living in various foster homes and periods of homelessness. Oher's father was a former prisoner of Denise Oher's brother and was murdered in jail when Oher was a senior in high school.
During his freshman year at a public high school in Memphis, Oher played football. At the suggestion of Tony Henderson, an auto mechanic with whom he was living temporarily, he applied for admission to Briarcrest Christian School. Henderson was enrolling his son in the school to fulfill the boy's grandmother's dying wish, and assumed Oher would enroll as well. Hugh Freeze, the school's football coach, presented Oher's school application to the headmaster, who said he would admit him first if Oher could complete a home study course first. He did not finish the course, but was admitted after the headmaster discovered that his exemption had barred Oher from the public education system.
Oher, the Briarcrest offensive line coach, was named Division II (2A) Lineman of the Year in 2003 and First-team Tennessee All-State. Oher was rated as a five-star recruiter and the No. 1 on Scout.com. The country's best offensive lineman is a 5 year old quarterback. Oher had been living with many foster families before that season and his previous 20 months at Briarcrest. Oher was adopted by Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy, a couple with a daughter and son who attended Briarcrest in 2004, and he lived with them until they died. Since becoming familiar with his difficult childhood, the family began tending to his needs. They also recruited a tutor for him, who worked with him for 20 hours a week.
In addition, Oher received two letters in track and basketball. He averaged 22 points and ten rebounds in a game, earning All-State recognition for his efforts in guiding the basketball team to a 27–6 record and winning the district championship as a senior. As a senior, Oher was also a state runner-up in the discus.
Oher's low marks were the first hurdle in his acceptance to a college program. He finished his senior year with a 2.76 grade point average (GPA) so he could attend a Division I college by enrolling in those 10-day-long Internet-based courses at Brigham Young University. He was able to replace Ds and Fs earned in earlier school classes, such as English, with As earned by the internet. His graduating GPA was finally raised above the recommended minimum.
Oher played in the 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl at the conclusion of his senior season.
College career
Despite scholarship offers from Tennessee, LSU, Alabama, Auburn, and South Carolina, Oher ultimately decided to play for Ed Orgeron at the University of Mississippi, the alma mater of his guardians, Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began an investigation into his decision to play for the Ole Miss Rebels football team. The first issue was that Oher's grade-point average (GPA) was still too low to fulfill the requirements for a Division I scholarship at the time. Ole Miss was the proud recipient. When Oher completed online classes at Brigham Young University, the difficulty was resolved by graduation. The second issue was Tuohys' pre-existing friendship with the school and the fact that Ole Miss employed Freeze just twenty days after Oher signed his letter of intent. Freeze said that his position with Ole Miss was not one of quid pro quo for encouraging Oher to attend the school, but rather the result of his long-standing friendship with Ole Miss offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone. The NCAA did not dismiss its lawsuit based on allegations of collusion. However, the court found that Ole Miss had committed no NCAA misconduct in its recruitment of Oher. Freeze was found guilty of secondary offenses of contacting other Memphis-area recruits before joining the Ole Miss team.
During his first season with the Ole Miss Rebels, Oher played as a guard for ten games, becoming a first-team All-American. He was drafted to several preseason All-Conference and All-American teams after being moved to left tackle for the 2006 season. After his sophomore season and a first-team SEC offensive lineman after his junior season, Oher was selected as a second-team Southeastern Conference (SEC) offensive lineman. Oher was also a student at Ole Miss, and his test IQ increased 20 to 30 points between when he was tested in the public-school system growing up and when he was measured in college.
Oher revealed on January 14, 2008, that he would be entering the 2008 NFL Draft. However, two days later, he announced his withdrawal from the draft to Ole Miss for his senior season. Oher, a unanimous first-team All-American who made the honor roll for the second time during his sophomore year, and earned a degree in criminal justice in the spring of 2009.
Professional career
Oher had been regarded as one of the top draft picks for the 2009 NFL Draft as a rookie. In the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft, the Baltimore Ravens selected Oher with the 23rd pick. In exchange for their first- and fifth-round draft picks, the Ravens obtained the pick from the New England Patriots. The Tuohy family was on hand to witness his draft day pick.
Oher announced his five-year, $13.8 million contract with the Baltimore Ravens on July 30, 2009. He started the 2009 season as right tackle, but was moved to left tackle after suffering a fractured leg, but Jared Gaither was shifted to left tackle. In week eight, he returned to right tackle.
Oher appeared in every game in 2009, eleven on right tackle and five at left tackle, with five of them at left tackle. In his first post-season game, against the New England Patriots, he played right tackle and did not allow a single sack as the Ravens defeated 33–14.
With six votes, Oher came in second in the voting for the Associated Press' NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award.
Oher was recalled to the left tackle position prior to the 2010 NFL season. The Ravens revealed that Oher will be returning to the right side of the league in 2011. After the Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers 34–31 in Super Bowl XLVII on February 3, 2013, Oher captured his first Super Bowl ring.
Oher agreed to a four-year, $20 million deal with the Tennessee Titans on March 14, 2014. Oher played eleven games for the Titans, but he was forced to miss the previous two games due to a toe injury. Oher was rated as the 74th best tackle out of 78 for the 2014 season by Pro Football Focus. Oher was released by the Titans on February 5, 2015.
Oher agreed to a two-year, $7 million deal with the Carolina Panthers on March 6, 2015. Despite his struggles in Tennessee, Panthers owner Dave Gettleman said that Oher will be the Panthers' starting left tackle going into the season, and that "we do our homework on Michael, and we feel very strongly that he will be a guide for us." We'll start from there and he'll be inserted at left tackle. Oher cited Cam Newton as a determining factor in his decision to sign with Carolina, and Oher responded with one of his best seasons as a professional, shielding Newton's blind side. Oher played in 94% of the team's snaps, giving a career-low four sacks, tied for eighth-fewest in the league, and was suspended just three times for 25 yards.
Oher was a member of the Panthers team that competed in Super Bowl 50 on February 7, 2016. The Panthers lost by a score of 24–10.
Oher signed a three-year deal with the Panthers worth $21.6 million with $9.5 million as a pledge on June 17, 2016. Oher was on injured reserve on November 25, 2016, following a concussion, although she appeared in only three games during the 2016 season.
After a failed physical, Oher was released by the Panthers on July 20, 2017.