Michael Oher was born in 1986 in Memphis, Tennessee to an alcoholic and addicted mother. He had a difficult childhood but found stability living with Tony Henderson. He began playing football and attended Briarcrest Christian School. Oher later attended the University of Mississippi on a scholarship where he played offensive line. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in 2009 and had an successful NFL career, starting as both a right and left tackle.

1. Michael Oher
By: Galileo Anaya Rodrigo Castro

2. • He was born in May 28, 1986 in Memphis,
Tennessee he born as Michael Jerome Williams
Jr. as one of 12 children born to Denise Oher.
• His mother was an alcoholic and crack cocaine
addict, and his father, Michael Jerome Williams
was frequently in prison

3. His life through his final year of high school and
first year of college is one of the subjects of
Michael Lewis' 2006 book, The Blind Side:
Evolution of a Game, and was featured in the
Academy Award-winning 2009 film The Blind
Side.

4. • He played football during his freshman year at a
public high school in Memphis and applied for
admission to Briarcrest Christian School at the
instigation of acquaintance Tony Henderson, an
auto mechanic, with whom he was living
temporarily.

5. • Though he received scholarship offers from Tennessee, LSU,
Alabama, Auburn and South Carolina, Oher ultimately
decided to play for Coach Ed Orgeron at the University of
Mississippi, alma mater of his guardians, Leigh Anne and
Sean Tuohy.

6. • His decision to play for the Ole Miss Rebels
football team sparked an investigation by the
NCAA. The first issue was that Oher's grade-point
average (GPA) was still too low to meet the
requirements for a Division I scholarship at the
time of the offer from Ole Miss.

7. • That difficulty was corrected by graduation,
when Oher completed online classes through
Brigham Young University.

8. • 2005 First Team Freshman All-American
• 2005 First Team All-Quad Freshman Chrome
[AQFC] Tackle Letius
• 2005 First Team SEC All-Freshman
• 2006 Second Team All-SEC
• 2007 First Team All-SEC
• 2008 First Team All-American
• 2008 First Team All-SEC

9. • 2008 Shug Jordan Award as the Southeast
Offensive Lineman of the Year
• 2008 Colonel Earl “Red” Blaik Leadership-
Scholarship Award
• 2008 Outland Trophy finalist
• 2008 Conerly Trophy finalist
• 2008 Lombardi Award semifinalist
• 2008 SEC Jacobs Blocking Trophy

10. • On April 26, 2009, he was assigned the No. 74
jersey, which was his jersey number at Ole Miss.
On July 30, 2009, he signed a five-year,
$13.8 million contract with the Baltimore
Ravens.

11. • . He started the 2009 season as right tackle, but
was moved to left tackle after an injury to
lineman Jared Gaither. In week eight, he
returned to right tackle