Michael Oher

Michael Oher
Oher with the Carolina Panthers in 2016
No. 74, 72, 73
Position:Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1986-05-28) May 28, 1986
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:315 lb (143 kg)
Career information
High school:Briarcrest (Eads, Tennessee)
College:Ole Miss (2005–2008)
NFL draft:2009: 1st round, 23rd pick
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:110
Games started:110
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Michael Jerome Oher (/ɔːr/; Williams Jr.; born May 28, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels, earning unanimous All-American honors as a senior in 2008. Oher was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft. He spent his first five seasons with the Ravens and was a member of the team that won Super Bowl XLVII. He later played one season for the Tennessee Titans and his final two for the Carolina Panthers.

Oher's 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 dramatized in the 2009 film adaptation.