Michael Oher

Michael Oher
Oher with the Carolina Panthers in 2016
No. 74, 72, 73
PositionTackle
Personal information
Born (1986-05-28) May 28, 1986
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight315 lb (143 kg)
Career information
High schoolBriarcrest (Eads, Tennessee)
CollegeOle Miss (2005–2008)
NFL draft2009: 1st round, 23rd overall pick
Career history
Awards and highlights
Career NFL statistics
Games played110
Games started110
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Michael Jerome Oher (/ɔːr/; Williams Jr.; born May 28, 1986) is an American former professional football tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels, earning unanimous All-American honors and winning the Jacobs Blocking Trophy in 2008. Oher was selected in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens, where he spent his first five seasons 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's 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game and was dramatized in the 2009 film adaptation.