Michael Oher

Michael Oher is a proven example on how you can change, and turn your life around. Michael was born and raised in the projects in Memphis, Tennessee. He was one of twelve children, with a mother who was addicted to crack and a father who was not there and was later murdered. Up until the age of 16, he attended 11 different schools during his first 9 years in school, lived in different foster homes, and went through times of being homeless.

The Tuohy family took Michael in during the year of 2004. Michael Finished his high school career while living with them. He got tutored so he could raise his grades to be involved in sports. He ended up raising his marks to passing his senior year so he could graduate. He got many scholarships for football but ended up going to the University of Mississippi.

In the 2009 NFL Draft, Michael Oher was taken in by the Baltimore Ravens. He was given his same number that he had at UM. He signed a 5 year, $13.8 million contract. Oher is a right tackle, but moved to left tackle during the 2009 season due to a injury of another player but is back to his right tackle spot.