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line-height: 1.2em;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: initial; font-size: 125%;">Michael Oher</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Oher_2016_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Michael_Oher_2016_%28cropped%29.JPG/220px-Michael_Oher_2016_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Michael_Oher_2016_%28cropped%29.JPG/330px-Michael_Oher_2016_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Michael_Oher_2016_%28cropped%29.JPG/440px-Michael_Oher_2016_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1340" data-file-height="1723" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Oher with the Carolina Panthers in 2016</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">No. 74, 72, 73</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">Offensive tackle</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1986-05-28</span>) </span>May 28, 1986<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 38)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">315 lb (143 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Briarcrest_Christian_School" title="Briarcrest Christian School">Briarcrest</a> <span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;">(<a href="/wiki/Eads,_Tennessee" title="Eads, Tennessee">Eads, Tennessee</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ole_Miss_Rebels_football" title="Ole Miss Rebels football">Ole Miss</a> (2005–2008)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2009_NFL_draft" title="2009 NFL draft">2009</a> / round: 1 / pick: 23</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> (<a href="/wiki/2009_NFL_season" title="2009 NFL season">2009</a>–<a href="/wiki/2013_NFL_season" title="2013 NFL season">2013</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Titans" title="Tennessee Titans">Tennessee Titans</a> (<a href="/wiki/2014_NFL_season" title="2014 NFL season">2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> (<a href="/wiki/2015_NFL_season" title="2015 NFL season">2015</a>–<a href="/wiki/2016_NFL_season" title="2016 NFL season">2016</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_champions" title="List of Super Bowl champions">Super Bowl champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVII" title="Super Bowl XLVII">XLVII</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PFWA_All-Rookie_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="PFWA All-Rookie Team">PFWA All-Rookie Team</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference_football_individual_awards#Jacobs_Blocking_Trophy" title="Southeastern Conference football individual awards">Jacobs Blocking Trophy</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unanimous_All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Unanimous All-American">Unanimous All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/2008_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="2008 College Football All-America Team">2008</a>)</li> <li>2× First-team <a href="/wiki/List_of_All-SEC_football_teams" title="List of All-SEC football teams">All-SEC</a> (<a href="/wiki/2007_All-SEC_football_team" title="2007 All-SEC football team">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_All-SEC_football_team" title="2008 All-SEC football team">2008</a>)</li> <li>Second-team All-SEC (<a href="/wiki/2006_All-SEC_football_team" title="2006 All-SEC football team">2006</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Games played:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">110</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Games started:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">110</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/O/OherMi20.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael Jerome Oher</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɔː/: 'au' in 'fraud'">ɔː</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">né</a></span> <b>Williams Jr.</b>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> born May 28, 1986) is an American former professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> player who was a <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">offensive tackle</a> for eight seasons in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). He played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Ole_Miss_Rebels_football" title="Ole Miss Rebels football">Ole Miss Rebels</a>, earning <a href="/wiki/Unanimous_All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Unanimous All-American">unanimous All-American</a> honors as a senior in 2008. Oher was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> in the first round of the <a href="/wiki/2009_NFL_draft" title="2009 NFL draft">2009 NFL draft</a>. He spent his first five seasons with the Ravens and was a member of the team that won <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVII" title="Super Bowl XLVII">Super Bowl XLVII</a>. He later played one season for the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Titans" title="Tennessee Titans">Tennessee Titans</a> and his final two for the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a>. </p><p>Oher's life through his final year of high school and first year of college is one of the subjects of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Lewis_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Lewis (author)">Michael Lewis</a>' 2006 book, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Side:_Evolution_of_a_Game" title="The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game">The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game</a></i>, and was dramatized in the <a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Side_(film)" title="The Blind Side (film)">2009 film adaptation</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> <p>Oher was born in <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>; he was one of 12 children of Denise Oher. His mother suffered from alcoholism and <a href="/wiki/Crack_cocaine" title="Crack cocaine">crack cocaine</a> addiction, and his father, Michael Jerome Williams, was frequently in prison. He received little attention or discipline during his childhood.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He repeated first and second grades, and attended eleven schools during his first nine years as a student.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was placed in foster care at age seven, and alternated between living in various foster homes and periods of homelessness.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-diamond_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diamond-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oher's father was murdered when Oher was a senior in high school.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oher played football during his freshman year at a public high school in Memphis. He applied for admission to <a href="/wiki/Briarcrest_Christian_School" title="Briarcrest Christian School">Briarcrest Christian School</a> at the suggestion of Tony Henderson, an auto mechanic with whom he was living temporarily. Henderson was enrolling his son at the school to fulfill the dying wish of the boy's grandmother and thought Oher might enroll as well.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school's football coach, <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Freeze" title="Hugh Freeze">Hugh Freeze</a>, submitted Oher's school application to the headmaster, who agreed to accept him if Oher could complete a home study program first. He did not finish the program, but was admitted when the headmaster realized that his requirement had removed Oher from the public education system.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coached by Freeze and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Long_(American_football)" title="Tim Long (American football)">Tim Long</a>, Briarcrest's <a href="/wiki/Offensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive line">offensive line</a> coach, Oher was named Division II (2A) Lineman of the Year in 2003, and First-team Tennessee All-State.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Scout.com" title="Scout.com">Scout.com</a> rated Oher a five-star recruit and the No. 5 offensive lineman prospect in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before that season and for his prior 20 months at Briarcrest, Oher had been living with several foster families. In 2004, <a href="/wiki/Leigh_Anne_Tuohy" title="Leigh Anne Tuohy">Leigh Anne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sean_Tuohy" title="Sean Tuohy">Sean Tuohy</a>, a couple with a daughter and son attending Briarcrest, invited Oher to live with them. When the family learned about his difficult childhood, they began to help him succeed academically and socially. They hired a tutor for him, who worked 20 hours per week with him.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oher would later allege in 2023 that they tricked him into signing a document making them <a href="/wiki/Conservatorship" title="Conservatorship">conservators</a> while telling him it was the same as adoption.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_suit_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn_suit-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oher earned two <a href="/wiki/Varsity_letter" title="Varsity letter">letters</a> each in track and basketball. He averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds per game, earning All-State honors by helping lead the basketball team to a 27–6 record and winning the district championship in Oher's senior year. Oher was also a state runner-up in the <a href="/wiki/Discus_throw" title="Discus throw">discus</a> as a senior.<sup id="cite_ref-Baltimore_Ravens_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baltimore_Ravens-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oher's initial low grades were a barrier to his acceptance to an NCAA program. He raised his 0.76 <a href="/wiki/Grade_point_average" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade point average">grade point average</a> (GPA) to a 2.52 GPA by the end of his senior year so he could attend a <a href="/wiki/Division_I_(NCAA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Division I (NCAA)">Division I</a> school, by enrolling in 10-day online courses from <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a>. Taking and passing the online courses allowed him to replace D's and F's earned in earlier school classes, such as English, with A's,<sup id="cite_ref-BYU_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BYU-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> raising his graduating GPA above the required minimum.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the conclusion of his senior season, Oher participated in the 2005 <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_All-American_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army All-American Bowl">U.S. Army All-American Bowl</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2></div> <p>Though he received scholarship offers from <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">LSU</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">Alabama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Carolina" title="University of South Carolina">South Carolina</a>, Oher ultimately decided to play for <a href="/wiki/Ed_Orgeron" title="Ed Orgeron">Ed Orgeron</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mississippi" title="University of Mississippi">University of Mississippi</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Alma_mater#General_term" title="Alma mater">alma mater</a> of his guardians, Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His decision to play for the <a href="/wiki/Ole_Miss_Rebels_football" title="Ole Miss Rebels football">Ole Miss Rebels football</a> team sparked an investigation by the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (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. That difficulty was corrected by graduation, when Oher completed online classes through <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second issue was the Tuohys' preexisting relationship with the school and the fact that Ole Miss hired Freeze twenty days after Oher signed his <a href="/wiki/National_Letter_of_Intent" title="National Letter of Intent">letter of intent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-espn_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Freeze asserted that his position with Ole Miss was not an example of <i><a href="/wiki/Quid_pro_quo" title="Quid pro quo">quid pro quo</a></i> for encouraging Oher to attend the school, but rather the result of his preexisting relationship with Ole Miss offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Noel_Mazzone" title="Noel Mazzone">Noel Mazzone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NCAA did not close its case on its suspicions of collusion. However, it ruled that Ole Miss had committed no NCAA violations in its recruitment of Oher. Freeze was found guilty of secondary violations for contacting other Memphis-area recruits before joining the Ole Miss staff.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-espn_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oher started in ten games as a <a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">guard</a> during his first season with the Ole Miss Rebels, becoming a first-team <a href="/wiki/Underclass_All-American" title="Underclass All-American">freshman All-American</a>. After shifting to the position of <a href="/wiki/Left_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Left tackle">left tackle</a> for the 2006 season, he was named to various preseason All-Conference and All-American teams.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named a second-team <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a> (SEC) offensive lineman after his sophomore season and a first-team SEC offensive lineman after his junior season. He was academically successful at Ole Miss, and his tested IQ score increased 20–30 points between when he was measured in the public-school systems and in college.<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 14, 2008, Oher declared that he would be entering the <a href="/wiki/2008_NFL_draft" title="2008 NFL draft">2008 NFL draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ap-draft_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap-draft-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, two days later, he announced his withdrawal from the draft to return to Ole Miss for his senior season.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the 2008 season, Oher was recognized as a <a href="/wiki/Unanimous_All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Unanimous All-American">unanimous All-American</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> made the honor roll for the second time (the first time being his sophomore year),<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and graduated with a degree in criminal justice in the spring of 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_awards_and_honors">College awards and honors</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>2005 First-team Freshman All-American</li> <li>2005 First-team All-Quad Freshman Chrome [AQFC] Tackle Letius</li> <li>2005 First-team <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> All-Freshman</li> <li>2006 Second-team All-SEC</li> <li>2007 First-team All-SEC</li> <li>2008 First-team All-American</li> <li>2008 First-team All-SEC</li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/Shug_Jordan" class="mw-redirect" title="Shug Jordan">Shug Jordan</a> Award as the Southeast Offensive Lineman of the Year</li> <li>2008 Colonel Earl "Red" Blaik Leadership-Scholarship Award</li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/Outland_Trophy" title="Outland Trophy">Outland Trophy</a> finalist</li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/Conerly_Trophy" title="Conerly Trophy">Conerly Trophy</a> finalist</li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/Lombardi_Award" title="Lombardi Award">Lombardi Award</a> semifinalist</li> <li>2008 SEC <a href="/wiki/Jacobs_Blocking_Trophy" title="Jacobs Blocking Trophy">Jacobs Blocking Trophy</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-draft">Pre-draft</h3></div> <p>Already in 2008, Oher was projected as one of the top prospects for the <a href="/wiki/2009_NFL_draft" title="2009 NFL draft">2009 NFL draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Pre-draft measurables </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Height</th> <th>Weight</th> <th>Arm length</th> <th>Hand span</th> <th><a href="/wiki/40-yard_dash" title="40-yard dash">40-yard dash</a></th> <th>10-yard split</th> <th>20-yard split</th> <th><a href="/wiki/20-yard_shuttle" class="mw-redirect" title="20-yard shuttle">20-yard shuttle</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Three-cone_drill" title="Three-cone drill">Three-cone drill</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Vertical_jump" title="Vertical jump">Vertical jump</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Standing_long_jump" title="Standing long jump">Broad jump</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/NFL_Scouting_Combine#Bench_press_records" title="NFL Scouting Combine">Bench press</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Wonderlic" class="mw-redirect" title="Wonderlic">Wonderlic</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>6 ft <span class="frac">4<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in<br />(1.94 m) </td> <td>309 lb<br />(140 kg) </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">33<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in<br />(0.85 m) </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in<br />(0.26 m)</td> <td><span class="nowrap">5.16 s</span></td> <td><span class="nowrap">1.75 s</span></td> <td><span class="nowrap">2.99 s</span></td> <td><span class="nowrap">4.60 s</span></td> <td><span class="nowrap">7.81 s</span></td> <td>31.0 in<br />(0.79 m)</td> <td>8 ft 7 in<br />(2.62 m)</td> <td><span class="nowrap">23 reps</span></td> <td><span class="nowrap">19</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="13">All values from <a href="/wiki/NFL_Combine" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Combine">NFL Combine</a>/<a href="/wiki/Pro_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro Day">Pro Day</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baltimore_Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Oher.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Michael_Oher.jpg/175px-Michael_Oher.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Michael_Oher.jpg/263px-Michael_Oher.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Michael_Oher.jpg/350px-Michael_Oher.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2164" data-file-height="3013" /></a><figcaption>Oher with the Baltimore Ravens in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> selected Oher with the 23rd pick in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ravens had acquired the pick from the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> in exchange for their first- and fifth-round draft picks. The Tuohy family was there to witness his draft day selection.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 30, 2009, Oher signed a five-year, $13.8 million contract with the Ravens.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started the 2009 season as right tackle, but was moved to left tackle after an injury to lineman <a href="/wiki/Jared_Gaither" title="Jared Gaither">Jared Gaither</a>. In week eight, he returned to right tackle. </p><p>Oher started every game in 2009, eleven at right tackle and five at left tackle. He played right tackle in his first post-season game, January 10, 2010, against the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a>, and did not allow a single <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">sack</a> as the Ravens won 33–14. </p><p>Oher was second in the voting for <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>' <a href="/wiki/NFL_Offensive_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award">NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award</a>, with six votes.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/2010_NFL_season" title="2010 NFL season">2010 NFL season</a>, Oher was moved to the left tackle position.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 2011 pre-season, the Ravens announced that Oher would be moving back to the right side.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On February 3, 2013, Oher won a <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_ring" title="Super Bowl ring">Super Bowl ring</a> as the Ravens' starting right tackle as the team defeated the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> 34–31 in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVII" title="Super Bowl XLVII">Super Bowl XLVII</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tennessee_Titans">Tennessee Titans</h3></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Oher_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Michael_Oher_2014.jpg/175px-Michael_Oher_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Michael_Oher_2014.jpg/263px-Michael_Oher_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Michael_Oher_2014.jpg/350px-Michael_Oher_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="383" data-file-height="399" /></a><figcaption>Oher with the Tennessee Titans, 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>On March 14, 2014, Oher signed a four-year, $20 million contract with the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Titans" title="Tennessee Titans">Tennessee Titans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oher started eleven games for the Titans, but he was placed on <a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">injured reserve</a> on December 13 after missing the previous two games due to a toe injury. <i><a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Focus" title="Pro Football Focus">Pro Football Focus</a></i> graded Oher as the 74th best tackle out of 78 for the 2014 season.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Titans released Oher on February 5, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Carolina_Panthers">Carolina Panthers</h3></div> <p>On March 6, 2015, Oher signed a two-year, $7 million contract with the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a>. <a href="/wiki/Dave_Gettleman" title="Dave Gettleman">Dave Gettleman</a>, the Panthers GM, said that Oher would be the Panthers' starting left tackle going into the season despite his struggles in Tennessee, saying, "We did our homework on Michael, and we feel very strongly that he can be an answer for us. He'll be inserted at left tackle, and we'll go from there."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oher cited <a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Cam Newton</a> as an influential factor in his decision to sign with Carolina. Oher responded with one of his best seasons as a professional, protecting Newton's blind side. He played in 98.4% of the team's snaps, allowed a career-low four sacks—tied for eighth-fewest in the league—and was penalized only three times for 25 yards.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oher played in his second Super Bowl that season, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_50" title="Super Bowl 50">Super Bowl 50</a>, as the starting left tackle. In the game, the Panthers lost to the <a href="/wiki/2015_Denver_Broncos_season" title="2015 Denver Broncos season">Denver Broncos</a> 24–10.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oher signed a three-year contract extension with the Panthers on June 17, 2016, worth $21.6 million with $9.5 million guaranteed.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was placed on injured reserve on November 25, 2016, with a concussion—having played in only three games during the 2016 season.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 20, 2017, Oher was released by the Panthers after a failed physical.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2></div> <p>Oher is one of the subjects of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Lewis_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Lewis (author)">Michael Lewis</a>'s 2006 book, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Side:_Evolution_of_a_Game" title="The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game">The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game</a></i>. Before the book was published, excerpts appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Magazine" title="The New York Times Magazine">The New York Times Magazine</a></i> as "The Ballad of Big Mike".<sup id="cite_ref-ballad_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His portion of the book was adapted for <a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Side_(film)" title="The Blind Side (film)">film</a> and was directed by <a href="/wiki/John_Lee_Hancock" title="John Lee Hancock">John Lee Hancock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Side_(film)" title="The Blind Side (film)">The Blind Side</a></i> movie was released in the United States on November 20, 2009. The movie stars <a href="/wiki/Quinton_Aaron" title="Quinton Aaron">Quinton Aaron</a> as Michael Oher, alongside <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Bullock" title="Sandra Bullock">Sandra Bullock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a>. It was nominated for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Actress">Best Actress</a> for Bullock, and Bullock won the Oscar for her portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy. </p><p>Oher wrote his autobiography, <i>I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness to The Blind Side and Beyond</i>, in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <p>Oher began dating Tiffany Roy after first meeting her at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mississippi" title="University of Mississippi">University of Mississippi</a>. They went on to have four children together, two sons and two daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They became engaged on July 21, 2021, and married on November 5, 2022, in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of their marriage, they had been together for 17 years.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_claims_against_Tuohy_family">Legal claims against Tuohy family</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Side_(film)#Legal_claim_against_Tuohy_family" title="The Blind Side (film)">The Blind Side (film) § Legal claim against Tuohy family</a></div> <p>In August 2023, Oher filed a lawsuit alleging that Leigh Ann and Sean Tuohy never actually adopted him, but instead created a <a href="/wiki/Conservatorship" title="Conservatorship">conservatorship</a> that granted them legal authority to make business deals in his name. He alleged that the Tuohys used their power as conservators to strike a deal that paid them and their two children millions of dollars in royalties from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Side_(film)" title="The Blind Side (film)">The Blind Side</a></i> movie while Oher got nothing.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_suit_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn_suit-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The producers of the movie, <a href="/wiki/Broderick_Johnson" title="Broderick Johnson">Broderick Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Kosove" title="Andrew Kosove">Andrew Kosove</a>, and the author of the book, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Lewis" title="Michael Lewis">Michael Lewis</a>, denied the Tuohys were paid "millions", claiming the family was paid about $700,000 after taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oher's legal action asked the court to end the Tuohys' conservatorship and issue an <a href="/wiki/Injunction" title="Injunction">injunction</a> barring them from using his name and likeness. It also asked for a full accounting of the money the Tuohys earned using Oher's name, to be paid his share of profits, and other <a href="/wiki/Compensatory_damages" class="mw-redirect" title="Compensatory damages">compensatory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Punitive_damages" title="Punitive damages">punitive damages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_suit_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn_suit-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tuohy family later claimed in legal documents Oher tried to extort $15 million from them or else he would take his accusations to the press and social media.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A judge ended the conservatorship and declined to dismiss the case in September 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tuohys also later told the court they would remove all references to Oher being adopted from their website and public speaking materials.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLewis2009" class="citation book cs1">Lewis, Michael (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RIPdMkiKipMC&q=oher+michael+jerome+williams&pg=PA295"><i>The Blind Side</i></a> (Movie Tie-in ed.). 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colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michael Oher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Kruger_(American_football)" title="Paul Kruger (American football)">Paul Kruger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lardarius_Webb" title="Lardarius Webb">Lardarius Webb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Phillips_(linebacker)" title="Jason Phillips (linebacker)">Jason Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davon_Drew" title="Davon Drew">Davon Drew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedric_Peerman" title="Cedric Peerman">Cedric Peerman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Baltimore_Ravens_Super_Bowl_XLVII_champions3032" style="padding:3px"><table 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Most Valuable Player Award"><b>MVP</b></a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 <a href="/wiki/Justin_Tucker" title="Justin Tucker">Justin Tucker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Dixon" title="Dennis Dixon">Dennis Dixon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Streeter" title="Tommy Streeter">Tommy Streeter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 <a href="/wiki/Jacoby_Jones" title="Jacoby Jones">Jacoby Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 <a href="/wiki/LaQuan_Williams" title="LaQuan Williams">LaQuan Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 <a href="/wiki/David_Reed_(American_football)" title="David Reed (American football)">David Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 <a href="/wiki/Tandon_Doss" title="Tandon Doss">Tandon Doss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 <a href="/wiki/Ed_Reed" title="Ed Reed">Ed Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 <a href="/wiki/Lardarius_Webb" title="Lardarius Webb">Lardarius Webb</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Smith_(cornerback)" title="Jimmy Smith (cornerback)">Jimmy Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 <a href="/wiki/Chykie_Brown" title="Chykie Brown">Chykie Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 <a href="/wiki/Corey_Graham" title="Corey Graham">Corey Graham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 <a href="/wiki/Asa_Jackson" title="Asa Jackson">Asa Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 <a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Cook" title="Emanuel Cook">Emanuel Cook</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 <a href="/wiki/Ray_Rice" title="Ray Rice">Ray Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 <a href="/wiki/Damien_Berry" title="Damien Berry">Damien Berry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 <a href="/wiki/Cary_Williams" title="Cary Williams">Cary Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Pierce" title="Bernard Pierce">Bernard Pierce</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Pollard" title="Bernard Pollard">Bernard Pollard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">32 <a href="/wiki/James_Ihedigbo" title="James Ihedigbo">James Ihedigbo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">33 <a href="/wiki/Christian_Thompson_(American_football)" title="Christian Thompson (American football)">Christian Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">34 <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rainey" title="Bobby Rainey">Bobby Rainey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">35 <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Allen_(running_back)" title="Anthony Allen (running back)">Anthony Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">37 <a href="/wiki/Sean_Considine" title="Sean Considine">Sean Considine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">38 <a href="/wiki/Omar_Brown_(defensive_back,_born_1988)" title="Omar Brown (defensive back, born 1988)">Omar Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">39 <a href="/wiki/Chris_Johnson_(cornerback)" title="Chris Johnson (cornerback)">Chris Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">41 <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Levine" title="Anthony Levine">Anthony Levine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">42 <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Carr_(American_football)" title="Nigel Carr (American football)">Nigel Carr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">44 <a href="/wiki/Vonta_Leach" title="Vonta Leach">Vonta Leach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">45 <a href="/wiki/Lonyae_Miller" title="Lonyae Miller">Lonyae Miller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">46 <a href="/wiki/Morgan_Cox" title="Morgan Cox">Morgan Cox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">47 <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Brown" title="Ricky Brown">Ricky Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">48 <a href="/wiki/Alex_Silvestro" title="Alex Silvestro">Alex Silvestro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">49 <a href="/wiki/D._J._Bryant" title="D. J. Bryant">D. J. Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">50 <a href="/wiki/Albert_McClellan" title="Albert McClellan">Albert McClellan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">51 <a href="/wiki/Brendon_Ayanbadejo" title="Brendon Ayanbadejo">Brendon Ayanbadejo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">52 <a href="/wiki/Ray_Lewis" title="Ray Lewis">Ray Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">53 <a href="/wiki/Jameel_McClain" title="Jameel McClain">Jameel McClain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">54 <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Hamilton" title="Adrian Hamilton">Adrian Hamilton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">55 <a href="/wiki/Terrell_Suggs" title="Terrell Suggs">Terrell Suggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">56 <a href="/wiki/Josh_Bynes" title="Josh Bynes">Josh Bynes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">58 <a href="/wiki/Mike_McAdoo" title="Mike McAdoo">Mike McAdoo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">59 <a href="/wiki/Dannell_Ellerbe" title="Dannell Ellerbe">Dannell Ellerbe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">60 <a href="/wiki/Antoine_McClain" title="Antoine McClain">Antoine McClain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">62 <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Stephens_(offensive_lineman)" title="Reggie Stephens (offensive lineman)">Reggie Stephens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">62 <a href="/wiki/Terrence_Cody" title="Terrence Cody">Terrence Cody</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">63 <a href="/wiki/Bobbie_Williams" title="Bobbie Williams">Bobbie Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">66 <a href="/wiki/Gino_Gradkowski" title="Gino Gradkowski">Gino Gradkowski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">69 <a href="/wiki/Jack_Cornell" title="Jack Cornell">Jack Cornell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">70 <a href="/wiki/Ramon_Harewood" title="Ramon Harewood">Ramon Harewood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">72 <a href="/wiki/Kelechi_Osemele" title="Kelechi Osemele">Kelechi Osemele</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">73 <a href="/wiki/Marshal_Yanda" title="Marshal Yanda">Marshal Yanda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">74 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michael Oher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">76 <a href="/wiki/Jah_Reid" title="Jah Reid">Jah Reid</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">77 <a href="/wiki/Matt_Birk" title="Matt Birk">Matt Birk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">78 <a href="/wiki/Bryant_McKinnie" title="Bryant McKinnie">Bryant McKinnie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">81 <a href="/wiki/Anquan_Boldin" title="Anquan Boldin">Anquan Boldin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">82 <a href="/wiki/Torrey_Smith" title="Torrey Smith">Torrey Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">83 <a href="/wiki/Deonte_Thompson" title="Deonte Thompson">Deonte Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">84 <a href="/wiki/Ed_Dickson" title="Ed Dickson">Ed Dickson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">86 <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bajema" title="Billy Bajema">Billy Bajema</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">88 <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Pitta" title="Dennis Pitta">Dennis Pitta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">90 <a href="/wiki/Pernell_McPhee" title="Pernell McPhee">Pernell McPhee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">91 <a href="/wiki/Courtney_Upshaw" title="Courtney Upshaw">Courtney Upshaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">92 <a href="/wiki/Haloti_Ngata" title="Haloti Ngata">Haloti Ngata</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">93 <a href="/wiki/DeAngelo_Tyson" title="DeAngelo Tyson">DeAngelo Tyson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">95 <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Hall_(gridiron_football)" title="Bryan Hall (gridiron football)">Bryan Hall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">96 <a href="/wiki/Ma%CA%BBake_Kemoeatu" title="Maʻake Kemoeatu">Maʻake Kemoeatu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">97 <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Jones_(American_football)" title="Arthur Jones (American football)">Arthur Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">98 <a href="/wiki/Ryan_McBean" title="Ryan McBean">Ryan McBean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">99 <a href="/wiki/Paul_Kruger_(American_football)" title="Paul Kruger (American football)">Paul Kruger</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b>Head coach:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Harbaugh" title="John Harbaugh">John Harbaugh</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b>Coaches:</b> <a href="/wiki/Teryl_Austin" title="Teryl Austin">Teryl Austin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juney_Barnett&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Juney Barnett (page does not exist)">Juney Barnett</a></span></li> <li><span 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