Michael Oher

Michael Jerome Oher (; 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.