Michael Oher
| Michael Oher | |
|---|---|
 |
|
|
Position (s): Offensive tackle |
Jersey numbers: 74, 72, 73 |
| born on May 28, 1986 in Memphis , Tennessee | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 2009 - 2016 | |
| NFL Draft : 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23 | |
| College : University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) | |
| Teams | |
|
|
| Career statistics | |
| Games | 110 |
| as a starter | 110 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
college
|
|
Michael Jerome Oher (* 28. May 1986 in Memphis , Tennessee , as Michael Jerome Williams ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of offensive tackles . He last played for the Carolina Panthers in the National Football League (NFL).
Career
college
Oher played college football at the University of Mississippi for the Ole Miss Rebels . His life in college is also one of the subjects of the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis from the year 2006. In 2009 the film based on the book Blind Side was released , in which he was directed by Quinton Aaron is embodied and Sandra Bullock Ohers plays guardian .
NFL
Baltimore Ravens
During the 2009 NFL Draft , Oher was selected in the first round by the Baltimore Ravens . In the 2012 season he won the Super Bowl XLVII with the Ravens against the San Francisco 49ers with 34:31.
Tennessee Titans
In March 2014, he signed a four-year deal with the Tennessee Titans for $ 20 million , of which $ 9.5 million was guaranteed.
Carolina Panthers
On March 6, 2015 Oher moved to the Carolina Panthers , where he signed a two-year contract. In his first season with the Panthers, he reached Super Bowl 50 . Although the Panthers, as the team with the best regular season record, were the favorite in this game, they were defeated by the Denver Broncos 10:24.
On July 20, 2017, Oher was released from the Carolina Panthers due to his physical condition.
Filming of the life story
The life of Michael Oher was filmed in the film " Blind Side - The Great Chance ", which is based on Michael Lewis's biography The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game . Sandra Bullock plays the interior designer Leigh Anne in the film , who initially took Oher into her house and then adopted him. The stabilization of the living conditions of the offensive tackle had become necessary because he had to spend his childhood and early adolescence mostly on the street and in children's homes because of a precarious home .
Web links
- Tennessee Titans: Michael Oher. Tennessee Titans, accessed February 2, 2015 (With videos, CV in PDF, statistics).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Doug Farrar: Titans sign Michael Oher to four-year, $ 20 million deal. (No longer available online.) In: NFL . March 14, 2014, archived from the original on March 15, 2014 ; accessed on March 15, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Report on espn.go.com from March 7, 2015, accessed on July 11, 2015
- ↑ NFL - Live blog about the NFL: Panthers fire blind-side star Michael Oher . In: www.ran.de . August 1, 2016 ( ran.de [accessed July 21, 2017]).
- ↑ "Michael Oher - Who is that?". Football-Family, accessed February 18, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oh, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oher, Michael Jerome (full name); Williams, Michael Jerome |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Memphis , Tennessee , United States |