Michael Jerome Oher is a former American football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, primarily with the Baltimore Ravens. He played college football at the University of Mississippi, where he earned unanimous All-American honors, and was selected by the Ravens in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He also played for the Tennessee Titans and Carolina Panthers.
Oher was placed in foster care at age seven and alternated between living in various foster homes and periods of homelessness. Oher’s father was a former cellmate of Denise Oher’s brother and was murdered in prison when Oher was a senior in high school.
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Oher is one of the subjects of Michael Lewis’s 2006 book, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. Oher began dating Tiffany Roy after first meeting at the University of Mississippi. They went on to have four children together; two sons and two daughters. The couple got engaged on July 21, 2021, and married on November 5, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee. At the time of their marriage, the couple had been together for 17 years.
