Michael chose to play for Ed Oregan at the University of Mississippi, which is where his adoptive parents went to school. He did this even though Tennessee, LSU, Alabama, Auburn, and South Carolina all offered him scholarships. The movie “The Blind Side” does a great job showing this part of the story.
To get into the NCCA program, Oher worked just as hard in the classroom as she did on the field. He played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in 2005.
He told everyone that he was going to be in the 2008 NFL Draft.
A few days later, though, he changed his mind and joined the “Ole Miss Rebels” senior squad. After the season, he was also named a “First-team All-American.” In 2009, he also got a degree in criminal justice from the same school
Michael Oher adopted parents: Meet Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy
Micahel Oher was once given to Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy to lift as their very own. In 2004, the previous Baltimore Ravens participant was once taken in by way of the Tuohy circle of relatives.
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