Michael Jerome Oher is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He played college football for the University of Mississippi, and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Tennessee Titans and Carolina Panthers.

 

Oher earned unanimous All-American honors at Mississippi, and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft. His life through his final year of high school and first year of college is one of the subjects of Michael Lewis' 2006 book, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, and was featured in the Academy Award-winning 2009 film The Blind Side.

​

Williams is one of 12 children of Denise Oher. His mother suffered from alcoholism and crack cocaine addicttion, and his father, Michael Jerome Williams, was frequently in prison. He received little attention and discipline during his childhood. He repeated first and second grades, and attended eleven schools during his first nine years as a student. He 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. Source.