Michael Oher

Michael Oher was an under privileged teenager who bounced from foster house to foster house and ended up at his mom’s house who was a drug addict. Shortly after he moved in with her she passed away. Michael was enrolled into a private school called Briarcrest Christian school. He was barely able to read and write when he began at the school. Michael met the Tuohy family and they took it as a blessing. They invited him to stay the night, but this turned in to much more. The Tuohy’s started treating him like their own. Michael was given his own bedroom, was purchased new clothes, and was set up for a better life. The Tuohy’s were a huge football family and couldn’t let Michaels size, speed, and strength go to waste. He was the perfect person

for a college lineman. The dad, Sean Tuohy, introduced him to the sport and Michael at first didn’t understand it but quickly picked up. He exceeded in the sport and was really showing everyone who didn’t exactly support him at the beginning what he was really made of. They quickly realized how much of a great thing for the family and for the team he really was.

After the Tuohy’s finally got Michael on his feet, he went on to make something of himself.

After his incredible senior year football season, Michael had a lot of college scholarships coming his way. He finally settled on his new parent’s alma matter, Ole Miss. With Michaels decision to go to Ole Miss, the NCAA started to gain suspicion that the Tuohy family was only using Michael for his athletic ability. They started and closed an investigation on Michael and the Tuohy family. After some time, they finally convinced the NCAA that they would have loved Michael either way, with whatever choice he made. Michael had a very challenging experience with the trial because of his childhood. He felt attacked and as if the NCAA was against him just because of his past. They didn’t see that he was taking the opportunity that the Tuohy family had given him to better himself. Michael went on to be a first- round draft pick in the NFL. So far he has played for his first team, the Ravens, the Titans, and the Panthers. Michael has grown to be even better at the sport and is always looking forward to each game. He has stayed true to himself and has always remembered where he came from. He is very thankful for the Tuohy family and knows their worth to him. He still is playing the sport he loves, as a member of the Carolina Panthers with full moral support from the Tuohy

family.

I think Michael Oher is a great role model. He has a great story and has really shown the world that anything is possible to overcome. The man came from the projects and is now a NFL player since 2009 and is still going strong in his career. Michael has truly overcome a lot of terrible things most people would just give up and call it quits after enduring. He never done this, he just kept going forward and is now one of the most well-known football players in the game. I think he is a very inspiring person and should be an example to everyone who has a bad past and wants to make something of themselves