During the 2012 Super Bowl media day, Oher commented about Blind Side, "I'm tired of the movie. I'm here to play football." The Blind Side film made over $300 million from its theatrical run. The lead actress Sandra Bullock won an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award to portray a good-natured white mother who adopted a homeless black teenager. The plot of the film was based on Michael's rough childhood. The film implied that the white mother got Oher into football and helped him accomplish his dream of playing in the NFL after he became a first-round draft pick (23rd overall) by the Baltimore Ravens in 2009.
Michael Oher wrote his autobiography I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness to The Blind Side in 2011. Another book about his life was released a year earlier, which was co-authored by the Touhy family and titled In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving.
Michael Oher was the starting left tackle of the Baltimore Ravens when they won the NFL Super Bowl in 2012. After a successful run with the Baltimore Ravens, Oher signed a five-year, $20 million deal with the Tennessee Titans in 2014. Unfortunately, he had to be released during the offseason because of a toe injury.
Michael Oher's NFL football career ended when the veteran offensive tackle was released from the Carolina Panthers with a failed physical in June 2017. The contract move allowed the Panthers to open up $1.69 million under their salary cap. The transaction was not a surprise because Oher had missed most of the previous season after suffering a concussion in Week 3.
The Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera stated that the move intended to get Michael back to good health, "Michael's health always came first. We were not going to force the issue. Michael understood, and we expressed that to him."
Some of the football press speculated that the release was a political move because it came two days after Oher passionately defended an employee who had spent four seasons with the team. The release was also a day before the beginning of his pending misdemeanor assault trial in Tennessee.
Before his release, Oher eventually reported to training camp in June after missing organized team activities. He expressed fear on the social media platform Instagram about concussion symptoms he experienced in the prior season. His somber quote was, "The Brain is a scary thing. You have to be careful with it." The Carolina coach claimed that the GM was "taking care of" Oher's role with the team during training camp.
His current estimated net worth is around $20 million.
Return to the previous page| Birth Date: | 28 May, 1986 |
| Age: | 33 yrs |
| Occupations: | American football player |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Memphis |
| Education: | Briarcrest Christian School |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American football player |
| Net Worth 2020: | 20 million |
| Net Worth 2021: | 16 million |
