1. By: Tiana Baum

2.  Born May 28, 1986 in Memphis, Tennessee  Mother was an alcoholic and drug addict  Father was murdered  He was basically homeless and lived in several foster homes

3.  Attended 11 different schools during his first 9 years of school  Leigh Anne Tuohy and her wealthy, republican family took him in and gave him a home.  Went go to Briarcrest Christian School  Played foot ball and was the offensive tackle

4.  Had an IQ of 80 and GPA of.6  He needed a tutor in order to keep his grades up so that he was eligible to play foot ball who worked with him for 20 hours a week  Got his GPA to a 2.52

5.  Received scholarships offers from the University of Tennessee, Louisiana University, Auburn University, University of South Carolina, and the University of Mississippi  All of them because they wanted him to play offensive tackle on their foot ball team

6.  Chose the University of Mississippi because it is the college that his new family went to  Freshman year he played 11 games  10 of them he started as right guard position  Sophomore year he became a breakout star in the highly-competitive SEC (Southeastern Conference)

7.  In the 2009 NFL Draft, He got Drafted to play for the Baltimore Ravens and assigned num. 74  He signed a 5 year contract of $13.8 million  Played as right tackle and left tackle  Started in every game, 11 at right tackle, 5 at left

8.  He wrote an autobiography about his life story  They made an Academy Award nominated movie based on his life starring a country singer and an actress that has been in several different movies. Can You Guess Who He Is?...

9. Michael Oher