by: tiana baum. born may 28, 1986 in memphis, tennessee mother was an alcoholic and drug addict ...
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GUESS WHO?
By: Tiana Baum
Background
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
Early Life
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
Education 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
Going into College
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
University of Mississippi
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)
Career
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
What We Know Him For 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?. . .
Michael Oher