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Michael Oher was selected in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft…Ravens traded with New England from the 26th to the 23rd pick (also giving up their 2009 fifth-round selection) to tab Oher.

Honors

• Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team (2009)
• Sports Illustrated Mid-Season All-Pro (2009)
• USA Today's All-Joe Team (players who are critical to their team, but don't receive Pro Bowl nods) in 2009
• NFL Rookie of the Month (December, 2009)

Career

• Protected QB Joe Flacco, allowing him to set career highs in yards (3,622), TDs (25) and QB rating (93.6) in 2010
• Ravens were the NFL's ninth-best scoring team in 2009 (24.4 ppg), racking up a franchise-record 47 TDs with Oher starting all 16 games
• Helped the Ravens tie a franchise record for points (391 in 2003) and also set a record for most TDs scored (47) in 2009...Ravens added a team-record 22 rushing TDs
• Helped the Ravens post 5,619 total yards (second-highest total in franchise history) in 2009, including three of the top single-game yardage totals in team annals (548 in game 13 vs. Det. - 12/13, 501 in game 1 vs. KC - 9/13 and 479 yards in game 3 vs. Cle. - 9/27)
• Ravens rushed for 2,200 yards in 2009, including 1,339 yards (third-highest total in franchise history) by RB Ray Rice, who finished second in the NFL in yards from scrimmage (2,041) and became the second player in franchise history (Jamal Lewis - 2,271 in 2003) to gain 2,000 yards from scrimmage

2010: (16/16, 2/2) Helped protect QB Joe Flacco, allowing him to complete 62.6% of his passes (306 of 489) and set career highs with 3,622 passing yards, 25 TDs and a 93.6 QB rating...Also helped the Ravens rush for 1,831 yards and 11 TDs

• Started at LT and helped pave the way for the Ravens to rush for 208 yards and RB Ray Rice to produce a career-high 233 yards from scrimmage (153 rushing and 80 receiving) in the 30-24 victory in game 14 vs. NO (12/19)
• Started at LT and helped protect QB Joe Flacco, allowing him time to complete 71% of his passes (25 of 35) for 289 yards and 2 TDs, before leaving the game in the second half with a knee injury, in the 17-10 win in game 11 vs. TB (11/28)...Flacco set a Ravens' franchise record with his 52nd-career TD pass
• Started at LT and helped protect Flacco, allowing him to complete a career-high 77.1% of his passes (min. 25 completions) for 2 TDs and no INTs, in game 6 at NE (10/17)
• Started at LT and helped the Ravens rush for 233 yards, 4 TDs, and a franchise-record 17 first downs, in the 31-17 victory in game 5 vs. Den. (10/10)
• Started at LT in both playoff games and helped the Ravens produce 516 total yards, including a team playoff-record 390 yards in the Wild Card Game at KC (1/9/11)...Flacco established postseason franchise marks for completion percentage (73.5), passing yards (265), passing TDs (2) and QB rating (115.4) in the 30-7 victory against the Chiefs

2009: (16/16, 2/2) Started all 16 games (11 at RT and five at LT) as a rookie...Earned NFL Rookie of the Month honors (December) and Peter King's Sports Illustrated Mid-Season All-Pro Team...Helped the Ravens tie a franchise record for points (391 in 2003) and also set a record for most TDs scored (47)...Ravens also added a team-record 22 rushing TDs…Helped the Ravens post 5,619 total yards (second-highest total in franchise history), including three of the top single-game yardage totals in team history (548 in game 13 vs. Det. - 12/13, 501 in game 1 vs. KC - 9/13 and 479 yards in game 3 vs. Cle. - 9/27)...Helped pave the way for the Ravens to rush for 2,200 yards, including 1,339 yards (third-highest total in franchise history) by RB Ray Rice, who finished second in the NFL in yards from scrimmage (2,041) and became just the second player in franchise history (Jamal Lewis - 2,271 in 2003) to gain 2,000 yards from scrimmage...Helped the Ravens rank ninth in the NFL in team scoring (24.4 ppg)

• Started at LT and helped pave the way for a Ravens' franchise-record 548 total yards, including 230 passing and 308 rushing yards (second-most in franchise history) and a franchise-record 5 rushing TDs in the 48-3 victory in game 13 vs. Det. (12/13)
• Started his first-career NFL game at RT and helped set a then-Ravens' franchise record with 501 total yards in game 1 vs. KC (9/13)...Helped pave the way for 198 yards rushing and protected Flacco, allowing him to throw for 307 yards and 3 TDs in the 38-24 win
• Helped the Ravens rush for 321 yards (4.5 avg.) and 4 TDs in the postseason...Also helped protect QB Joe Flacco, with the Ravens only allowing 1 sack on 45 dropbacks
• Started his first-career postseason game at RT and helped the Ravens rush for a postseason-franchise-record 234 yards and 4 TDs, including a postseason-franchise record 83-yard TD run (second-longest rush in NFL postseason history) by Ray Rice on the first play from scrimmage in the 33-14 victory in the Wild Card Game at NE (1/10/10)...Baltimore did not allow a sack against the Patriots

College
Four-year starter who began his career at guard, then moved to left tackle as a sophomore...Ended his career with the third-best active consecutive starting streak (47 games) among SEC players...Was a consensus first team All-American and unanimous first-team All-SEC choice as a senior in 2008, when he won the SEC's Jacobs Blocking Trophy, given to the conference's top offensive lineman...Named team captain and started all 13 games at LT...Allowed just 2.5 sacks on 340 pass plays, while posting a league-high 15 TD-resulting blocks...Helped Ole Miss to rank 28th nationally and second in the SEC in rushing (186.5 yards per game) and 29th in the nation and third in the SEC in total offense with 407.6 yards per game…Consensus first-team All-SEC selection, after starting all 12 games at LT as a junior in 2007...Posted 12 TD-resulting blocks and 99 knockdowns/key blocks...Started all 12 games as a sophomore in 2006, earning second team All-SEC honors after moving to LT from guard…Posted eight TD-resulting blocks (of the Rebels' 20 offensive TDs), while allowing just 3.5 sacks…Helped BenJarvus Green-Ellis become the third 1,000-yard runner in Ole Miss history and record four 100-yard rushing games…First team Freshman All-American by Rivals.com and The Sporting News, and he earned third-team honors from College Football News in 2005...Also earned first-team Freshman All-SEC accolades by the league's coaches and The Sporting News...Saw action in all 11 games, starting 10 at guard...Netted 6 TD-resulting blocks.

High School, Personal
Prepped at Briarcrest Christian (Memphis, TN), earning USA Today and EA Sports All-American honors...Was a member of the 2005 Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association All-Star team, which was chosen to compete against the Kentucky prep All-Stars...Also competed in the US Army All-American Bowl and was named to Rivals.com's All-American Bowl All-Time Team...Selected by Tom Lemming/ESPN as the nation's top offensive tackle and was named to the SuperPrep All-American team, as he was ranked No. 24 among offensive linemen...Also earned two letters in track and basketball...Averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds a game, earning All-State honors by helping lead the basketball team to a 27-6 record, winning the district championship as a senior...Was also a state runner-up in the discus as a senior…Was the subject of the best seller "The Blind Side: The Evolution of a Game" by Michael Lewis, which was made into a major motion picture in 2009...Authored "I Beat The Odds," which was published in Feb. 2011...Parents/guardians are Leigh Anne and Sean Touhy...Full name: Michael Jerome Oher.

Community
Joins Todd Heap anually as cohost to the Goodwill Gridiron Halloween Party, a fundraiser with proceeds benefiting Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake...More than 15 players attend annually, with the event generating $100,000 each year...Goodwill provides career development, employment and related social services to assist people with special needs to enjoy the dignity and benefits of work and a better quality of life...Also joined teammates in collecting and distributing coats, hats and gloves to residents of the Helping Up Mission, a men's homeless shelter in Baltimore in 2010...In April 2010, Michael received the Sports Award at the signature event of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, the founding agency for the national movement of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, for his promotion of the importance of mentoring...Has supported teammates' charitable activities, including the Heap of Hope fundraiser, which benefited the Todd Heap Family Pediatric Center at Franklin Square Hospital, and Matt Birk's HIKE Foundation in Nov. 2010 by attending the Matt Birk and Friends Auction and Awareness Evening.