OT Michael Oher: Ravens Agree With First-Rounder
by Adam Caplan of ScoutNFLNetwork.com, July 29, 2009 at 10:21pm ET

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The Baltimore Ravens have agreed to terms on a five-year deal with first-round pick OT Michael Oher, the team announced Wednesday.

“We knew Michael wanted to be here,” stated head coach John Harbaugh. “He said that many times. (General manager& executive vice president) Ozzie (Newsome) wanted him to be here, and his agent (Jimmy Sexton) wanted him to be here too. The agent wanted to make sure he did the right thing by Michael, and we wanted that. A big congratulations to Pat (Moriarty, vice president of football operations) and Ozzie for working hard to get this done. I think we might be the first team to have all of our draft choices signed.”

Oher was a four-year starter who began his is career at guard, then moved to left tackle as s sophomore. Ended his career with the 3rd-best active consecutive starting streak (47 games) among SEC players as well as earning consensus All-American first-team honors, unanimous All-SEC first-team choice (as a senior) when he won the SEC’s Jacobs Blocking Trophy, given to the conference’s top offensive lineman.

The former University of Mississippi offensive lineman is expected to start at right tackle for the Ravens this season.

Also on Wednesday, the team removed DT Lamar Divens and TE Davon Drew from the PUP list. Also, OT Lou Saucedo passed through waivers and was placed on IR.

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Michael Oher
Ht: 6-4 Wt: 309
Position: OT
Date of Birth: 05/28/1986
Experience: R
High School: Briarcrest Christian Schools
(Memphis, TN)
College: Mississippi


Biography:
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 2 letters in track and basketball Averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds a game, earning All-State honors as by helping lead the basketball team to a 27-6 record, winning the district championship as a senior Was also a state runnerup in the discus as a senior Was the subject of the New York Times bestseller “The Blind Side: The Evolution of a Game” by Michael Lewis The Ravens traded up from the 26th to the 23rd pick (giving up their 2009 5th-round selection) to tab Oher