Ole Miss football great Michael Oher has been named a candidate for the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame along with 77 other former college football standouts.
Legendary Ole Miss offensive lineman Michael Oher is among 78 former players and nine former coaches from the FBS included on the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame ballot released earlier this week. The list is released by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.
Oher played for Ole Miss football from 2005 to 2008. Oher started in ten games at guard during his freshman season with the Rebels and was named a first-team freshman All-American.
After shifting to left tackle for the 2006 season, he was named to various preseason All-Conference and All-American teams. After his sophomore season, Oher was named second-team All-SEC following that up with a first-team All-SEC selection concluding his junior season.
In January following his junior season with Ole Miss football Oher had stated he intended to declare for the NFL Draft but would end up changing his mind and chose to return for his senior season in Oxford. Oher would go on to be selected as a unanimous first-team All-American after his last season with the Rebels and was projected to be a top pick in the NFL Draft.
Oher went on to be selected 23rd overall in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens. He started every game in his rookie season for the Ravens and was the runner-up for the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award.
He would go on to play eight total years in the NFL for the Ravens, Titans, and Panthers, winning a Super Bowl with Baltimore in the 2012-13 season.
Michael Oher gained notoriety off of the football field as the subject of the national best-selling book and major motion picture “The Blind Side.”
Former Ole Miss football coach Tommy Tuberville also made the list as a finalist, coaching the Rebels from 1995 to 1998.