Guess Who?

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?. . .

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