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Quiet Michael Oher plays big role for Carolina Panthers

SPARTANBURG

In mid-June Michael Oher got the biggest contract of his life.

The Carolina Panthers signed Oher to a three-year extension worth $21.6 million, including a $9.5 million signing bonus.

His fellow offensive line teammates showered him with praise on Twitter in the form of clips from “The Blind Side,” the Oscar-winning picture adapted from a book on Oher’s upbringing.

He can’t even remember how he celebrated.

“I just, you know, I didn’t do anything major,” Oher said Sunday at Wofford College during Panthers’ training camp. “I forgot what I did but it wasn’t anything major.