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Real life SJ from movie ‘The Blind Side’ to play basketball, football at SMU

Jae Head as S.J. Tuohy, foreground left, Quinton Aaron as Michael Oher and Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy star in Alcon Entertainment's drama "The Blind Side," a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Ralph Nelson/Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures/MCT)

SJ Tuohy won't be leading Ole Miss or any other SEC power onto the field this season.

Nope, the little boy that helped Michael Oher get recruited and inspired a loveable character in the 2009 movie ' The Blind Side' is all grown up and will suit up for SMU this season.

"I'm just giddy that our little SJ is going to take his fifth year of eligibility and play not only basketball but football as well at SMU and finish his Masters degree there," wrote his mother, Leigh Anne Tuohy, on Instagram.