Larry Brown, head coach at SMU, just signed a movie star (kind of) to play guard for the Mustangs in 2016-17.
Sean “SJ” Tuohy, portrayed by Jae Head in the 2009 hit movie “The Blind Side,” played basketball at Loyola (MD) for three seasons. The 6-foot, 180-pound guard graduated from the school and will now enroll at SMU to compete in football and basketball as a grad transfer, according to his mother, Leigh Anne Tuohy. In the movie, she was played by Sandra Bullock, who won the Oscar for Best Actress.
“I'm sad you can't see my level of enthusiasm because 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!