I just wikipedia'd the story...kinda fishy:
"After receiving scholarship offers from the
University of Tennessee,
Louisiana State University, the
University of Alabama, and
North Carolina State University, among others, Oher ultimately decided to attend the University of Mississippi, the Tuohys' alma mater.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">
[2]</sup> His decision was not without controversy. The
National Collegiate Athletic Association suspected that the Tuohys had taken Oher in and added him to their wills in order to secure his services as a player for their school, but an investigation did not affect his eligibility."