"That's how my dad (Bryan) met my mom. "I'm not the quickest or fastest guy around, so being a catcher kind of fits me. "They filmed it at Westminster Schools in Atlanta, and I got there at 6 a.m. to study the playbook.

"There were the occasional distractions.

Farmer, 23, played the quarterback on NFL player Michael Oher's football team during practice in the movie "The Blind Side" starring Bullock.

A pivotal scene in the movie is when Leigh Anne Tuohy — Oher’s guardian, played by Bullock — interrupts high school football practice to help Oher focus on his protection skills.The quarterback in the scene, well most of the scene, was Farmer, who was a quarterback in addition to his baseball duties at Marist High School in Atlanta.


He was then selected by the Dodgers in the 8th round of the 2013 MLB Draft.He was cast as a high school quarter back in The Blind Side. But after talking with producers Farmer, who wasn’t paid for his role The filming of that scene, even without the brief interruption, took several hours, needing to film certain plays over and over for different angles and such.“After that day, I had a lot of respect for people who work in the movie industry,” Farmer said.If you are watching the scene, there is one other thing that might help you spot Farmer. He told my dad his sister needed a date to a sorority dance. "I played quarterback in high school (Atlanta Marist). Kyle Farmer was batting.310 with the Loons before being promoted to Rancho Cucamonga. He was a 35th-round pick of the New York Yankees in 2012, but didn't sign with the team. July 18, 2019 Cincinnati Reds placed 2B Kyle Farmer on the 7-day injured list retroactive to July 17, 2019. Kyle Farmer recalls cameo appearance in ‘The Blind Side’Mookie Betts hits three homers as Dodgers offense comes alive After two weeks facing only right-handed starting pitchers, the Dodgers will face a lefty to start each of their first two games against the Angels in Anaheim.Joe Kelly calls out Astros and opens up about suspension Game thread: Dodgers begin Freeway Series with Angels The former Atlanta prep quarterback was the QB in the practice scene, at least for the action parts.

“My dad couldn’t get over it. I never got sacked.

Still, that helped life imitate art in a very meta moment on filming day.“We were in the middle of filming and all of a sudden this woman comes running toward the field, saying they needed to stop production,” Farmer recalled.It was Farmer’s mother, who was worried about the NCAA eligibility. He graduated from Marist School in Atlanta, where he played football and baseball. "Farmer didn't expect to follow his uncle's baseball path behind the plate, but when the Dodgers drafted him in the eighth round of the 2013 draft, he knew he was going to move from shortstop to catcher. "Meeting Sandra Bullock, talking to her in person, that's something you'll always remember. Farmer isn’t the quarterback in the entire scene, but is for all of the actual football plays.“They needed someone who could throw,” Farmer said.Farmer is the one in the yellow practice jersey, and you can hear him calling plays at the start of the scene.When Tuohy comes on to the field and grabs the quarterback to make a point to Oher, that’s There was some concern that being in the film would jeopardize Farmer’s NCAA eligibility, but things were cleared with David Perno, the baseball coach at the University of Georgia, where Farmer was headed for the 2009-2010 year. He was the starting catcher for the Eastern Division team in the Midwest League All-Star game.But if baseball doesn’t work out, Farmer could have a fallback plan, given his experience on the big screen.“Who knows?” he said, smiling. He was cast as a high school quarter back in The Blind Side. [/caption] Farmer had a cameo role in the 2009 movie “The Blind Side.” A prep football star at the Marist School in Atlanta, Ga., Farmer played quarterback during a scene that depicted a practice session. Though Kyle Farmer is engaged, no details about his fiancée are known at this time. He joined catchers Yasmani Grandal and Austin Barnes on the Dodgers's roster in 2017.