(S15) - PT3 - Namesake

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Dr. Xerxes Ridley is a very interesting man. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York to very poor parents who gave their everything to get him a good education. It certainly paid off, as Ridley graduated as the salutatorian of his high school class and ended up going to Yale University for his undergraduate degree. He ended up getting a PhD in Biochemistry at Harvard University and has been working at MIT as a professor ever since he finished. While he has heard a few things about the aspiring DSFL player who shares his name, he doesn't follow developmental football closely, so he doesn't know much about the kid. Dr. Ridley occupies much of his time teaching graduate level biochemistry courses and managing a lab that studies the effects of certain protein plaques on the health of the brain. Dr. Ridley is quite a bit older than the football player and has a wife and two teenage daughters, who both couldn't care less about football. They are actually aspiring basketball athletes in high school, hoping to get scouted by top-tier universities as soon as possible. Dr. Ridley hopes to work at MIT for as long as he can and has no intention of retiring once his daughters finish their education. He also dearly loves the Boston area and could never see himself migrating to the west coast like the younger Ridley.