His teammates used to refer to him as "The Professor". He prefers to think of himself as a "lifetime student".
But most people who cross his path these days simply know him as "Dr. Richardson".
The quest for knowledge has always been the driving force in Damien Richardson's life. It started even before his successful three-year tenure as Arizona State's starting strong safety from 1995-97.
Football was never his end game. But football was the cornerstone on which he would build the foundation that would propel him through a Harvard education, medical school and into his current position as an orthopedic surgeon at the Newport Orthopedic Institute in Newport Beach, Calif.
