FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- On the weekend Massachusetts high school Super Bowl champions will be crowned at Gillette Stadium, it was timely that New England Patriots defensive lineman Ricky Jean Francois was taking a trip down Memory Lane.
Now in his ninth NFL season, he was reminiscing about one of the highlights of his time at Carol City High School in Miami Gardens, Florida, when he learned he was being moved up from junior varsity to the varsity.
"We were inside the weight room and coach was calling out names and he said, ‘If I call your name, it means you’re moving up to varsity.