Chiefs lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif receives medical degree from McGill
After eight years of juggling med school and football, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif can finally focus full-time on his NFL career.
The Kansas City Chiefs starting right guard received his doctorate in medicine Tuesday from McGill University. Before that, the six-foot-five, 321-pound Duvernay-Tardif was essentially a student-athlete, first with the Redmen and then the Chiefs, who selected him in the sixth round of the ’14 NFL draft.
“Since the day I got drafted, I promised myself I was going to finish my studies while I was still playing,” he said. “This is, for sure, something that’s quite special.
“I’ve been working for this for the past eight years and to finally graduate is huge. And I can say it, I’m proud of myself.”