1. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif played university football and attended medical school at McGill University in Montreal, before being selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL draft and playing six years on the team.
31 Facts About Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
1. 2.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 2019 and enrolled at Harvard University to get a Master of Public Health degree the following year.
3.
Dr Laurent Duvernay-Tardif opted out of the 2020 NFL season due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic and returned to Canada to work in a care facility.
4.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif returned to the NFL in 2021 after being traded to the New York Jets for two seasons.
5.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif announced his retirement from the NFL on September 21,2023.
6.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was born in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, and grew up in Montreal.
7.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif started playing football at the age of 14, until his family went on a year long sailing trip to the Bahamas.
Related searches
Andy Reid 8.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif attended McGill University, where he was member of the McGill Men's football team from 2010 to 2013.
9.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif dressed for six out of nine games and started three games.
10.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif dressed and started for all nine games at OT, playing two-ways.
11.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif dressed and started for all nine games at OT, playing two-ways.
12.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif dressed and started for all eight games at OT.
13.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif did not receive an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine.
14.
On March 27,2014, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif held a personal pro day in Montreal that was attended by nine NFL teams and four Canadian Football League teams.
15.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was selected by the Calgary Stampeders in the third round.
16.
Since the inception of the NFL draft, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is the tenth player to be chosen from a Canadian university.
17.
On September 13,2015, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif made his first career start for the Chiefs in the season opener against the Houston Texans.
18.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif went on to play all 16 games with 13 starts for the Chiefs in 2015.
19.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was activated off injured reserve on January 15,2019, prior to the Chiefs AFC Championship matchup against the New England Patriots.
20.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif had been working as an orderly at a long-term care facility in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, about 40 minutes away from Montreal, during the pandemic.
21.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was the first NFL player to announce he would not play the season because of COVID-19.
22.
Dr Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was traded to the New York Jets on November 2,2021, in exchange for tight end Daniel Brown.
23.
On November 18,2022, after going unsigned all offseason and into the season, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was signed to the Jets practice squad.
24.
On September 21,2023, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif announced his retirement from the NFL.
25.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif primarily studied during the off-season prior to mandatory off-season workouts.
Related searches
Andy Reid 26.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif had the support of the Chiefs coaching staff, especially head coach Andy Reid, whose mother graduated from McGill's medical school.
27.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif provided the convocation address at McGill's 2020 graduation ceremony.
28.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is a member of the NFLPA Health and Safety Committee to protect the health of players.
29.
In 2019, Dr Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.
30.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is the grandson of former Quebec cabinet minister Guy Tardif.
31.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was profiled in a TSN documentary, "Front Line", which was later nominated for the best sports feature segment at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards.