Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
Canadian gridiron football player (born 1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Laurent Duvernay-Tardif CQ (French: [lɔʁɑ̃ dyvɛʁne taʁdif]; born February 11, 1991) is a Canadian former gridiron football guard. He played university football and attended medical school at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, before being selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft and playing six years on the team.[2] Duvernay-Tardif is one of a small number of NFL players to graduate from medical school.[3][4][5][6] He 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.
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Position: | Guard | ||||
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Born: | (1991-02-11) February 11, 1991 (age 33) Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada | ||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||
Weight: | 321 lb (146 kg) | ||||
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High school: | Collège Saint-Hilaire (Mont-Saint-Hilaire) | ||||
University: | McGill | ||||
NFL draft: | 2014 / Round: 6 / Pick: 200 | ||||
CFL Draft: | 2014 / Round: 3 / Pick: 19 | ||||
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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. As a result of his efforts on and off the field in 2020, he was named a co-winner of the Lou Marsh Award, given annually to Canada's top athlete, as well as the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year. He returned to the NFL in 2021 after being traded to the New York Jets for two seasons.
He announced his retirement from the NFL on 21 September 2023.[7]