Laurent Duvernay-Tardif’s a Canadian-born offensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs who also happens to be a physician. Despite being selected in both the 2014 NFL Draft and the 2014 CFL Draft, the Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec native continued his education at medical school at McGill University, where he graduated from this past May.
Since he graduated just over a month ago to become the first active NFL player to become a physician, Duvernay-Tardif reached out to the NFL to see if he could have “M.D.” added to the back of his jersey.
With the way the NFL has reacted to players having some fun over the past few years, you can probably guess what their answer was.
Since the tweet from TVA Sports’ Andy Mailly-Pressoir happens to be in French, here’s what it translated to via Google translate.
“@ LaurentDTardif made an official request to the NFL to add the letters "MD" in front of his last name on his jersey, but the NFL refused. He hopes that the recent media buzz surrounding his graduation can make a difference.”
Maybe the NFL will consider reversing their call if enough fans reach out to them about this decision, but we doubt it.
(H/T Twitter/AndyMPressoir)
