Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif entrenched in Chiefs’ offensive line
It’s been a meteoric rise for Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.
Taken in the sixth round, 200th overall, of the 2014 NFL draft from McGill University, the 25-year-old native of Mont-St-Hilaire, Que., has established himself as the Kansas City Chiefs’ starting right guard. And he’s done it while also continuing to study medicine at McGill.
“If you would have asked me after I got drafted where I’d be in three years, I don’t know if I would have been that confident to say I’d be a starter and doing decently,” a modest Duvernay-Tardif said from Austin, Tex. “But at the same time I quickly realized if you want to stick in the NFL you have to become an essential part of the team after your second or third year, otherwise they’re going to find somebody to replace you.
“There’s no other way to stick in the NFL. You’ve got to show you can perform and be an important part of an offensive line or team.”