Retired NFL star Laurent Duvernay-Tardif says he\u2019s finished his medical school training in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n
\u201cBack in 2010, when I started medicine at McGill while playing football, I had no idea what I was getting myself into,\u201d he wrote, noting with checkmarks that he completed his written exam, oral exam and medical residency.<\/p>\n
\u201cSixteen years later, I\u2019ve had the chance to live experiences and meet extraordinary people who pushed me and made me grow as a human being.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Mont-St-Hilaire native had a unique pro football career in the United States, where he balanced both sports and his education. He was drafted as a guard from his Canadian alma mater in the 2014 NFL draft, and played six seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, which culminated in a championship in Super Bowl LIV in 2020.<\/p>\n
But he continued his studies and graduated from\u00a0McGill\u2019s Faculty of Medicine\u00a0in 2018.<\/p>\n
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Duvernay-Tardif opted out of the following season to work at a CHSLD in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu during the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned to the NFL to play two seasons with the New York Jets before retiring in 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy curriculum was atypical in a lot of ways, but I\u2019m proud of it,\u201d he continued in the Instagram post. \u201cAnd I\u2019m convinced that my journey will allow me to bring into my practice some of the lessons I learned along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n