He has sailed the East Coast in a boat crafted by his family and spent a day during the NFL Draft caring for prematurely born twins as a third-year medical student.
Appearing in his first NFL game on Sunday may be the least interesting thing Laurent Duvernay-Tardif has done in recent years. But it will shine a spotlight on one of professional football’s most fascinating players.
“Larry,” as he’s commonly known, is set to start at right guard for the Chiefs in Sunday’s season-opener against the Texans in Houston — two years after finishing his college career at McGill University in Montreal.