KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Eight years after starting medical school and four after being drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is going to become a doctor on May 29, when his class graduates from Montreal's McGill University.
He will allow himself to attend the ceremony and spend a few hours afterward with friends and family, but the celebration won't last long. He needs to return to Kansas City to rejoin his teammates for offseason practice.
"It's been eight years that I've been working for that moment," Duvernay-Tardif said. "Since the day I got drafted, I promised myself I was going to finish my studies and get that M.