BIOGRAPHY
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was born on February 11th, 1991, in Mont-Saint-Hailaire, Quebec, Canada. He is a guard in the NFL.
He studied at the University of McGill and is a guard for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. In his early years, Tardif attended Collège Saint-Hilaire High School but did not play football until he finished high school and committed to the University of McGill where he was a member of the McGill Redmen football team. As a senior, he won the J. P. Metras Trophy, recognizing the Most Outstanding Lineman in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport system, and was named an All-Canadian for the second consecutive season. He balanced college football with his studies in medicine, prolonging his studies over eight years. In a 2014 article in Sports Illustrated, Joan Niesen said that he was still one of the best college players in canadian football.
After garduating from college, on december 12, 2013, Tadif accepted his invitation to play in the 2014 East-West Shrine Game. On January 18, 2014, Duvernay-Tardif played in the 2014 East-West Shrine Game and was part of Jerry Glanville's East team that defeated the West 23-13 and his performance at the East-West Shrine Game helped improve his draft stock. Duvernay-Tardif was projected to be drafted anywhere from the third to fifth round by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the 12th best offensive tackle prospect in the draft by DraftScout.com.
Duvernay-Tardif was selected in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. On May 14, 2014, the Kansas City Chiefs signed Duvernay-Tardif to a four-year contract and was named the fifth offensive guard to begin the season. On September 13, 2015, Duvernay-Tardif made his first career start for the Chiefs in the season opener against the Houston Texans and he played in all 16 games with 13 starts for the Chiefs in 2015.In the 2016 season, Duvernay-Tardif started all 14 games he played in at right guard for the Chiefs and on February 28, 2017, the Kansas City Chiefs signed Duvernay-Tardif to a five-year contract and in the 2018 season Duvernay-Tardif started the first five games of the 2018 season at right guard.
