The Kansas City Chiefs guard helps protect one of the most talented players in the league. But there’s a lot more to him than just football
Draft night follows a familiar pattern for most players as they wait to be picked for their first NFL team out of college. There’s the nervous lead up to see which team selects them and then tears, hugs and congratulations with friends and family when the phone call finally comes through. But Laurent Duvernay-Tardif – doctor, sailor, amateur chef and offensive guard for the Kansas City Chiefs – has never followed the conventional path.
As he waited for his name to be called at the 2014 draft he wasn’t at home or at a party, he was attending an emergency C-section to assist a mother giving birth to premature twins. He handed his phone to a nurse and said, “If somebody calls, just say yes”.
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