Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, MD, graduated from Montreal-based McGill University Faculty of Medicine after an eight-year stint. He is the only active player to hold a medical degree, according to the report.
TVA Sports reporter Andy Mailly-Pressoir tweeted June 20 the NFL denied Dr. Duvernay-Tardif’s request, but that the professional football player hopes the media attention from his medical school graduation will cause the NFL to reconsider its decision.
Now that he’s completed medical school, Dr. Duvernay-Tardif said he has two things left to accomplish in his career.
“If I make it to the Pro Bowl in the same year that I graduate from medicine … and win the Super Bowl, then I don’t know what I’m going to do,” he said earlier this year, according to CBS Sports. “All my goals will be accomplished.”
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