Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

Athlete — NFL offensive lineman, Super Bowl LIV champion, medical doctor

Born

1991

Birthplace

MONTREAL, QUEBEC

Citizenships

Canadianness Score

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5.0/ 5

Weighted across 2 scored criteria

Designation

Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁

Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.

Scorecard

Path A — born on Canadian soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

MONTREAL, QUEBEC

Canadian parentage

Both parents Canadian

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Quebec

Lived in Canada by choice

Residency on record as an adult

Worked or filmed in Canada

Credits filed north of the 49th

III. Cultural evidence — not scored

Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.

Publicly claims to be Canadian

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Only active NFL player to also be a medical doctor, and opted out of the 2020 season to work in a Quebec long-term care facility during COVID-19.

The verdict

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is an offensive lineman who won a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs, then opted out to work as an orderly during the pandemic. Born in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, he's a medical doctor who balanced NFL stardom with McGill med school. Proudly Canadian through and through — the NFL's only active player who was also a licensed doctor.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable