

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif’s a Canadian-born offensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs who also happens to be a physician. Despite being selected in both the 2014 NFL Draft and the 2014 CFL Draft, the Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec native continued his education at medical school at McGill University, where he graduated from this past May.



Since he graduated just over a month ago to become the first active NFL player to become a physician, Duvernay-Tardif reached out to the NFL to see if he could have “M.D.” added to the back of his jersey.



With the way the NFL has reacted to players having some fun over the past few years, you can probably guess what their answer was.



.@LaurentDTardif a fait une demande officielle à la NFL pour ajouter les lettres «M.D.» devant son nom de famille sur son chandail, mais la NFL a refusé. Il espère que le récent buzz médiatique entourant sa graduation puisse faire changer les choses. @TVASports #Chiefs — Andy Mailly-Pressoir (@AndyMPressoir) June 21, 2018

Since the tweet from TVA Sports’ Andy Mailly-Pressoir happens to be in French, here’s what it translated to via Google translate.



“@ LaurentDTardif made an official request to the NFL to add the letters "MD" in front of his last name on his jersey, but the NFL refused. He hopes that the recent media buzz surrounding his graduation can make a difference.”

Maybe the NFL will consider reversing their call if enough fans reach out to them about this decision, but we doubt it.

(H/T Twitter/AndyMPressoir)