Career
He tried out with the New England Patriots of the NFL, unsuccessfully, and signed with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1988, beginning a 14-year Canadian Football League career. In 2007, he became the first francophone to be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Always a fan favourite in predominantely Francophone Montreal, fully bilingual Vercheval is currently enjoying a successful second career as a football commentator on the French-language RDS television station.