Patrick Mahomes
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Patrick Mahomes
Mahomes in 2018
No. 15 – Kansas City Chiefs
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: September 17, 1995 (age 25)
Tyler, Texas
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight: 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school: Whitehouse
(Whitehouse, Texas)
College: Texas Tech (2014–2016)
NFL Draft: 2017 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
Career history
Kansas City Chiefs (2017–present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (LIV)
Super Bowl MVP (LIV)
NFL Most Valuable Player (2018)
NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2018)
First-team All-Pro (2018)
Second-team All-Pro (2020)
3× Pro Bowl (2018–2020)
NFL passing touchdowns leader (2018)
Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (2020)
Bert Bell Award (2018)
Sammy Baugh Trophy (2016)
Second-team All-Big 12 (2016)
FBS passing yards leader (2016)
MaxPreps Male Athlete of the Year (2013)
Career NFL statistics as of 2020
Passing attempts: 1,687
Passing completions: 1,114
Completion percentage: 66.0
TD–INT: 114–24
Passing yards: 14,152
Passer rating: 108.7
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
Patrick Lavon Mahomes II[1] (born September 17, 1995) is an American
football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).
He initially played college football and college baseball at Texas Tech University.
Following his sophomore year, he quit baseball to focus solely on football. In his junior
year, he led all NCAA Division I FBS players in multiple categories including passing
yards (5,052 yards) and total touchdowns (53 touchdowns). He entered the 2017 NFL
Draft and was the tenth overall selection by the Chiefs.
Mahomes spent his rookie season as the backup to Alex Smith. Mahomes was named
the starter in 2018 after the Chiefs traded Smith to the Washington Redskins. That
season, Mahomes threw for 5,097 yards, 50 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. He
became the only quarterback in history to throw for over 5,000 yards in a season in both
college and the NFL. He joined Peyton Manning as the only players in NFL history to
throw 50 touchdown passes and 5,000 yards in a single season. [2] For his performance
in his first season as starter, he was named to the Pro Bowl, named First Team All-Pro,
and won the NFL Offensive Player of the Year and NFL Most Valuable Player awards.
Mahomes, along with Lamar Jackson, Cam Newton, and Steve McNair, is one of
four African-American quarterbacks to win the AP MVP award.[3]
During the 2019–20 playoffs, Mahomes led the Chiefs to Super Bowl LIV, their first
Super Bowl appearance in 50 years, where they defeated the San Francisco 49ers for
their first Super Bowl victory since 1970.[4] Mahomes was awarded the Super Bowl Most
Valuable Player for his performance, the second African-American quarterback to win
the award after Doug Williams, and youngest overall.[5] He is the third black quarterback
after Doug Williams and Russell Wilson as well as the second youngest quarterback
after Ben Roethlisberger to win a Super Bowl. In 2020, Mahomes signed a 10-year
contract extension worth $477 million with another $26 million in potential bonuses, for a
total of $503 million, making it the second largest known contract in sporting history.[6]
[7]
He would make the Super Bowl again the following year. However, he would lose to
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-9, the first loss by double digits in his NFL career. He is
the son of former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Pat Mahomes.
Contents
1Early life
2College career
o 2.1Freshman
o 2.2Sophomore
o 2.3Junior
o 2.4NCAA records
o 2.5College statistics
3Professional career
o 3.1NFL draft
o 3.22017 season
o 3.32018 season: record-setting MVP
o 3.42019 season: Super Bowl champions
o 3.52020 season: Second Super Bowl appearance
o 3.62021 season
4NFL career statistics
o 4.1Regular season
o 4.2Postseason
o 4.3NFL records
o 4.4Chiefs franchise records
5Personal life
o 5.1Endorsements
o 5.2Philanthropy
o 5.3Sports investments
6See also
7References
8External links
Early life
Mahomes was born on September 17, 1995 in Tyler, Texas to Pat Mahomes, then
an MLB pitcher, and Randi Mahomes.[8] He attended Whitehouse High
School in Whitehouse, Texas.[9] He played football, baseball, and basketball.[10] Mahomes
believes that training pitching and playing basketball improved his quarterback skills.
[11]
In football, he had 4,619 passing yards, 50 passing touchdowns, 948 rushing yards
and 15 rushing touchdowns as a senior. In baseball, he threw a no-hitter with
16 strikeouts in a game his senior year.[12] He was named the Maxpreps Male Athlete of
the Year for 2013–2014.[13]
Mahomes was rated by Rivals.com as a three-star football recruit and was ranked as
the 12th best dual-threat quarterback in his class.[14] He committed to Texas Tech
University.[15] Mahomes was also a top prospect for the 2014 Major League Baseball
draft, but was not expected to be selected high due to his commitment to Texas Tech. [16]
[17][18]
He was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 37th round of 2014 MLB Draft, but did
not sign a contract.[19]
