Patrick Mahomes
Patrick Lavon Mahomes II is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He is the son of former Major League Baseball pitcher Pat Mahomes. Mahomes played college football and college baseball at Texas Tech University. He has been named to Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2020.
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Patrick Lavon Mahomes II is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He is the son of former Major League Baseball pitcher Pat Mahomes. Mahomes played college football and college baseball at Texas Tech University. In his junior year, he led all NCAA Division I FBS players in multiple categories including passing yards and total touchdowns. He then entered the 2017 NFL Draft where he was the tenth overall selection by the Chiefs. In 2020, Mahomes signed a 10-year contract extension worth USD 477 million with another USD 26 million in potential bonuses, for a total of USD 503 million. He led the Chiefs to Super Bowl LIV, their first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years, where they defeated the San Francisco 49ers. He was awarded the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player for his performance, becoming the second African-American quarterback to win the award after Doug Williams, and youngest overall. He also joined Peyton Manning as the only players in NFL history to throw 50 touchdown passes and 5,000 yards in a single season. In baseball, he threw a no-hitter with 16 strikeouts in a game his senior year. In football, he had 4,619 passing yards, 50 passing touchdowns, 948 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns as a senior. He did not sign a contract with the Detroit Tigers in the 37th round of 2014 MLB Draft, but was not expected to be selected high due to his commitment to Texas Tech. He believes that training pitching and playing basketball also improved his quarterback throwing skills.
He has been named to Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2020. His father is a former MLB pitcher, and his mother is a retired high school teacher and mother of two children. He attended Whitehouse High School in Whitehouse, Texas. He played football, baseball, and basketball. He committed to TexasTech University and was ranked as the 12th best dual-threat quarterback in his class. He started his freshman season as a backup to Davis Webb. He would remain the starter for the final three games after that. In the first game of the 2015 season, he passed for 425 yards and four touchdowns in a 59–45 win over Sam Houston State University. He followed up that performance with a 361-yard passing performance against UTEP, throwing for two touchdowns and rushing for two in a 69–20 win over the Miners. Overall, he finished with 4,653 yards, 36 touchdowns, and 36 interceptions in the 2015, 2015 season. 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 Valued Player awards. He joined Lamar Jackson, Cam Newton, and Steve McNair as only four African-Americans to win AP MVP award. He became the only quarterback in history tothrow for over 5,00 yards in both college and the NFL. He is the second youngest quarterback after Ben Roethlisberger to win Super Bowl.
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