Patrick Mahomes II is one of the most recognizable and inspiring figures in professional sports today. From humble beginnings to his meteoric rise to instant stardom in the National Football League, Mahomes has captivated the sports world with his spectacular talents and limitless potential.
Table of Contents:
1. Early Life
2. High School and College
3. NFL Draft
4. Super Bowl Champion
5. Personal Life
6. Philanthropy
7. Patrick Mahomes ll
- Early Life
Patrick Mahomes II was born in Tyler, Texas on September 17, 1995. His mother Randi Mahomes was a basketball player and track athlete at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. His father Pat Mahomes Sr. was a Major League Baseball pitcher for 11 years. Pat taught Patrick how to throw a baseball from an early age and the two trained constantly. From a young age, Mahomes displayed a passion for sports and a knack for leadership among his peers.
- High School and College
Mahomes attended Whitehouse High School in Whitehouse, Texas. While at Whitehouse, Mahomes excelled as a three-sport athlete in baseball, basketball, and football. Mahomes was an all-state selection for football and was rated as one of the top high school quarterbacks in the nation. His success earned him a scholarship to Texas Tech University. During his college career, he set numerous records in multiple offensive categories and won the Sammy Baugh Trophy in 2016 as the nation’s top collegiate quarterback.
- NFL Draft
In 2017, Mahomes was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs as the tenth overall pick in the NFL draft. He became the second quarterback from his family to be drafted, after his father’s selection in the Major League Baseball draft in 1988. Mahomes was named the starting quarterback for the Chiefs for the 2018 season after being named the backup to Alex Smith earlier that year. Mahomes had an impressive debut season, being named NFL Offensive Player of the Year and displaying incredible athleticism and quick decision-making. He led the Chiefs to the playoffs and set numerous franchise records in his first year.
- Super Bowl Champion
In 2019, Mahomes and the Chiefs continued their success and finished the regular season as the second seed in the AFC. The team went on to have an incredible postseason run, winning all three of their playoff games and becoming the first team in NFL history to rally back from a double-digit deficit in each of those games. They defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV and Mahomes was awarded the Most Valuable Player honor for the game. This success made Mahomes the youngest player in NFL history to win both the MVP and Super Bowl in the same season.
- Personal Life
Mahomes has a wide variety of interests outside the football field. He is a huge fan of gaming, music, and golf. He is also very active on social media, where his profile often focuses on his passions and activities outside of football. He frequently uses his platform to inspire and engage with his fans across the globe. Mahomes also got engaged in 2020 to longtime girlfriend, Brittany Matthews.
- Philanthropy
Mahomes is an active supporter of several charitable causes. He frequently partners with the Plato Foundation, a charity that supports homeless and low-income families in Kansas City, to provide meals and other forms of aid to those in need. He also supports charities that focus on the promotion of STEM education among students in the Kansas City area. Mahomes has also created his own foundation, 15 and the Mahomies, which focuses on making a difference in the lives of children.
Patrick Mahomes Quotes
“In the pocket, I usually keep two hands on the ball.” – Patrick Mahomes
“You can have the big arm, and that’s good, and it helps out in the games, but it doesn’t help you necessarily win games.” – Patrick Mahomes
“Coach Reid is a great teacher. He understands how people learn, understands how to get people to get the concept of what the play is and why we’re running it.” – Patrick Mahomes
“You want to be drafted high, but to be drafted high into an organization like the Kansas City Chiefs, it’s like a dream to me.” – Patrick Mahomes
“You see Tom Brady, you see Alex Smith, and you see all those guys in the pocket and how quick they are with their footwork and how they get the ball out fast. I have to get like that.” – Patrick Mahomes
“You want to be in the first round. That’s the dream. That’s what you see on draft night.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.” – Patrick Mahomes
“If you want to win games in this league, you have to be efficient.” – Patrick Mahomes
“The team aspect of football and just playing quarterback, having the ball in your hands, having to make the plays, that was definitely something I loved.” – Patrick Mahomes
“East Texas isn’t known for producing quarterbacks. I was never really on the football circuit. I wasn’t the type of guy that put my name out there.” – Patrick Mahomes
“You dream of your first NFL start when you’re a little kid, playing football in the backyard, but until you get there, you never know what to expect.” – Patrick Mahomes
“It’s pretty cool just to see the support we have. It’s unmatched, Kansas City and the Chiefs Kingdom, the support they have for us. For me to just kind of be in the community and see those people is always a good thing.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I love being able to come in every single day and work out and watch film and practice with guys who are all striving for the same goal.” – Patrick Mahomes
“The furthest I have even thrown the ball was 85 yards. But I had a little wind at my back, so I don’t claim that one.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I’m a little quick – I can run a little bit – but I know I can’t make a lot happen. So my thinking always was, ‘Why don’t you put it in the fast guys’ hands and let them make plays.’” – Patrick Mahomes
“I was that little kid: I was the one that was looking up to athletes and getting to see them and getting to be a part of it, and I remember those experiences.” – Patrick Mahomes
“There’s so much difference in having arm ability. You have to be able to throw it hard. You have to be able to throw it with touch. You have to be able to do everything in this league, and I try to get better at every single one of those throws every single day.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I feel like, even if something goes wrong, I have confidence in myself and my team that we’ll fix it.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I want people to know that I’m going to leave every single thing on the field.” – Patrick Mahomes
“When you go into a game, and there’s something that was drawn up the way it was supposed to be drawn up, and you missed the throw or the catch, as a receiver, it’s something where you feel bad about that. You can always regret just missing it, but as a football player, you have to move on to the next play.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I try to just focus in on being in the same routine every single day.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I like being… in Kansas City. People are extremely nice, extremely passionate about the Chiefs.” – Patrick Mahomes
“Definitely, as a competitor, you want to get out there and play.” – Patrick Mahomes
“When you play the Oakland Raiders when you’re the Kansas City Chiefs, you know they’re going to come out with that mentality that they’re going to win. They’re going to come out fighting. It’s a rivalry game.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I was a good student and stuff like that.” – Patrick Mahomes
“You can tell when coaches have confidence in you.” – Patrick Mahomes
“The quarterbacks that win… those are the quarterbacks that are talked about for being great.” – Patrick Mahomes
“Good third-down teams are teams that usually have success in this league.” – Patrick Mahomes
“It’s not like I mean to throw no-look passes. I think it kind of happens out of instinct. As I do it, I’m like, ‘Dang, I didn’t even mean to do that.’” – Patrick Mahomes
“Throughout my whole football career, I have always known I wasn’t the fastest guy.” – Patrick Mahomes
“You have to learn and develop from every experience you see on the field. I might see an unscouted blitz. I might see different coverages than I’m expecting. So I need to process and make those adjustments as I go.” – Patrick Mahomes
“Never change who you are, and be the best you can be.” – Patrick Mahomes
“They had a good game plan and they came out fast. We started slow, but we picked it up. You just have got to trust in the process and not try to do too much and things will start happening and having success your way.” – Patrick Mahomes
“There’s always plays that Coach Reid just draws up every single week. I always say that they always work. He just gets on the board in his room and just starts drawing plays. The possibilities are endless.” – Patrick Mahomes
“When I scramble and do those things, I try to look downfield, look for the playmakers, put it in their hands, and let them make all the big plays happen.” – Patrick Mahomes
“Playing the scout-team quarterback in practice really helped develop my game.” – Patrick Mahomes
“Coming from college, where they tell you exactly what you have to do, and they tell you to have to be at this at this time, you kind of get punishment for that. Now you’re in the NFL, and you have to do it on your own.” – Patrick Mahomes
“The best thing about it is you’re showing kids that no matter where you grow up, what race you are, that you can achieve your dream.” – Patrick Mahomes
“You have to be secure with the ball. You can’t lose it.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I got to talk with some of the great offensive minds in football. Bruce Arians, Byron Leftwich, Andy Reid, Ben McAdoo, Bill O’Brien, I met all those guys and tried to take something away from each of them. Hue Jackson, people that are known for developing quarterbacks, I got exposed to a lot of stuff I hadn’t seen before.” – Patrick Mahomes
“Every experience, good or bad, you have to learn from.” – Patrick Mahomes
“No one really sees pro athletes behind the scenes. They don’t know how hard they work. They don’t see how you work on the basics. They couldn’t possibly know. You wouldn’t think that someone who hits like Alex Rodriguez needs to use a tee every day. But that’s how he stayed on top of it.” – Patrick Mahomes
“When you’re in this league, you have to do something every single day. You have off days, but those off days are usually watching films.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I have a lot of guys around me that help make my job easier.” – Patrick Mahomes
“When I was young I used to eat ketchup sandwiches – just bread and ketchup.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I just try to be the best Patrick Mahomes I can be.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I think, as a quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I didn’t do any football stuff when I was a kid… Mostly baseball and basketball the whole time. That’s all I did. I played football starting in seventh grade. As I got older, I started playing a little bit more. Then in high school, I really fell in love with it.” – Patrick Mahomes
“Not a lot of people see that when you’re growing up. You don’t get to see that people really have to work hard to become as good as they are.” – Patrick Mahomes
“I didn’t start playing football a lot until I was in high school. I played it in seventh and eighth grade, but I didn’t play Pop Warner or anything.” – Patrick Mahomes
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