He was named the Maxpreps Male Athlete of the Year for 2013–2014. 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. Mahomes believes that training pitching and playing basketball improved his quarterback skills. He played football, baseball, and basketball. He attended Whitehouse High School in Whitehouse, Texas. Mahomes was born on September 17, 1995, in Tyler, Texas, to Pat Mahomes, then an MLB pitcher, and Randi Mahomes.
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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. He joined Peyton Manning as the only players in NFL history to throw 50 touchdown passes and 5,000 yards in a single season. He became the only quarterback in history to throw for over 5,000 yards in a single season in both college and in the NFL. That season, Mahomes threw for 5,097 yards, 50 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. He was named the starter in 2018 after the Chiefs traded Smith to the Washington Redskins. Mahomes spent his rookie season as the backup to Alex Smith. He was selected 10th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2017 NFL Draft. In his junior year, he led all NCAA Division I FBS players in multiple categories including passing yards (5,052) and total touchdowns (53). Following his sophomore year, he quit baseball to focus solely on football.
The son of former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Pat Mahomes, he initially played college football and college baseball at Texas Tech University. Patrick Lavon Mahomes II (born September 17, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Career quarterback rating (minimum 1,500 attempts): 105.8.Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (2020).NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2018).Mahomes with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2021