Patrick Mahomes

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Patrick Mahomes
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Mahomes with the Chiefs in 2021
No. 15 – Kansas City Chiefs
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1995-09-17) September 17, 1995 (age 29)
Tyler, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:Whitehouse (Whitehouse, Texas)
College:Texas Tech (2014–2016)
NFL draft:2017 / round: 1 / pick: 10
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
NFL records
  • Career playoff passer rating (minimum 150 attempts): 105.8[1]
  • Career passing yards per game (minimum 1,500 attempts): 292.0[2]
  • Passing touchdowns in a single postseason: 11 (2021) (tied)[3]
  • Total yards by a quarterback in a season: 5,614[4]
Career NFL statistics as of Week 9, 2024
Passing attempts:3,859
Passing completions:2,574
Completion percentage:66.7%
TD–INT:230–72
Passing yards:30,366
Passer rating:102.5
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Patrick Lavon Mahomes II[5] (/məˈhoʊmz/;[6] born September 17, 1995) is an American professional football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Mahomes has led the Chiefs to six consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances and four Super Bowl appearances since becoming the team's starting quarterback in 2018. He is one of five quarterbacks in NFL history to win three or more Super Bowls as a starter.[7][8] Mahomes' career accolades through seven seasons in the NFL have earned him widespread praise from sports journalists, and he is considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.[9][10][11]

Mahomes played college football and baseball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Following his sophomore year, he quit baseball to focus solely on football.[12] In his junior year, he led all NCAA Division I FBS players in multiple categories including passing yards (5,052) and total touchdowns (53). He was selected 10th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2017 NFL draft. Mahomes spent his rookie season as the backup to Alex Smith. He 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 more than 5,000 yards in a single season in both college and in the NFL. He joined Peyton Manning as the only players in NFL history to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 passing touchdowns in the same season.[13] 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 is one of four black quarterbacks to win the AP MVP award.[a][14]

In the 2019 season, Mahomes led the Chiefs to Super Bowl LIV, their first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years, where they defeated the San Francisco 49ers.[15] Mahomes was awarded the Super Bowl MVP for his performance, the second black quarterback and youngest overall to do so.[b][16] He is also the third African American quarterback to win a Super Bowl.[c] 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 fourth-largest known contract in sporting history.[18][19] The year after signing his contract, he led the Chiefs to their second consecutive Super Bowl appearance, but they lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. In the 2022 season, Mahomes won his second career NFL MVP and his second Super Bowl MVP in Super Bowl LVII over the Philadelphia Eagles, becoming the first player to win NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP in the same year since Kurt Warner in 1999, and joined Tom Brady and Joe Montana as the only quarterbacks to win multiple regular season and Super Bowl MVPs.[20][21] In the 2023 season, he won his third Super Bowl MVP after the Chiefs defeated the 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.

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  2. ^ "NFL Passing Yards per Game Career Leaders". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "NFL Passing Touchdowns Single-Season Playoffs Leaders". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "Most Total Yards By A Quarterback In A Season In NFL History". StatMuse. Archived from the original on October 28, 2024. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
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  10. ^ Clawson, Douglas (February 16, 2023). "Where Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Andy Reid rank among NFL's all-time greats at their positions". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
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  16. ^ Middlehurst-Schwartz, Michael (February 3, 2020). "Patrick Mahomes wins Super Bowl MVP after leading Chiefs' wild comeback vs. 49ers". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  17. ^ McEvoy, Colin (February 9, 2023). "The Ultimate Sibling Rivalry: 8 Sets of Brothers Who Faced Off in Sports Championships". Biography. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
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