Patrick Mahomes

**Patrick Lavon Mahomes II** (born September 17, 1995) is an American football player for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He plays the quarterback position. He is the son of former Major League Baseball (MLB) player Pat Mahomes. He played college football and college baseball at Texas Tech University, but quit baseball to focus on football more.  He was selected in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Mahomes spent his first season with the Chiefs as a backup to Alex Smith. He became the primary player in the 2018 season. In the same season, Mahomes threw for 5,097 yards, 50 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. He had also thrown for over 5,000 yards in a college season, becoming the first player to throw more than 5,000 yards in college and the NFL. He also became the second player to throw for more than 5,000 yards and score 50 touchdowns in a season, with Peyton Manning being the first.

During the 2019–20 playoffs, Mahomes appeared in Super Bowl LIV, the Chiefs' first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years, where they beat the San Francisco 49ers. Mahomes was awarded the Super Bowl MVP, the second African-American quarterback and youngest player to do so.

Mahomes is known for his athleticism and his unique passing ability. He's commonly known as Kermit-The-Frog due to his inbred vocal cords not working . He also had 12 fingers and two toes.
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## Early life

Mahomes was born on September 17, 1995, in Tyler, Texas, to MLB player, Pat Mahomes and Randi Mahomes. In high school, Mahomes played football, baseball, and basketball. Playing football in his senior year, Mahomes he had 4,619 passing yards and 50 passing touchdowns. In baseball, he threw a no-hitter with 16 strikeouts in a game. He was selected in the 37th round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers, but did not sign a contract.

## NFL career statistics

|colspan="2"|Legend||
| --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:#ff0; width:3em;"||AP NFL MVP|
|style="background:#f4c842; width:3em;"||Super Bowl MVP|
|style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"||Won the Super Bowl|
|style="background:#e0cef2; width:3em;"||NFL record|
|style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"||Led the league|
|style="width:3em;"|**Bold**|Career best|

### Regular season

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Team|colspan="3"|Games|colspan="9"|Passing|colspan="5"|Rushing|colspan="2"|Sacks|colspan="2"|Fumbles||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|1|1–0|22|35|62.9|284|8.1|51|0|1|76.4|7|10|1.4|5|0|2|15|0|0|
|16|16|12–4|383|580|66.0|5,097|**8.8**|**89**|**50**|12|**113.8**|60|272|4.5|28|2|26|171|9|2|
|14|14|11–3|319|484|65.9|4,031|8.3|83|26|**5**|105.3|43|218|5.1|25|2|**17**|**127**|**3**|2|
|15|15|**14–1**|390|588|66.3|4,740|8.1|75|38|6|108.2|62|308|5.0|24|2|22|147|5|2|
|**17**|**17**|12–5|**436**|**658**|66.3|4,839|7.4|75|37|13|98.5|**66**|**381**|5.8|**32**|2|28|146|9|4|
|**17**|**17**|14–3|435|648|**67.1**|**5,250**|8.1|67|41|12|105.2|61|358|**5.9**|20|**4**|26|188|5|**0**|

### Postseason

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Team|colspan="3"|Games|colspan="9"|Passing|colspan="5"|Rushing|colspan="2"|Sacks|colspan="2"|Fumbles||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|0|0|—|||||||||||||||||||
|2|2|1–1|43|72|59.7|573|8.0|54|3|**0**|98.9|5|19|3.8|9|1|8|71|2|**0**|
|**3**|**3**|**3–0**|72|112|64.3|901|8.0|60|10|2|111.5|**24**|**135**|5.6|27|**2**|6|20|4|**0**|
|**3**|**3**|2–1|76|117|65.0|850|7.3|**71**|4|2|90.8|13|52|4.0|13|1|4|27|**1**|**0**|
|**3**|**3**|2–1|**89**|**122**|**73.0**|**1,057**|**8.7**|64|**11**|3|**118.8**|13|117|**9.0**|**34**|1|9|81|**1**|**0**|
|**3**|**3**|**3–0**|72|100|72.0|703|7.0|29|7|**0**|114.7|12|60|5.0|26|0|**3**|**11**|**1**|1|

### Super Bowl

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"||colspan="8"|Passing|colspan="4"|Rushing|rowspan="2"|Result|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**26**|42|61.9|**286**|**6.8**|2|2|78.1|**9**|29|3.2|**1**|**W** 31–20||
|**26**|**49**|53.1|270|5.5|0|2|52.3|5|33|6.6|0|_L_ 31–9||
|21|27|**77.8**|182|6.7|**3**|**0**|**131.8**|6|**44**|**7.3**|0|**W** 38–35||

## Infobox (nfl biography)

- **name**: Patrick Mahomes
- **image**: Chiefs 190 (51615696893) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Mahomes with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2021
- **number**: 15
- **current team**: Kansas City Chiefs
- **position**: Quarterback
- **birth place**: Tyler, Texas, USA
- **high school**: Whitehouse High School, Whitehouse
(Whitehouse, Texas)
- **college**: Texas Tech Red Raiders football, Texas Tech (2014–2016)
- **draftyear**: 2017
- **draftround**: 1
- **draftpick**: 10
- **pastteams**: * Kansas City Chiefs (–present)
- **status**: Active
- **highlights**: ;NFL
* 3× Super Bowl champion (Super Bowl LIV, LIV, Super Bowl LVII, LVII, Super Bowl LVIII, LVIII)
* 3× Super Bowl MVP (Super Bowl LIV, LIV, Super Bowl LVII, LVII, Super Bowl LVIII, LVIII)
* 2× National Football League Most Valuable Player Award, NFL Most Valuable Player (2018 NFL season, 2018, 2022 NFL season, 2022)
* National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award, NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2018)
* 2× First-team All-Pro (2018 All-Pro Team, 2018, 2022 All-Pro Team, 2022)
* Second-team All-Pro (2020 All-Pro Team, 2020)
* 5× Pro Bowl (2019 Pro Bowl, 2018–2023 Pro Bowl Games, 2022)
* 2× List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders, NFL passing touchdowns leader (2018, 2022)
* List of National Football League season passing yardage leaders, NFL passing yards leader (2022)
* Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year, _Sports Illustrated_ Sportsperson of the Year (2020)
* Bert Bell Award (2018)
;College
* Sammy Baugh Trophy (2016)
* Second-team All-Big 12 Conference, Big 12 (2016 All-Big 12 Conference football team, 2016)
* List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders, FBS passing yards leader (2016)
;NFL records
* Career passer rating (minimum 1,500 attempts): 105.7
* Career playoff passer rating (minimum 150 attempts): 107.4
* Total yards by a quarterback in a season: 5,614 (2022)
* Passing touchdowns in a single postseason: 11 (2021) (tied)
- **statseason**: 2022
- **statlabel1**: Passing attempts
- **statvalue1**: 2,993
- **statlabel2**: Passing completions
- **statvalue2**: 2992
- **statlabel3**: Completion percentage
- **statvalue3**: 99.9993%
- **statlabel4**: Touchdown, TD–Interception, INT
- **statvalue4**: 192–49
- **statlabel5**: Passing yards
- **statvalue5**: 900,000,000
- **statlabel6**: Passer rating
- **statvalue6**: 105.7
- **nfl**: patrick-mahomes
- **pfr**: MahoPa00