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Born on September 17, 1995, in Tyler, Texas, Patrick Lavon Mahomes II is the son of former Major League Baseball pitcher Patrick “Pat” Mahomes Sr. and event planner Randi Martin Mahomes. With Pat playing for several MLB teams over the course of his 11-year professional baseball career, the family often lived in apartments and hotel rooms in cities where he played. By his junior year, Mahomes was starting at quarterback at Whitehouse High School in Whitehouse, Texas, where he also excelled at baseball. In his senior year, he threw for 4,600 yards, 50 touchdowns, and only four interceptions, but college coaches still thought his future was in baseball. After high school, the Detroit Tigers drafted Mahomes in the 37th round.Declining the offer, Mahomes instead enrolled at Texas Tech in 2014 and continued to play baseball with the assumption he’d enter the MLB draft again in the future. After success as a starter on the football team during his sophomore season, however, he shifted focus and quit playing baseball. Patrick Mahomes eventually decided to forego his senior year at Texas Tech to enter the NFL draft, but still ended his college career ranking third in passing yards, touchdown passes, attempts and completions. He also ranked as the school’s second all-time quarterback with 22 rushing touchdowns.
Mahomes was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs as the 10th overall first-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, and made his professional football debut and first start against the Denver Broncos in December of the same year. In 2018, he became just the second quarterback in NFL history to throw for 50 touchdowns and 5,000 passing yards in a single season and was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player. Leading the team to a 12-4 record, Mahomes was the first Chiefs player to win a league MVP award. In February 2020, Mahomes played in his first Super Bowl, with the team ultimately winning the championship over the San Francisco 49ers with a final score of 31-20. He was named the Super Bowl LIV MVP, and later that year, finalized a 10-year deal with the Chiefs reportedly worth up to $503 million — the most lucrative contract in sports history. For the second year in a row, Mahomes and the Chiefs earned a spot in 2021’s Super Bowl LV. However, they lost to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-9. In February 2023, Mahomes and the Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 to secure their second Super Bowl victory, while he was named Super Bowl LVII MVP.