Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ greatness almost seems to be underappreciated by the masses, but what he has accomplished will surely have him immortalized in Canton forever when he decides to call it quits. Mahomes is a three-time Super Bowl Champion, six-time Pro Bowler, and has been an All-Pro at quarterback twice in his career.
Mahomes threw for 352 yards in the Chiefs’ overtime win against the Colts, going 29-for-46 passing and failing to throw a touchdown pass. This was just the second time this season that he did not throw a touchdown, and the Chiefs lost the other time.
Patrick Mahomes’ College Football Career
Mahomes played three seasons at Texas Tech in the Big 12 conference and started his freshman season as the backup to Davis Webb. Webb played in eight games and led the Big 12 in interceptions, so Texas Tech turned to true freshman Mahomes to take over.
In each of his final two seasons on campus, he led the conference in passing attempts, completions, yards, yards per game, and passing touchdowns. He also led all of Division I in passing yards and yards per game in his final season, with 5,052 yards in total, and 421 per game. This led scouts to believe that he had the potential to play well at the next level, and as a result, the Chiefs drafted him with the 10th pick in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
How Did Texas Tech Land Mahomes?
Mahomes was born in Tyler, TX, and attended Whitehouse High School in Whitehouse, Texas. He was a three-star recruit upon graduating from high school and was also drafted by the Tigers in the 2014 MLB Draft; however, he did not sign his contract.
He had offers from Texas Tech, Rice, and Houston, and ultimately decided to attend Texas Tech. His time at Texas Tech helped him develop into the quarterback he is today, and he was on many teams’ radars heading into draft day, before ultimately being drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs had not drafted a quarterback in the first round since they took QB Todd Blackledge with the seventh overall pick in the 1983 NFL Draft.
Even though the Chiefs drafted him before the 2017 season, they had an established starter in Alex Smith, so Mahomes’ first start did not come until Week 17 of the 2017 season. He led them to victory in a 27-24 win over the Denver Broncos and never looked back.
The following offseason, the Chiefs committed to Mahomes as their full-time starter by trading Smith to Washington, and Kansas City has not looked back since. Per our PFSN QB Impact Score, from 2018 to 2022, Mahomes was a top-ten quarterback each season, and was the top quarterback in the NFL in 2018 and 2022, with an A- or better grade in each season.