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did you know that Patrick Mahomes also played college baseball? He was even the top prospect in the 2014 MLB draft and was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 37th round. He didn’t end up on this path as we now know because he was committed to Texas Tech University, where he played both college baseball and college football. I don’t know if his throwing helped train his football arm, but the path that led him to where he is today – a two-time Super Bowl, NFL record player – began in West Texas at Texas Tech University.
Mahomes’ humble Texas beginnings
Mahomes grew up in Tyler, Texas and played football, baseball and basketball in high school. Actually, he almost gave up football in favor of baseballBut (luckily for all Texas Tech college football and Chiefs fans out there) his mom actually convinced him to stick with it. It was his junior year of high school when he had a huge game with a Texas Tech assistant sitting in the crowd watching, and from there it was destiny. He was committed to attend Texas Tech University, splits time between football and baseball.
In 2014, Mahomes started with the name backup quarterback to Davis Webb until Webb suffered a season-ending injury and Mahomes replaced him as a true freshman. Under the head coach and former Tech quarterback Cliff Kingsbury, Mahomes would resume the starting job the following year and Webb would be the backup.
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Mahomes’ football success grew, but his baseball career suffered. He finished the 2015 football season with 4,653 yards, 36 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. He finished that baseball season with just three hitless appearances in two at-bats and allowed three runs as a pitcher. It was clear where his focus lay, and by his junior year he had given up baseball for good to focus on football.
In the same year 2016 Mahomes would set several NCAA, Big 12 Conference and Texas Tech records in a single game against Oklahoma University: single-game total yards: 819 and single-game rushing yards: 734.
He finished leading the nation in nearly every statistic that year – yards per game (421), passing yards (5,052), total offense (5,312), rushing yards (318) and touchdowns (53).
In 2017, Mahomes was eligible to enter the NFL Draft, and chose to do so instead of finishing his senior year as a Red Raider at Texas Tech. Despite sitting out his senior season, he still managed to finish his college career third in passing yards (11,252), touchdown passes (93), attempts (1,349) and completions (857), second all-time by a Red Raider quarterback with 22 rushing touchdowns. responsible for contact points and second shots (115).
No wonder that He was selected in the first round and 10th overall of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. Since his college days, Mahomes’ achievements are well known. From record-setting and MVP in his first season as a starting quarterback to two Super Bowls, including one Super Bowl championship and being named Super Bowl MVP (the youngest quarterback to ever earn the award), Mahomes’ time at Texas, and especially at Texas Tech, made him the successful player he is today.
Mahomes and the Chiefs face the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship Game this Sunday with Super Bowl LVII. Time and how to watch the game here.
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