How Long Has Patrick Mahomes Been Playing In The NFL?
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How long has Patrick Mahomes been playing in the NFL? The answer may surprise you.
Patrick Mahomes’ NFL Career
Patrick Mahomes is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He is the son of former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Pat Mahomes. He was drafted by the Chiefs in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft. In his first season as a starter, he led the Chiefs to the 2018 AFC Championship Game.
2017 NFL Draft
Patrick Mahomes was drafted in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at Texas Tech, where he was a three-year starter for the Red Raiders. As a junior, he threw for 5,052 yards and 41 touchdowns. He also ran for 12 touchdowns. Mahomes was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and a consensus All-American.
2017 NFL Season
In his rookie season, Patrick Mahomes became the starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs midway through the season. He led the team to a 9-6 record and helped them clinch a playoff berth. In the playoffs, the Chiefs lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion, the New England Patriots.
2018 NFL Season
After being drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 2017 NFL draft, Patrick Mahomes officially became an NFL player. He then sat out his rookie season, watching and learning from veteran quarterback Alex Smith. In 2018, Mahomes’ time to shine arrived. Taking over as the Chiefs’ starting quarterback, he would go on to have one of the most prolific seasons by a quarterback in NFL history. He threw for over 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns, becoming just the second player ever to do so (Peyton Manning being the other). He was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player and led the Chiefs to a 12-4 record and a berth in the AFC Championship Game.
Patrick Mahomes’ College Career
Patrick Mahomes played college football for Texas Tech University from 2014 to 2016. He is the son of former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Pat Mahomes. Mahomes was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
2015 Season
In his 2015 season, Patrick Mahomes started in all 13 games for the Red Raiders. He completed 275 of413 passes (66.7 percent) for 3,653 yards and 36 touchdowns with 15 interceptions. He also rushed 58 times for 456 yards and 10 touchdowns. For his efforts, he was named a Second Team All-Big 12 selection by the Associated Press.
2016 Season
In his 2016 season as a junior, Mahomes started all 13 games, completing 318 of 513 passes (62.0 percent) for 5,052 yards with 41 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He also rushed for 12 touchdowns. Mahomes’ 5,052 passing yards were the most in a single season in Texas Tech history and the second most in NCAA history behind only Keenan Reynolds’ 5,129 passing yards in 2013. His 41 touchdown passes tied Graham Harrell’s Big 12 record set in 2007 and marked the ninth time a quarterback had thrown for 40 or more touchdowns in a season in NCAA history. He was named first-team All-Big 12 by both the coaches and the media.
High School Career
Patrick Mahomes started playing football at a young age. He played in Pop Warner and then continued to play in high school. Mahomes was originally going to go to the University of Texas to play baseball, but then he decided to go to Mississippi State University to play football instead.
2012 Season
2012 Season
In his senior season, Mahomes led Whitehouse to a 16–0 record and the Class 4A Division I state championship, throwing for 4,638 yards and 50 touchdowns with just five interceptions. He also ran for 12 touchdowns. For his efforts, he was named the 2012 Gatorade Football Player of the Year for Texas, the 2012 Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Player of the Year, and the 2012 Associated Press Sports Editors Class 4A State Player of the Year.
2013 Season
After redshirting his freshman year, Mahomes saw limited action in his first season of play in 2014. He completed 5 of 9 passes for 46 yards and a touchdown in a limited role as a backup to starter Davis Webb. The following season, he appeared in seven games, starting one. He completed 58 of 89 passes for 817 yards with five touchdowns and one interception.
