Mahomes attended Texas Tech University to play baseball and football in college. He gave up baseball after his sophomore year in order to concentrate entirely on football. He led all NCAA Division I FBS players in several categories during his junior year, including total touchdowns (53), passing yards (5,052), and passing efficiency. In the 2017 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs selected him with the tenth overall pick. During his debut season, Mahomes covered for Alex Smith. Following Smith’s trade to the Washington Redskins by the Chiefs, he was named the starting quarterback in 2018.
Mahomes completed the season with 5,097 yards of passing, 50 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. He made NFL and collegiate quarterback history by becoming the only one to throw for over 5,000 yards in a single season. He became the first player in NFL history to throw for 50 passing touchdowns and 5,000 yards in one season, along with Peyton Manning.[11] He was named to the Pro Bowl, first-team All-Pro, and the NFL Offensive Player of the Year and NFL Most Valuable Player awards for his accomplishments in his debut season as a starter. Four black quarterbacks have won the AP MVP award, including Mahomes.
The Chiefs made their first trip to the Super Bowl in fifty years in 2019 because to Mahomes’ leadership, as they defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV.[13] Mahomes, the second-youngest quarterback overall and the second-black quarterback, won the Super Bowl MVP award for his performance.[b][14] He is the third quarterback of African American descent to win a Super Bowl.[c] Mahomes agreed to a $477 million, ten-year contract extension in 2020, with an additional $26 million in possible bonuses.
It is the fourth-largest known deal in sports history, worth a total of $503 million.[16][17] He guided the Chiefs to their second straight Super Bowl participation the year after he signed his contract, but they were defeated by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. Mahomes defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII of the 2022 season to win both his second career NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP. This made him the first player to win both awards in the same year since Kurt Warner in 1999.
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