Patrick Mahomes with the Kansas City Chiefs, 2023
With the Kansas City Chiefs, 2023. Photo: Adam Schultz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Texas Tech, 2014–⁠16

Patrick Mahomes

Number
No. 5
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Whitehouse, TX
Born
Sep 17, 1995, in Tyler, Texas

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Patrick Mahomes played quarterback at Texas Tech (2014–⁠16). The Kansas City Chiefs took Mahomes in the first round, No. 10 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
5,052
Passing yards, 2016 (Texas Tech, 5–⁠7)
Best game
734 yards
Vs. Oklahoma, week 8, 2016: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In FBS in passing yards, 2016
Drafted
No. 10
Overall, 2017 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Career highs

734passing yards, career highvs. Oklahoma, 20166touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Baylor, 201685rushing yards, career highvs. Oklahoma, 20163rushing touchdowns, career highat Kansas State, 2016

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2014Texas Tech10518556.81,5478.4164
2015Texas Tech36457363.54,6538.13615
2016Texas Tech38859165.75,0528.54110
Career8571,34963.511,2528.39329

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2014Texas Tech461042.3014
2015Texas Tech1314563.51025
2016Texas Tech1312852.21232
Career3088452.72232

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2014Texas Tech5QB
2015Texas Tech5QB
2016Texas Tech5QB6′3″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2014Texas Tech2300.3377th (n=147)0.2475.243%0.65–
2015Texas Tech7050.3578th (n=151)0.24245.964%0.440.31
2016Texas Tech7200.4292nd (n=152)0.25299.368%0.540.28

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Texas Tech 12 games, 5,052 passing yards, 41 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.Stephen F. AustinW 69–⁠1730434834057
Sep 10atArizona StateL 55–⁠6838535405244
Sep 17vs.Louisiana TechW 59–⁠4526364705037
Sep 29vs.KansasW 55–⁠1927342774127
Oct 8atKansas StateL 38–⁠44456250421−3
Oct 15vs.West VirginiaL 17–⁠48284430511−10
Oct 22vs.OklahomaL 59–⁠6652887345185
Oct 29atTCUW 27–⁠2424392062139
Nov 5vs.TexasL 37–⁠45365936731−16
Nov 12atOklahoma StateL 44–⁠4534513613033
Nov 19atIowa StateL 10–⁠66183621912−2
Nov 25vs.BaylorW 54–⁠35304658660−6
2015 Texas Tech 13 games, 4,653 passing yards, 36 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.Sam HoustonW 59–⁠4533534254148
Sep 12vs.UTEPW 69–⁠2018333614023
Sep 19atArkansasW 35–⁠2426302431258
Sep 26vs.TCUL 52–⁠5525453922036
Oct 3vs.BaylorL 35–⁠6332504153239
Oct 10vs.Iowa StateW 66–⁠313346428501
Oct 17atKansasW 30–⁠2029503541129
Oct 24atOklahomaL 27–⁠6326402331447
Oct 31vs.Oklahoma StateL 53–⁠7038554804246
Nov 7atWest VirginiaL 26–⁠3121341963173
Nov 14vs.Kansas StateW 59–⁠4433423843014
Nov 26atTexasW 48–⁠4522393721170
Dec 29 ✦vs.LSUL 27–⁠56285637041−28
2014 Texas Tech 7 games, 1,547 passing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 25atOklahoma StateL 35–⁠4525201116
Oct 4atKansas StateL 13–⁠455754001
Oct 25atTCUL 27–⁠82511451118
Nov 1vs.TexasL 13–⁠34132110900−2
Nov 15vs.OklahomaL 30–⁠4227503934012
Nov 22atIowa StateW 34–⁠3123353284132
Nov 29vs.BaylorL 46–⁠4830565986127

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017
Height6′2″
Weight225 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan78½″W
40-yard dash4.80 s
10-yard split1.59 sW
Vertical jump30″
Broad jump9′6″
3-cone drill6.88 s
20-yard shuttle4.08 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 130 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.

Pro Bowls: 6 (2018–⁠23) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2018, 2022) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2020

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2018, 2022; AP second team 2020; Pro Football Writers first team 2018, 2022; Sporting News first team 2020, 2022.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2017Kansas City Chiefs122352840110
2018Kansas City Chiefs163835805,0975012272
2019Kansas City Chiefs143194844,031265218
2020Kansas City Chiefs153905884,740386308
2021Kansas City Chiefs174366584,8393713381
2022Kansas City Chiefs174356485,2504112358
2023Kansas City Chiefs164015974,1832714389
2024Kansas City Chiefs163925813,9282611307
2025Kansas City Chiefs143155023,5872211422
2026 (so far)Kansas City Chiefs4821281,0379241
NFL career1303,1754,80136,976276872,706

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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