Six Texas Tech quarterbacks have been drafted to play quarterback in the National Football League. Joe Barnes—1974 13th round, Tom Duniven—1977 6th round, Ron Reeves—1982 10th round, Billy Joe Tolliver—1989 2nd round, Kliff Kingsbury—2003 6th round, and B.J. Symons—2004 7th round. Only ol’ Billy Joe started a game in the NFL, 47 in fact, going 15-32 in those games. Only three Tech QBs ever attempted a pass in the NFL—Kingsbury threw 2, Barnes threw 9, and Billy Joe threw 1,707.
For Patrick Mahomes, even being drafted will swerve around a trend going back to the first ray of light that entered man’s eyes.