At 5 years old, Patrick Mahomes would shag pop-ups on the pregame infield of the Texas Rangers, where his father, Pat, would assure teammates that his kid could handle it without getting injured. Soon, he was getting coached up by no less than Alex Rodriguez.
“He would watch my swing and give me pointers,” Patrick said.
Growing up in Whitehouse, Texas, the stories of Mahomes’ athletic feats are endless and not just in football.
There were 300-yard drives in golf, middle school high jump victories and testimonials about how he could make a whiffle ball bend like no one had ever seen.