Dennis St. Sauver - Patrick Mahomes: Superstar Quarterback

SUPERSTAR QUARTERBACK

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DENNIS ST. SAUVER

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Cover Photo: efks/Getty Images; Harry How/Getty Images.

Interior Photos: Adam Glanzman/Getty Images (p. 5); Chelsea Purgahn/AP Images (p. 13); Colin
Braley/AP Images (p. 25); David Eulitt/Getty Images (p. 19); Dustin Bradford/Getty Images (p.
17); Jamie Squire/Getty Images (pp. 21, 23); Justin Edmonds/Getty Images (p. 27); Patrick Smith/
Getty Images (p. 29); Peter Aiken/Getty Images (p. 15); Ronald Martinez/Getty Images (p. 9);
Victor Texcucano/AP Images (p. 11).

Coordinating Series Editor: Elizabeth Andrews
Graphic Design: Jenny Christensen, Cody Laberda

Library of Congress Control Number: 2018967166

Publishers Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: St. Sauver, Dennis, author.
Title: Patrick Mahomes: superstar quarterback / by Dennis St. Sauver
Other title: Superstar quarterback

Description: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Publishing, 2020 | Series: NFL superstars |
Includes online resources and index.

Identifiers: ISBN 9781532119835 (lib. bdg.) | ISBN 9781532174599 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Quarterbacks (Football)--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature. |
Football players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature. | Kansas City Chiefs
(Football team)--Juvenile literature. | Sports--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Classification: DDC 796.3326409 [B]--dc23

CONTENTS

SUPERSTAR
QUARTERBACK

Patrick Mahomes is a professional football
player in the National Football League (NFL).
He plays quarterback for the Kansas City
Chiefs in Missouri. Many feel that he is what
the Chiefs need to be champions .

SNAPSHOT

NAME:

Patrick Lavon
Mahomes II

BIRTHDAY:

September 17, 1995

BIRTHPLACE:

Tyler, Texas

POSITION:

Quarterback

COLLEGE TEAM:

Texas Tech University
Red Raiders

CURRENT TEAM:

Kansas City Chiefs

EARLY YEARS

Patricks parents are Pat Mahomes and
Randi Martin. Pat was a pitcher in Major
League Baseball (MLB) who played for
many different teams. Patrick has a younger
brother Jackson, and a younger sister Mia.

Patricks family is very close. His dad taught
him about professional sports. His mom
encouraged him when things got tough.

Where was Patrick Mahomes born?

STARTING OUT

Like many athletes, Patrick liked to play
sports as a kid. In high school, he played
baseball, basketball, and football. In
baseball, he was a star pitcher like his dad.

Patrick could have played professional
baseball. The Detroit Tigers drafted him after
high school. Patrick had to choose between
baseball and football.

Patricks dad Pat played
in the MLB for 11 years.
He played for six different
teams during that time.

Patrick was a three-star prospect in
football. That meant that many college
scouts wanted him to play for their schools.
Patrick decided to play football at Texas
Tech University.

DID YOU KNOW?

Sometimes, Patrick got
out of school to travel
to baseball games with
his dad.

Patrick said that he can throw a
football between 80-85 yards
(73-78 m). That is more than half
the length of a football field!

BIG DREAMS

In his first two years of college, Patrick
played in 20 total football games. He passed
for 52 touchdowns and more than 6,000
yards (5,486 m).

In his third year, he set several records.
Patrick passed for 734 yards (671 m) in one
game. That tied the NCAA record for
single-game passing yards.

Patrick decided to leave college
to enter the 2017 NFL Draft.

GOING PRO

In 2017, the Kansas City Chiefs drafted
Patrick. He was the tenth player picked. He
did not play a lot in his first year. Instead, he
spent time watching, learning, and waiting
for his chance.

DID YOU KNOW?

Patrick said that he loves
having a new challenge
every week.

While trying out for the NFL
draft, Patrick threw the football
60 miles (97 km) per hour!

He played his first NFL game late in the 2017