Before Patrick Mahomes plays under the spotlight tonight, he had to show some love to his old man first. The Kansas City Chiefs QB rocked his dad's No. 23 New York Mets jersey, a team that the elder Mahomes pitched for from 1999 to 2000, going
.@PatrickMahomes5 walks into Arrowhead wearing his dad's jersey!
— NFL (@NFL) October 21, 2018
: #CINvsKC (8:20pm ET) on NBC pic.twitter.com/gLb6yyrWzX
Talk about respect.
Like any former baseball player, Pat Mahomes is very superstitious and rocks the same outfit to any Chiefs' games that he attends. Father Mahomes wears his son's Chiefs jersey, white shorts and Adidas shoes.
It wasn't matter of if @patrickmahomes5 was going to play pro football.
— SNF on NBC (@SNFonNBC) October 21, 2018
To him and his family, it was when.
Learn his story tonight on Football Night in America at 7 p.m. ET on NBC. pic.twitter.com/GVwo1WsSM9
Patrick Mahomes was drafted by the 37th round by the Detroit Tigers in 2014, but ultimately decided that football was his path in life. So far, it was the right choice.