Patrick Mahomes is firmly in a league of his own after latest Super Bowl victory
Patrick Mahomes was promoted to a league all by himself after leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII.
Mahomes picked up his second Super Bowl ring and second Super Bowl MVP award. He was 21 of 27 with 182 yards and three touchdown passes. The Chiefs were 10 points behind at halftime and every drive in the second half earned points.
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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl LVII football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, February 12, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
The star quarterback was also named NFL MVP on Thursday, becoming the first person since Kurt Warner in the 1999 season to win a Super Bowl after winning the MVP award. He finished the 2022 season with 5,250 passing yards and 41 touchdown passes — both league-leading.
And all of that, of course, before his 28th birthday.
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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, left, holds up the Super Bowl MVP Trophy while standing next to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during an NFL Super Bowl football press conference in Phoenix Monday, February 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
According to ESPN Stats & Info, Mahomes is the first player in NFL history to win at least two championships and league MVPs in his first six seasons. The awards he received in 2022 have only been repeated by three other quarterbacks – Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Kurt Warner.
The quarterback broke the record for most all-time fumbles in a Super Bowl with three and was half the youngest combined age of the starting quarterbacks — 51 years and 337 days.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (left) and tight end Travis Kelce celebrate defeating the Philadelphia Eagles after the NFL Super Bowl LVII football game Sunday, February 12, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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“I thought the guys just embraced the moment,” Mahomes said of the rally. “In that first half we played and did some good things but I felt like the lads were consumed by everything around us.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.