Patrick Mahomes is first Texas high school football product with 3 Super Bowl MVPs
East Texas high school football legend Patrick Mahomes entered rarified air on Sunday at Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.
He led the Kansas City Chiefs over the San Francisco 49ers in overtime 25-22 on Sunday, and the former Whitehouse High School (Texas) standout became the fastest player — and the first from Texas — to win three Super Bowl MVPs.
Mahomes finished going 34 for 46 with 333 passing yards, two TDs and 66 rushing yards, and led the game-winning drive from his own 25 by completing 8 of 8 passes, capped by a three-yard short toss to Mecole Hardman for the winning score.
Mahomes is just the third player in league history to win three Pete Rozelle Trophies behind Tom Brady (5) and Joe Montana (3).
Outside of one brief third quarter lead, Kansas City played from behind for most of the game.
The 28-year-old also won the honor in each of his first two appearances on the stage in 2020 and 2023. BetMGM gave him the best odds — +125 — entering the contest.
Patrick Mahomes, 28, has won Super Bowl MVPs in both appearances — first in 2020, then again in 2023 — and became the third player in NFL history to win three on Sunday.
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Texas is tied for second among states native Super Bowl MVPs. Florida, Pennsylvania and Louisiana also have six, while California is way out in front with 12.
Before his prolific career at Texas Tech and rise to NFL stardom, Mahomes was a football and baseball star at Whitehouse.
As a senior, he led the football program to a 12-1 season and first-ever district title, throwing for 4,619 yards (287 of 495) and 50 TDs, along with 157 rushes for 948 yards and 15 more TDs on his feet.
When he won his first in 2020, he became the fifth Lone Star State product to win the prestigious award. Mahomes going 3 for 3 would also mean he'd account for 3 of the 7 total Super Bowl MVPs won by Texas high school football products.
Here are the four that came before him:
Harvey Martin, 1977
Cowboys defensive end Harvey Martin (79) in action against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in 1978.
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Martin, a Dallas South Oak Cliff alum, was an all-NFL defensive end for the Cowboys who was named Super Bowl MVP in 1977.
Drew Brees, 2010
Drew Brees escapes the shoe tackle of Abilene Cooper's Eric Gobert in a lopsided Texas high school football showdown in 1996.
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Brees, who prepped at Austin Westlake, won the Pete Rozelle Trophy in 2010 when the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts.
Von Miller, 2016
Buffalo Bills linebacker Von Miller (40) gets off the line against the New York Giants in an NFL game.
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Eight-time all-NFL linebacker Von Miller, a DeSoto alum, brought home the trophy in 2016 after helping Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos beat Carolina and hold the Panthers to 10 points.
Nick Foles, 2018
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles hoists the Vince Lombardi Trophy after a victory against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium in 2018.
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Foles, a fellow one-time Westlake signal-caller, brought the Philadelphia Eagles the franchise's first Super Bowl in nearly 60 years in 2018 with an MVP performance.
Here are highlights from Mahomes' senior high school season in 2013-14:
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