Here are some of Mahomes’ stats to know and the best Patrick Mahomes Super Bowl prop bets for Super Bowl 59. The son of a former MLB pitcher, Mahomes played college football and baseball while at Texas Tech. Following his sophomore year, he decided to quit baseball and focus on becoming an NFL quarterback.

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One of sports most commonly used cliches when great teams or rivals square off is, "you can throw out the records when these two meet." This is by no means a rivalry, but, please throw out the records when Patrick Mahomes and Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio go head-to-head,