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Long before he was the best football player on the planet, Patrick Mahomes was just one in a long line of Texas Tech football Air Raid quarterbacks that put up gaudy numbers in Lubbock. A lot has changed since then.
One thing that hasn’t changed is Patrick Mahomes’ love for his alma mater. He made that clear recently, donating a huge sum of money to the Red Raider football program towards a new football facility for coach Joey McGuire and company.
Here’s Texas Tech Athletics with more.
Texas Tech Athletics announced Thursday alumnus Patrick Mahomes II has provided the final gift of the historic Campaign for Fearless Champions as he and his wife Brittany have dedicated $5 million towards the $242 million South End Zone and Dustin R. Womble Football Center project.
In recognition of the gift, Texas Tech will name its soon-to-be-completed walkthrough area in the Womble Football Center in his name. The three-time Super Bowl champion will also be recognized by being the namesake for Texas Tech’s quarterback meeting room and the offensive coordinator’s office in the new South End Zone Building to Jones AT&T Stadium.
Here’s a look at the new digs.
Mahomes played at Texas Tech from 2014-2016. In 32 career games, he had 93 touchdowns and 29 interceptions with overall 11,000 passing yards to go along with 820 rushing yards and 22 touchdown passes. Those stats included a record-shattering performance against Oklahoma in 2016 when he threw for 734 yards in a 69-59 loss. Yeah, that’s pretty good.
We all know what’s happened since then. The two-time MVP has won three Super Bowls in his first six years as a starter for the Kansas City Chiefs and has a chance to become the first quarterback ever to win three Super Bowls in a row this year.
Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany also co-own the NWSL’s Kansas City Current, which recently opened up an awesome women’s soccer-focused stadium in Kansas City.
After this donation, Texas Tech football players will be made aware of Mahomes’ influence on their program every time they step into the facility.