How Patrick Mahomes convinced the Kansas City Chiefs to draft him: ‘Come get me’…

Prior to this year’s Draft, Travis Kelce’s podcast, New Heights, reposted an interview he had with Patrick Mahomes back in 2022, in which he recalls the days before being selected and the meetings.

I kind of gave a little inside info to the Chiefs and was like ‘Hey, if y’all let me go 12 or below, I’m going to get drafted by someone else.’ So I gave the Chiefs a little bit of info on that because I wanted to be here. I don’t know who was at 12 that time, but I knew right around there was where I was going to get drafted. My agent talked to Brett Veach and the Chiefs’ staff. I remember at about pick nine or 10, Veach sent my agent a little picture of a Red Raider with the ‘Guns Up,’ so I knew the Chiefs were drafting me.