THE SUMMER BEFORE SEVENTH GRADE, Patrick Mahomes got summoned to the Whitehouse High School football field for a special workout. It wasn't quite a secret. But let's just say the coaching staff in East Texas definitely didn't advertise it to the other 10 to 15 middle school kids who wanted to be Whitehouse's quarterback when they grew up.
The coaches did invite one other kid. The varsity's offensive coordinator, Reno Moore, was running the workout that day and asked fellow seventh-grader Ryan Cheatham to come out, too. Moore had heard hype about both kids, and he wanted to get a quick assessment of what the buzz was all about.
Mahomes was a star pitcher in the Tyler area, the son of an MLB player. Cheatham was just as good as a pitcher. Together, they were the one-two punch that led Tyler's junior baseball team (ages 13-14) to the U.S. title at the 2010 Junior League Baseball World Series.....
Originally Posted by blake5676:
I'm sure it makes me a fun sponge but...I have to say of all the jokes and stupid (but often funny) shit that is on CP, repeatedly quoting a wall of massive text is 100% the most annoying and stupid. I wish mods would punish people for doing it.
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
Oh, and nothing personal against anyone who gets a thumbs down. I think you're awesome, and it hurts me more than it hurts you.
Nothing personal against you either, but meet me at the George Brett statue and bring a box of Band-Aids. [Reply]
Originally Posted by MahomesMagic:
I never knew Mahomes played safety before.
I had read an article that Mack Brown of UT had tried to recruit Mahomes to play safety but Mahomes declined as he was focused on playing QB. Don't know if true, but interesting if it did happen [Reply]
Originally Posted by RedRaider56:
I had read an article that Mack Brown of UT had tried to recruit Mahomes to play safety but Mahomes declined as he was focused on playing QB. Don't know if true, but interesting if it did happen
I bet he would have been a Hall of Fame safety. But I prefer him at quarterback.
I've never been around anyone who became a pro athlete. It would be interesting to honestly hear whether people who have that exposure knew, or if it was just "Hey, Patrick's pretty good."
If you went to high school with Derrick Thomas, did you see that he had an elite first step? Did Kelce's classmates say, "Wow, that guy's headed for the Hall of Fame"?
In basketball you have a few guys who are obviously going pro quickly and everyone knows it. But in football, the pros are years away when you're a high school kid. [Reply]
