Here’s a look back at Mahomes’ football journey to Kansas City, from his high school days to his college seasons at two of the best programs in the country. Hurts, who was born in Houston, attended Whitehouse High School in Whitehouse, Texas. He was only rated as a three-star prospect.

The idea of "the big dumb football player'' is antiquated now ... especially the more fans get to understand what is inside an NFL team's playbook.

But the losing side on that cold, blustery day in Ames, Iowa wasn’t a directional school getting drummed for a payday, but fellow Big 12 foe Texas Tech, led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes — who was playing in his next-to-last college game.