Don’t be surprised if you see a tortilla or two flying in
the air in Miami two weeks from now.
Kansas City quarterback will be the first quarterback that
played high school and college football in Texas to start a Super Bowl when the
Chiefs take on either the Green Bay Packers or San Fransisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2.
Mahomes completed 22 of 35 passes for 294 yards and three
touchdowns while rushing for 53 yards and a touchdown on eight carries in
Kansas City’s 35-24 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday at a raucous
Arrowhead Stadium.
His 27-yard touchdown run in the final seconds of the first
half proved to be the turning point of the AFC Championship Game. Mahomes
escaped a sack, tiptoed down the near sidelines, cut back inside and dove into
the end zone for a run that gave the Chiefs a 21-17 lead 11 seconds before
halftime and the Titans would not regain the advantage.
Not only did Mahomes beat former Big Spring and Texas
A&M star Ryan Tannehill, but he helped the Chiefs break a 50-year Super
Bowl drought. Kansas City has not played in the big game since beating the
Minnesota Vikings 23-7 in Super Bowl IV.
Despite playing at Texas Tech for only three years, Mahomes finished
with 11,252 yards and 93 touchdowns passing while rushing for 22 touchdowns.
Mahomes became the fourth Red Raider quarterback to lead the nation in passing.
Mahomes first made a and for himself at Whitehouse where he
threw for 4,619 yards and 50 touchdowns as a senior while rushing for 948 yards
and 22 rushing scores. He was named Associated Press Class 4A Offensive Player
of the Year and made both the AP and Texas Sports Writers Association all-state
first teams.
Super Bowl 54 kicks off at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 2 at Hard Rock
Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. and will be televised on Fox.
