Patrick and Brittany Mahomes’ Love Story Has a Special Detail Hidden In Their Kansas City Chiefs Tradition

Patrick Mahomes finds his family before every kickoff, just like he did with a rose in high school.© Image via: X/@NFL_DovKleiman

Before Patrick Mahomes throws a single pass, he walks to the sideline and finds his people. A hug for his wife. A kiss. A fist bump for his son. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback has repeated this routine for years, and cameras at Arrowhead Stadium catch it almost every week. Brittany Mahomes stands there with three kids in red, sometimes holding a baby on one hip. The scene looks effortless now. It traces back to a school cafeteria in Whitehouse, Texas, where a teenager showed up with a rose and a card.

Patrick Mahomes and Brittany Mahomes: The High School Love Story Behind the Sideline Hugs

Valentine's Day at Whitehouse High School changed everything for these two. Brittany still tells the story with a grin.

“He did this little, cute thing for Valentine's Day one day at lunch at high school,” Brittany recalled in the ESPN docuseries The Kingdom. “He brought me a rose and a card.”

Patrick has a confession about the plan. “My mom had given me a card to give to somebody, and I was like, ‘I'm gonna give it to Brittany, I'm gonna surprise her at lunch,' ” the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback explained.

Brittany needed no more than that. “I thought it was beyond cute, and we kind of just went from there. And look at us now!”

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Different colleges meant long phone calls and plenty of road trips. They made it work, then married in Hawaii in March 2022.

Kansas City Chiefs Game Days: How Sterling, Bronze and Golden Mahomes Became Sideline Regulars

Sterling, the oldest, was born just after her dad won his first Super Bowl. Golden, the baby, was under a year old when she made her first sideline appearance. Bronze sits in the middle and has already learned to shout his football opinions across the field.

The family tradition took a big leap at Super Bowl LVII. Bringing a newborn and a toddler to the biggest game of the year sounds like chaos, and Brittany admits it was. She still would not change a thing.

“We didn't really discuss any other options,” Brittany told USA Today ahead of the game. “This is an amazing accomplishment for Patrick, and we knew we wanted both kids there to witness it and support their dad. Overwhelming, maybe, but that's pretty normal for our life in general! He wants his kiddos with him as much as they can be.”

Patrick treats the kids' future with the same openness. He has no plan to push them toward a football career.

“I'm going to teach my son, my daughter all the fundamentals and whatever they want to learn,” he said on Football in America. “But at the same time ... I want to let it be about them ... That's what my dad did growing up, that's what my parents did. They didn't pressure me to do anything. I think that's why I'm in the position I am today.”

Away games are harder. Patrick leans on FaceTime to bridge the gap. “It makes the distance feel a little smaller when I'm on the road,” he told PEOPLE in September 2024.