JIMMY KIMMEL: Well, it's good to have you here.
When did you get in?
Did you feel the earthquake? PATRICK MAHOMES: I did not.
Luckily.
Hopefully I don't have to feel it until the ESPYs.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah, hopefully.
PATRICK MAHOMES: Hopefully can get past that.
But I got in today.
So I flew in this morning, and got here, no earthquakes,
so going good so far.
JIMMY KIMMEL: You were at a bachelor party in Nashville
this weekend?
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah, a bachelor party in Nashville.
The voice, which is already kind of hoarse,
is kind of going back and forth with me, so--
JIMMY KIMMEL: OK.
PATRICK MAHOMES: It was one of my buddies from back home,
and we went to Nashville.
And I had the cowboy hat on.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Oh, you did?
PATRICK MAHOMES: And I was kind of just
walking down the street, no one was even noticing it was me.
JIMMY KIMMEL: That disguised you, with the cowboy hat.
Now with your old friends, if you go to a bachelor party,
you know, whatever, are you--
does everyone have to behave themselves
because you're there now?
PATRICK MAHOMES: I mean, they're supposed to.
JIMMY KIMMEL: They're supposed to, but they don't?
PATRICK MAHOMES: It doesn't happen all the time, no.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Do you have to pay for everything,
since you are the NFL player?
PATRICK MAHOMES: I do sometimes, but they try--
like, they always get real mad if I do.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Oh, they do?
PATRICK MAHOMES: They're cool like that.
They don't want to seem like they're trying to use me
now, now that I'm in the NFL.
They want to kind of treat me exactly the same
as they did when we were back in middle school together.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Is the wedding going
to be during the football season,
or will you be able to attend?
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah, this year--
I'm not going to make this one.
So he's having it in August.
I told him, I'm in the middle of training camp.
And he was like, yeah, but you have off days.
I was like, yeah, but I'm not going
to fly to Texas on my off day to go to a wedding.
So it's definitely-- it's in August so I'm not
going to get to make it, but I was glad I
got to make the bachelor party.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Well, I'm glad you did, too.
You had some season last-- you deserve a bachelor party.
I mean, really.
An unbelievable season .
And you are-- you have a very powerful arm.
Are both your arms powerful, or just the one?
PATRICK MAHOMES: I think both my arms, and both my legs, too.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Your dad is a former major league
baseball player, which has got to be the greatest.
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Is it great to have a dad who played baseball?
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah. It was awesome.
And I grew--
I played baseball growing up my entire life, and so--
JIMMY KIMMEL: You were drafted by, what, the Tigers, right?
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah.
Very late, but I was drafted.
And I remember, they actually called me and they said,
we know you're not coming. We'll see you in three years.
And that's all they said on the phone.
I said, all right.
And I went to college.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Was your dad disappointed that you
chose football over baseball?
PATRICK MAHOMES: My dad and mom, neither one were disappointed.
They always told me whatever I do, just be the best you can,
and do the best you can at it.
And so whenever I was choosing football and baseball, which
one I was going with, they told me to make my decision
and run with it.
When I was younger, my dad wanted me to be
a baseball player for sure.
But as I got older, I knew he felt how much I loved football,
and how much I wanted to follow that dream.
JIMMY KIMMEL: We have some video which is pretty unbelievable.
You're eight years old.
Let's roll that video.
You're playing basketball.
And there you are, and you--
Now, that-- that tied the game, that shot?
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah.
JIMMY KIMMEL: So it's--
that's unbelievable.
PATRICK MAHOMES: It's a real funny story.
We were in a basketball camp, and I was kind of playing up
with the older kids.
And since it was, like, camp, and we were, like,
eight, nine years old, they'd said
there was no three pointers.
So I thought when I hit it I won that game, because we
were down two points.
But we actually went to overtime after that.
JIMMY KIMMEL: You got cheated out of the point.
PATRICK MAHOMES: That's what I said.
I mean--
JIMMY KIMMEL: Who won the game in overtime?
PATRICK MAHOMES: They did, of course.
Like, we already had celebrated.
It was all over after that.
JIMMY KIMMEL: So you're living in Kansas City now.
Do you love Kansas City? PATRICK MAHOMES: I love it.
I honestly do.
I mean, look, we got the Chiefs fans--
Chiefs Kingdom right here.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah.
[APPLAUSE]
One of these guys came out from--
are you both-- by the way--
I don't want to alarm you, but I learned a bit-- a tidbit
about the gentleman in the--
actually, well, I know a lot about both of these guys,
but a little more about the guy in the red shirt.
Stand up-- would you mind showing us
what you have emblazoned on your body?
This is the kind of loyalty that you've already inspired there.
PATRICK MAHOMES: Oh, my gosh.
That is awesome.
AUDIENCE: So I'm from Raytown, Missouri,
and I bet my hometown--
I've been out here 11 years.
I'm a pizza driver in Burbank. PATRICK MAHOMES: OK.
AUDIENCE: I bet my hometown that we would never
draft a franchise quarterback.
We've been through a lot of hard years,
and I bet them two years ago we wouldn't draft you.
And when I came home for Christmas last Christmas,
my brother, Logan Shackleford--
he-- 16 hours, one session, for the first ever champ stamp,
man. I love you.
PATRICK MAHOMES: I appreciate that, man.
That's awesome.
AUDIENCE: But It's not--
PATRICK MAHOMES: Uh-oh.
AUDIENCE: I know they've been tweeting
you and tagging you, man.
It's not complete unless you sign it.
PATRICK MAHOMES: Oh, yeah. Well--
AUDIENCE: Later.
JIMMY KIMMEL: We'll do that-- well, we'll see.
If you want to. AUDIENCE: If you want to.
PATRICK MAHOMES: We'll get it at the end.
We'll get it at the end. AUDIENCE: I love you, man.
JIMMY KIMMEL: When you deliver a pizza,
do you ever pull the shirt up and show it to the customers?
AUDIENCE: All the time.
I've been out here 11 years, and I caught my big break
with the champ stamp.
PATRICK MAHOMES: I got you. Yeah.
AUDIENCE: Yeah, hometown celebrity now, man.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Now you've got to win, by the way,
because it says champ stamp on his--
this is going to be the saddest thing ever
if you don't win a Super Bowl. You realize that?
PATRICK MAHOMES: Hopefully we can get a couple of them.
AUDIENCE: Yeah. Yeah.
PATRICK MAHOMES: Might get a couple of tattoos
after that, too.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Might get a couple tattoos.
And then maybe you get a tattoo of him?
[LAUGHTER]
All right, sit down, champ stamp.
Wow, that's pretty crazy.
PATRICK MAHOMES: That is. That's amazing.
JIMMY KIMMEL: That's got to be strange.
I know people just assume that this is what you're used
to because you're in the NFL, but you know,
you're just a guy, and now there's
another guy with you on him.
PATRICK MAHOMES: No, yeah, it's definitely crazy.
But at the same time, I mean, you love it.
And like you said, Kansas City is such an amazing city,
and they've really embraced me coming there.
And I love being there, and I love
being a part of the community, and part of that organization.
JIMMY KIMMEL: You ever have that Z-Man sandwich?
PATRICK MAHOMES: Oh, 100%. JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah?
PATRICK MAHOMES: 100%. I get it, like, Postmated to me.
So I get it probably, like, once every two weeks.
JIMMY KIMMEL: This is a sandwich at-- it
used to be called Oklahoma Joe's, and now it's
called-- what?
PATRICK MAHOMES: Kansas City Joe's.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Kansas City Joe's. Yeah.
It's a great sandwich.
PATRICK MAHOMES: It's a gas station
that you just walk up to and it's,
like, a little, like, side restaurant.
It's pretty-- it's pretty amazing.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah.
Here you can't eat at the gas station.
Because you will die.
Yeah.
So you're goin to the ESPYs.
You're nominated in two categories.
One of them is best male athlete.
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yes, sir.
JIMMY KIMMEL: The other is best football player.
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yes, sir.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Which I feel like you've
already won best football player,
haven't you, as MVP of the league?
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah, but it's still--
it's a different stage.
So been at the ESPYs and being nominated for the best football
player, and also the best male athlete,
I feel like it's a tremendous honor.
JIMMY KIMMEL: It's cool.
And you should wait on the best male athlete thing,
but when they start reading the nominees
for best football player, just walk up there and take it.
[LAUGHTER]
PATRICK MAHOMES: There's some good dudes nominated.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Who are you taking to the ESPYs with you?
PATRICK MAHOMES: So I've got my girlfriend,
who's here with me right now. JIMMY KIMMEL: Uh-huh?
PATRICK MAHOMES: Somewhere backstage.
And then I have--
my mom is coming with me, too.
Whenever I was in college, she said if I make the ESPYs,
or if I get to go there, that she wants to be my date.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Is there an athlete
she wants to meet at the ESPYs?
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yes.
She's meeting me.
[LAUGHTER]
JIMMY KIMMEL: Well, it was great to have you.
Congratulations, and I wish you a lot of luck on Wednesday.
PATRICK MAHOMES: I appreciate it.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Not that you will need it.
PATRICK MAHOMES: Yeah.
JIMMY KIMMEL: But congratulations.
Patrick Mahomes, everybody.
The Chiefs start the season September 8th
against the Jaguars.
We'll be right back.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, my goodness.
Thanks to Patrick Mahomes.