Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes II is committed. Now, I'm not talking about the kind of commitment that wavers at the sign of trouble. Mahomes is so committed he bought an ownership stake in the city's Major League Baseball team — the Kansas City Royals — without batting an eye. But if you ask Mahomes' wife, Brittany, he made the biggest commitment of his life on March 12, 2022.
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Sure, the Chiefs made a massive commitment to Mahomes, who won his second Super Bowl against Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles. Super Bowl LVII marked the third Super Bowl for the Chiefs since his arrival in Kansas City. The Super Bowl MVP also put pen to paper on his record-setting 10-year, $503 million contract in July 2020, tying him to Kansas City until he's 36. He's not looking back and already planting roots in Kansas City with his growing family.
Patrick Met Brittany Mahomes in High School
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Mahomes and Brittany Matthews met during their formative years at Whitehouse High School in Texas, according to the Kansas City Star.
A few of her Instagram posts show the pair together as far back as 2011 when Mahomes was in 10th grade; Matthews graduated in 2013, one year before Mahomes. Another classic high school sweethearts story. Their relationship blossomed as Mahomes grew into a nationally-scouted class of 2014 quarterback on the football field and overpowering pitcher on the baseball diamond.
Brittany wasn't just Mahomes' No. 1 cheerleader on the sidelines, though.
Brittany Played College Soccer in Texas
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Brittany was a standout soccer player for Whitehouse and went on to play college soccer at the University of Texas at Tyler. She scored 31 goals and finished second in program history with 78 points, helping UT Tyler to a 56-13-5 record during her four years. She parlayed her success into a professional soccer contract with a club called UMF Afturelding/Fram in Iceland. Now, she'a co-owner of the Kansas City Current in the National Women's Soccer League.
As you'd expect, the Texas Tech University legend was by his girlfriend's side just weeks after being selected No. 10 overall in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Chiefs.
Matthews returned home after a short stint abroad and began using her bachelor's degree in kinesiology to build Brittany Lynne Fitness, her own fitness company. Utilizing her social media platforms and training as an athlete, the fitness influencer has crafted a slogan "Training with Britt" and has garnered more than 1.5 million Instagram followers.
The certified personal trainer builds various workout programs for her clients, and you better believe she's not letting Mahomes slack off during the offseason.
Patrick Proposed at Chiefs Super Bowl Ring Ceremony
Patrick Mahomes got a Super Bowl ring.
Brittany Matthews got an engagement ring.
📸: patrickmahomes and brittanylynne on IG pic.twitter.com/lFxXwMNaGL
— Farzin Vousoughian (@Farzin21) September 2, 2020
Mahomes and players received their Chiefs Super Bowl rings at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 1, 2020, for beating the San Francisco 49ers in Miami, but that wasn't the most important ring on Mahomes' mind.
The Super Bowl LIV MVP proposed to his longtime girlfriend with an engagement ring featuring a diamond nearly the same size as the rock he received in the team's ring ceremony. Mahomes put together a beautiful set-up with flowers and a "Will You Marry Me?" sign in one of the suites at the stadium. Just like that, Patrick Mahomes' girlfriend Brittany Matthews became his fiancée.
He shared the news on his Instagram story just two days after he called her "#MyBabe" on Brittany's 25th birthday. Something tells me he didn't find that ring on Amazon. It must have cost a fortune.
"Ring SZN," he wrote with a picture of the ring on his new fiancee's hand.
The two tied the knot in Hawaii in March 2022, and they're continuing to build their family.
Brittany is Besties With Taylor Swift
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that Taylor Swift has been all the rage at Chiefs games thanks to her relationship with tight end Travis Kelce. That, of course, has led to plenty of viral moments alongside Brittany Mahomes.
They have their own handshake, plus Swift gifted Brittany a copy of her album "1989 (Taylor's Version)" and a limited edition "1989" cardigan.
This handshake between Taylor Swift and Patrick Mahomes' wife
Brittany after the Chiefs TD 😂pic.twitter.com/rC2pJWf75t— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) October 22, 2023
There's no bad blood between these two, as they've reportedly exchanged numbers and often text each other. Their friendship is blossoming, which is fitting considering how good of friends Patrick and Travis are. Never in our wildest dreams did we think something like this would happen in the NFL.
Patrick and Brittany Named Their Children Sterling and Bronze
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The year 2020 may have been a bad one for most, but it treated the Mahomes pretty well.
After dropping to a knee and proposing at his team's Super Bowl ring ceremony, the star quarterback and Brittany announced on Sept. 29 that they were expecting their first child, a baby girl. Their daughter, Sterling Mahomes, was born on Feb. 20, 2021. Sterling has been a hit at NFL games, and she also starred in an Oakley commercial with her dad, a feat Brittany Mahomes shares regularly on her social media.
Sterling Skye Mahomes now has a different title besides commercial star, however. She became a big sister in November 2022, when the couple welcomed a second child, Patrick "Bronze" Lavon Mahomes III.
Patrick “Bronze” Lavon Mahomes III 🤴🏽11/28/22 7lbs 8oz 🤍 @BrittanyLynne pic.twitter.com/2ltjXsnE09
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) November 29, 2022
Why Bronze as the name? We have Patrick's brother, Jackson Mahomes, to thank for the name.
"My brother Jackson [Mahomes], whenever we were trying to find something that was a little unique and different, he said, 'What about Bronze? It fits perfect with Sterling,'" Patrick told US Weekly. "It works out well. He can have his own thing now where he's not Patrick, he's Bronze, even though he's Patrick. And, Sterling and Bronze can have that connection moving forward."
Bronze attended his first NFL game when the Chiefs hosted the Chicago Bears this season, when he watched his dad put up 41 points in a win. It may not be that far off until Bronze Mahomes is taking the NFL by storm himself. Until then, he can keep watching dad dominate the league.
