Patrick Mahomes' sweetest win started in high school — thanks to his mom Randi and a Valentine's Day card
Before
Patrick Mahomes
became a two-time Super Bowl champion and one of the most recognizable faces in the
NFL
, he was just a Texas high schooler trying to win over a girl who saw him only as a friend. That changed one Valentine's Day when Mahomes, with a little nudge from his mother Randi, made a small gesture that would alter the course of his life.
The high school Valentine's surprise that turned friendship into first love
In 2012, Mahomes was a sophomore at Whitehouse High School, known for his athletic talent but not for bold romantic moves. Brittany Matthews, a year older, considered him a friend — until one February lunch in the school cafeteria. Mahomes appeared with a single rose and a folded card, a gesture that caught her completely off guard.
'He did this little, cute thing for Valentine's Day one day at lunch in high school,' Brittany later recalled.
'He brought me a rose and a card.'
Randi Mahomes
' quiet hand in her son's first romantic 'play'
That moment wasn't entirely Patrick's idea. 'My mom had given me a card to give to somebody,' he admitted. 'I was like, I'm gonna give it to Brittany, I'm gonna surprise her at lunch.'
That decision, simple yet heartfelt, cracked the 'friend zone' open. From that day, their conversations grew longer, their bond stronger — the cafeteria gift marking the unofficial start of a relationship that would endure far more than teenage hallways.
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The Valentine's Day gesture proved to be the first chapter in a love story that would span more than a decade. They navigated long-distance during college, Brittany's professional soccer career in Iceland, and Mahomes' meteoric NFL rise.
By 2020, he had proposed. Two years later, they married in Hawaii and now share three children, balancing family life with the demands of NFL stardom. Through it all, they've carried the memory of that one simple act — a rose, a card, and a mother's gentle encouragement — that changed everything.
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