Before Tying The Knot With NFL Star Patrick Mahomes, Brittany Mahomes Was Also A Professional Athlete Who Played Soccer In Iceland
Patrick Mahomes is arguably one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL right now. So, he has obviously become a household name.
The athlete grew up in Tyler, Texas, and is the son of Pat Mahomes– a professional MLB pitcher who played with teams such as the New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, and Pittsburgh Pirates, just to name a few.
So, professional athleticism was already in Patrick’s blood. And even though he was actually picked during the thirty-seventh round of the 2014 MLB draft by the Detroit Tigers, Patrick actually chose to play football instead.
He went on to attend Texas Tech University, and in 2017, he left during his senior year to enter the 2017 NFL draft.
That year, he was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs, and Patrick has been blessing our television screens with record touchdown passes and passing yards ever since.
When any young athlete gains such notoriety, though, their personal lives also come under the scrutiny of the public eye. And what’s more interesting than getting to know Patrick’s wife, Brittany?
Well, even though Brittany might be most well-known as the wife of an NFL star, she is also a competitive and accomplished athlete herself– something that does not get enough attention in other headlines about the couple’s love life.
Prior to her marriage to Patrick, when she was known as Brittany Matthews, the then twenty-two-year-old actually traveled overseas to Iceland to play soccer.
Despite being really talented at the sport, though, Britanny revealed that going pro was never really in her game plan.
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“I didn’t even see myself playing college soccer when I graduated high school,” she revealed.
Nonetheless, a few of her friends began playing for her college– the University of Texas Tyler Patriots– so she decided to join. And after spending her entire four-year college experience training and competing, Britanny’s love for the sport was ultimately reignited.
So, come May 15, 2017, she signed a pro contract and headed off to Iceland. Her university even tweeted photos from her contract signing, where Patrick and her family stood by her side.
Britanny also shared her own excitement in a post, tweeting: “Just when I thought I was gonna be tan again, I sign a contract to go play pro soccer in Iceland all summer! No better way to spend it.”
Now, Brittany’s life has obviously changed a lot since 2017. Most notably, she gained a new last name after tying the knot and welcomed two adorable children with Patrick– Sterling Skye Holmes and Patrick “Bronze” Lavon Holmes III.
Even though she is not playing professional soccer anymore, though, she has not given up her dedication to the sport. In fact, Britanny actually founded her own fitness company– Brittany Lynne Fitness– that offers fitness merchandise and training programs all designed by herself.
On top of that, she is also the co-owner of the Kansas City Current NWSL soccer team, where she remains heavily involved in women’s soccer.
Most recently, in June, she and Patrick revealed that they were working on a seventy-million-dollar project meant to build the team a new stadium– a groundbreaking effort for a women’s team.
So, if you were in need of any more incentive to love the high school sweethearts turned happily married parents, just know they are also a match made in heaven in terms of athleticism. And now, the powerhouse couple is taking on impactful community projects together– one stadium at a time.
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