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    Why did recruiters and coaches miss on Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes in high school?

    Entering the 2012 season, the Whitehouse Wildcats needed to find a new starting quarterback. Three-year starter Hunter Taylor had graduated after helping Whitehouse become one of the most prolific passing programs in East Texas, leaving a gaping hole that two unproven juniors were hoping to fill. Ryan Cheatham had started for the junior varsity the prior year and fit the mold of past Wildcats ...
    by J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times Feb 11, 2023 7 minutes
    Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes heads off the field after a 20-17 overtime win against the Tennessee Titans 20-17 in overtime at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Nov. 6, 2022, in Kansas City, Missouri.

    Entering the 2012 season, the Whitehouse Wildcats needed to find a new starting quarterback.

    Three-year starter Hunter Taylor had graduated after helping Whitehouse become one of the most prolific passing programs in East Texas, leaving a gaping hole that two unproven juniors were hoping to fill.

    Ryan Cheatham had started for the junior varsity the prior year and fit the mold of past Wildcats quarterbacks — smart, accurate and well-built to withstand pressure in the pocket. The other guy, Patrick Mahomes II, had starred at safety his sophomore year and was known as the best all-around athlete in Whitehouse, wowing the town of about 8,000 in basketball and baseball too. But, when it came to quarterbacking, the young man did not fit any mold.

    Cheatham and Mahomes had been sharing the quarterback role since the seventh grade, routinely alternating series as the Wildcats racked up wins. They had remained close friends throughout the journey, but they knew what was coming for them: the finality of a real competition with a winner and a loser.

    "I felt like I had a leg up on him a little bit," Cheatham recalled

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