Patrick Mahomes’ classmate predicted his Super Bowl win. His 2014 yearbook is proof.
Many football fans assumed Patrick Mahomes would eventually win a Super Bowl. But how many can say they had that prediction in 2014?
Probably only one man: Mahomes’ high school classmate Spencer Shaw.
Responding to a yearbook prompt asking what you are most looking forward to at your class reunion, Shaw replied, “Seeing Patrick Mahomes’ super bowl ring.” He shared photo evidence of his prophesy via Twitter just minutes after the final buzzer sounded at Hard Rock Stadium.
“When you predicted @PatrickMahomes would win the Super Bowl all the way back when y’all were in high school,” Shaw posted. As of Tuesday afternoon, it had nearly 11,000 retweets.
Mahomes and Shaw both attended Whitehouse High just outside of Tyler, Texas. According to the Washington Post, they were teammates on the school’s basketball team for four years.
“He was just one of those special athletes,” Shaw told Post reporter Scott Allen. “You knew he was going to succeed in whatever he did because he had that ‘it’ factor and a drive to work hard.”
That “’it’ factor” has started to bear fruit during the past two years. After being named NFL MVP in 2018, Mahomes became the first quarterback in league history Sunday to win that award along with a championship before the age of 25, according to ESPN. His dazzling comeback win over the San Francisco 49ers earned him Super Bowl MVP honors as well.
Shaw, who now works as a minister in Oklahoma City, told Allen that he loved watching Mahomes dice up the Niners in the fourth quarter.
“I’m glad for him,” Shaw said. “He’s just a great guy and I’m really happy he was able to pull it out.”
Assuming their first reunion won’t be until 2024, Mahomes could have several rings to flaunt by then.
