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ESPN's "Sport Science" Featured Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes II

The special uncovered some interesting things about the Chiefs’ rookie QB

May 05, 2017 at 09:04 AM

Kansas City Chiefs rookie quarterback Patrick Mahomes II was recently featured on ESPN's "Sport Science" in a special you can watch below:

There were a number of interesting things the video uncovered about Mahomes:

(:52) Mahomes jump-cuts in just a half a second's time, allowing him to avoid contact with bags (oncoming tacklers) by just 4 inches of space (which the video points out is about the length of an outstretched finger). "Sport Science" appropriately uses an incoming Von Miller graphic.

(1:14) Mahomes' ability to keep his eyes on the target while moving increases his accuracy by 20 percentage points.

(1:54) The "Sport Science" laboratory measured Mahomes launching throws at 60 mph, comparable to one of the strongest arms they've ever analyzed—Tampa Bay's Jameis Winston.

(2:19) Mahomes' lab measurables compare similarly with former Philadelphia Eagle and Andy Reid-quarterback Donovan McNabb. McNabb also happens to be the last quarterback Reid drafted in the first round 18 years ago (1999).

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