What were Patrick Mahomes, Brock Purdy and Travis Kelce like in high school? Here's what coaches and teachers had to say.
It's been four long years, but the 49ers are back in the Super Bowl: Why they think it will be different this timeCheck out this dig into the archives of Patrick Mahomes slinging this touchdown pass for Whitehouse High School in Texas. in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, but there will be a select group of observers who remember those athletes when they were less famous.
Mahomes also would tell Cook which of his teammates hadn't scored a touchdown, so they could try to get him the ball, and whose birthday it was, so Cook would make sure to wish the player a happy birthday before the end of practice. -- How Rotsky helped Kelce, both in high school and during some turbulent days in college at Cincinnati, remained with Kelce, too. At some point during Kelce's college career, Rotsky received a handwritten letter from Kelce, telling him he understood what his coach was trying to teach him.played safety during his early years at Iowa City West High School, where former defensive backs coach Garrett Hartwig would reward a player getting an interception with a slice of pie from a local store.
When Greenlaw attended Fayetteville High School, one of the pet hamsters in the home of assistant coach Brian Early got loose. The Early family took in Greenlaw when the group home he was living in shuttered. McCaffrey originally ran the anchor leg -- typically designated for the fastest runner -- for the school's record-setting unit. But Brian Kula, then the head track coach, had to move McCaffrey out of the anchor spot because of a moment when his competitiveness got in the way.
"And the funny thing is, after the game, in the paper, the other team's coach said, 'Everyone knew they were going for a fake field goal.' When in actuality, none of us knew." --'s kicking honors are well known: two-time All-American and Lou Groza Award winner at Michigan, third-round draft pick of the Niners and the NFL record holder for longest kick by a rookie .
As a running back at Vineland South High School, Isiah Pacheco had a way to celebrate a touchdown that was easy to miss, which was kind of the point. Deebo Samuel's basketball coach at Chapman High School in Inman, South Carolina, might be the reason the world knows Samuel as a star receiver for the 49ers.
The day before Charvarius Ward showed up to summer workouts for the first time at McComb High School in 2013, rain soaked the field, turning it into mud. Marquis McFarland, who was the team's wide receivers coach, was getting ready to put his group through drills when Ward stepped out of a car wearing white, shell-toe Adidas shoes.
As Drew's game was about to kick off at the Richland Youth Association, Ged did a double-take when he looked at the crowd. His star receiver,-- then a high school junior, now a rookie receiver with the Chiefs -- walked into the facility with a couple of teammates. "He had no idea what football was or how to play football or anything," West Lafayette High School football coach Shane Fry said."So he was like a little kid learning football for the first time, but just in this monstrous body and with all this ability. ... And I had to constantly tell our coaches ... when he asks a question that seems very, very basic, he's not messing with you. He really needs to know.
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