"I had a crush on her": How Patrick Mahomes spent years walking Brittany Mahomes to class, stuck in her friend zone, before love finally won

Patrick Mahomes spent years in the friend zone with Brittany at Whitehouse High School in Texas -- walking her to class daily, flirting quietly, and making multiple failed attempts to move beyond friendship. It was a Valentine's Day rose during his sophomore year, paired with a cafeteria full of chanting classmates, that finally shifted things in March 2012. They survived long-distance college years, separate professional careers on two continents, and the mounting pressures of NFL stardom before Patrick proposed at Arrowhead Stadium in September 2020. The couple married in Hawaii in March 2022 and now share three children: Sterling Skye, Patrick 'Bronze' Lavon III, and Golden Raye Mahomes, born in January 2025.

Patrick Mahomes spent years in the friend zone with Brittany at Whitehouse High School in Texas -- walking her to class daily, flirting quietly, and making multiple failed attempts to move beyond friendship. It was a Valentine's Day rose during his sophomore year, paired with a cafeteria full of chanting classmates, that finally shifted things in March 2012. They survived long-distance college years, separate professional careers on two continents, and the mounting pressures of NFL stardom before Patrick proposed at Arrowhead Stadium in September 2020. The couple married in Hawaii in March 2022 and now share three children: Sterling Skye, Patrick 'Bronze' Lavon III, and Golden Raye Mahomes, born in January 2025.