The ruling on the field stands: Patrick Mahomes is one cool dad.
As the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback prepares to compete in Super Bowl 2023 on Feb. 12, Patrick has already won the game of parenting thanks to his relationship with 23-month-old daughter Sterling Skye.
"She's a kid now, she's a toddler, not a baby anymore," Patrick said of his and wife Brittany Mahomes' eldest child on the Sept. 19 episode of The Drive radio show. "It's cool when you go home, and she recognizes you, and does what you're asking her to do, and she's super smart. Definitely cool to see her grow up."
Even cooler for the Super Bowl champion is seeing her become an older sister after he and Brittany welcomed Patrick "Bronze" Lavon III in November.
"She's figuring it out," the athlete shared when describing Sterling's reaction to another baby in the house. "She wants to hold him, and take care of him, and everything like that."
While Patrick may be focused on the final football game of the season at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., he savors quality time with his kids. One look at his Instagram and you'll see the NFL player enjoying trips to the pumpkin patch or cuddle time on the couch.
"We just want to give her the most normal life that she possibly can so she can grow and have friends and learn and get better and better every single day," Patrick told Today in 2021. "There will be points where she'll be in the public eye, and we have a great understanding of that. Luckily we're in Kansas City where there's a lot of great people that she'll be in a great place as she grows up."
Sounds like a winning strategy to us. For more candid photos of Patrick and his kids, keep scrolling.
Huddle Up
Brittany holds Sterling and Bronze in the family's living room in March 2024.
Bonus Points for Mum & Dad
Patrick and Brittany bring their kids Sterling and Bronze to meet Bluey at the Bluey Big Play Show in March 2024.
Cool Dad
Brittany shared this pic of Patrick with their kids Sterling and Bronze in March 2024.
Happy Birthday Sterling
Brittany and her daughter appear at the child's third birthday party in February 2024.
Super Bowl 2024 Champion
The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback is joined by Brittany and their kids Sterling and Bronze on the field after he helps his team beat the San Francisco 49ers in the 2024 Super Bowl.
Thanksgiving 2023
The family poses for a holiday photo.
After winning the 2023 Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes, his wife Brittany Mahomes and their kids Sterling and Bronze went to Disneyland.
The Super Bowl MVP was spotted cuddling with daughter Sterling Skye in a Barefoot Dreams CozyChic Throw at the Indian Wells Masters tennis tournament.
At State Farm Stadium in Arizona, Patrick shared a kiss with his daughter Sterling as she sucked on a WubbaNub baby cow pacifier.
When Patrick earned a spot in Super Bowl 2023, his wife Brittany and daughter Sterling had a front-row seat to the celebration.
If it's fall, it's football and pumpkin season.
For Halloween 2022, Patrick and Brittany's family went as "The Sun, the Moon & the beautiful Ster."
"Happy Father's Day to this incredible Dada! We love you so much!" Brittany wrote on Father's Day 2022, while pregnant with the couple's second child.
Patrick shared this pic on his little girl's first birthday.
Pool time!
In June, Patrick celebrated his first Father's Day as a dad and he and Brittany Matthews shared new photos of their little girl.
Patrick and baby Sterling pose for another pic on a private jet.
Patrick and his baby girl pose for a pic on a private jet.
Dad and daughter chill out in the pool.
Patrick kisses his baby girl.
In February 2021, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and fiancée Brittany Matthews welcomed their first child, daughter Sterling Skye Mahomes. They shared this first public pic as a family of three the following Easter.