Nebraska football quarterback Dylan Raiola went viral during the 2024 college football season for his comparisons to Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
It appears the Cornhuskers quarterback has gone viral again.
Shortly after securing their ticket to Super Bowl 59 with a win over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC championship game on Sunday, Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco posted a video on social media with Raiola inside Kansas City’s locker room at Arrowhead Stadium with Raiola and Mahomes sharing laughs.
‘That ain’t Pat,’ Pacheco said in the clip while panning his camera to Raiola.
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Raiola has drawn comparisons to Mahomes, and even got the nickname ‘Baby Mahomes’ by some, for the majority of the last year. The comparisons began when Raiola arrived on campus for Nebraska’s training camp back in July looking like Mahomes: a goatee, wearing similar sunglasses to Mahomes and even having Mahomes’ hairstyle.
The Mahomes lookalike comparisons between the three-time Super Bowl champion and the Cornhuskers quarterback heated up in Week 3 vs. UTEP when Raiola was seen impersonating Mahomes’ pregame warmup routine to the tee.
‘It’s cool, honestly. I was that guy,’ Mahomes said in September when asked about the comparisons. ‘I know Dylan, I train with him in the offseason. He’s a great kid, a great football player. I think he is going to make his own stamp on the game and I think you’ve seen that early in his career.’
Raiola led the Cornhuskers to a 7-6 overall record (3-6 in Big Ten) in his first season, while completing 275 of 410 passes for 2,819 yards with 13 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. The 6-foot-3 quarterback led Nebraska to its first bowl game victory since 2015 in the Pinstripe Bowl against Boston College at Yankee Stadium on Dec. 28.
The Chiefs will meet up with the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 59 on Sunday, Feb. 9 inside Caesars Superdome in New Orleans in a rematch of Super Bowl 57.