Patrick “Pat” Mahomes Sr.

Patrick “Pat” Mahomes Sr., former MLB player and the father of Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes II, was sentenced to five years’ probation for a DWI third time or more charge.

Mahomes Sr., pleaded guilty in August to the charge in connection with a Feb. 3 traffic stop on Gentry Parkway in which the officer found evidence leading to his arrest for driving while intoxicated.

On Monday afternoon, Mahomes Sr. was sentenced to five years’ probation with intense supervision for the first year. If Mahomes Sr. were to fail his probation, he could face 10 years in prison.

Other requirements include 160 community service hours, a substance abuse evaluation through the probation department, a life skills course, enrollment in the DWI repeat offender program and Alcohol Anonymous classes.

Also under Texas law, Mahomes Sr. will have to serve 10 mandatory days in the county jail.

His lawyer also asked about Mahomes Sr. traveling during football season to watch his son, Patrick Mahomes II, play as quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs. Attending the games is a tradition for Mahomes Sr., he said.

Judge Kerry Russell of the 7th District Court said he needs to speak to Smith County probation about traveling for those purposes. A determination has not been made yet.

Mahomes Sr. said in an interview with KLTV that his sentence gives him the opportunity to “right some things.” He told KLTV he plans to participate in public speaking engagements to “enlighten” others on his issues with alcohol and journey to a better path.

He acknowledged his arrest was a “bad” reflection on his family but said he has been sober for nearly eight months. He told the KLTV reporter he is going to make sure “nothing like this ever happens again.”

Mahomes Sr.’s arrest was his sixth driving while intoxicated arrest in Smith County since 2012, according to online jail records. During the February stop, the officer saw an open 16-ounce beer can in the console of Mahomes Sr.’s car during the traffic stop, the affidavit states.

Before his son became a world-famous athlete, the elder Mahomes was a standout athlete himself that played professional sports for over a decade.

Mahomes Sr. was an all-state quarterback in the late 1980s at Lindale as well as all-state in basketball and baseball. He turned down scholarship offers in basketball and football to several schools including Arkansas before going the Major League Baseball route. He was taken in the sixth round of the 1987 MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins. He also played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburg Pirates. He was in the majors for 11 years.