KANSAS CITY, Mo.– patrick mahomesThe Chiefs’ star quarterback, on Wednesday, posted a short video clip of himself in a training session where he dropped backwards and threw the ball, the first public footage of him doing so since undergoing surgery to repair the torn ACL and LCL in his left knee in December.
Mahomes posted the four-second clip to his Instagram account. His movement while performing a moderate dropback demonstrated the progress he has made during his rehabilitation. Wearing a compression sleeve on his left knee, Mahomes was able to plant his left foot – allowing him to put some of his weight on his left knee – and throw the ball, what appeared to be an intermediate pass inside a training gym, while executing the proper follow-through.
“Day after day!” Mahomes wrote in his Instagram story. “Felt great to be able to throw the ball around today!”
Patrick Mahomes is back in the lab more than 100 days after tearing his ACL 😮
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– ESPN (@espn) 25 March 2026
Wednesday’s outing for Mahomes was important for him — and the Chiefs — because his surgery occurred 100 days ago. Dr. Dan Cooper, The dallas cowboys‘The lead team physician performed the surgery in December. During the procedure, Dr. Cooper also repaired a torn LCL in Mahomes’ left knee, a league source told ESPN. Mahomes suffered the injury in the previous day’s loss to the Chiefs los angeles chargersThe quarterback collapsed on the field after twisting his knee while rolling onto his right side in an attempt to rally the team with less than two minutes remaining.
A month after the surgery, Mahomes, in his first public comments, said he expected to be in uniform when the Chiefs play their season opener, which will be against them on September 9. Seattle Seahawksdefending NFL champions, or September 13 or 14.
“The doctors said I could, but I couldn’t predict what would happen during the entire procedure.” Mahomes said then. “That’s the goal, to play Week 1 and have no restrictions. You want to be healthy out there and give us the best chance to win. I’m hoping to do some things in OTAs and training camp and be able to do things out there.”
Based on Wednesday’s video clip, the Chiefs are optimistic that Mahomes is on track to participate — even in a limited capacity — in the team’s voluntary offseason practices, which are expected to begin in May. Mahomes has spent much of his rehab working with Julie Frymer, one of the Chiefs’ top athletic trainers.
“He’s in here all the time,” coach Andy Reid said of Mahomes last month. “He spends a lot of time here, seven hours a day. He’s running fast out there and making progress every day. It’s great to see. Julie works on him and makes sure he stays on task and challenges him. He keeps showing up. When you have injuries like that it’s almost half the battle on these things.
“It’s not going to be a pleasant thing. Every day, you have to fight it and you have to attack the challenge of workouts and rehab. He’s doing a great job of it.”
