Patrick Mahomes Sr. has been arrested on suspicion of a DWI.
The father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and a former MLB pitcher, was booked in the Smith County Jail in Tyler, Texas, right outside of Dallas, on Saturday night, according to jail records.
This is not his first rodeo. He is facing a charge of DWI for the third time or more, according to the records, and his bond was set at $10,000. He was released from the Smith County Jail on Sunday afternoon after posting the bond. The charge is a third-degree felony and carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison if he is convicted, according to state law.
Mahomes Sr. did not immediately acknowledge PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Mahomes Sr., 53 years old, was previously charged with a DWI offense in 2018, according to Bleacher Report. He pled guilty and served 40 days behind bars, which he served on the weekends in a county jail.
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Prior to this latest incident, the athlete faced charges after getting into a one-car accident in 1994, the outlet reported.
He was also arrested and charged with public intoxication during a game between Texas Christian University (TCU) and Texas Tech, his son’s alma mater, in 2016, according to Bleacher Report.
Mahomes Sr.’s arrest occurs just eight days ahead of his son’s Super Bowl LVIII game against the San Francisco 49ers, a rematch of Super Bowl LIV.
Mahomes Sr. was an MLB pitcher from 1992 to 2003. The right-hander was 42-39 with a 5.47 ERA in 308 career games (63 starts). He played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburg Pirates. He was part of the 1999 NL playoffs with the Mets.
He was also honored with a coveted spot in the Sioux Falls Canaries Hall of Fame, and he is currently the host of The Big Mahomes Show, a weekly podcast that “pulls the curtain back on professional sports with coverage of all things sports,” according to the series’ social media page.
Mahomes Sr. shares sons Mahomes Jr. and Jackson Mahomes with ex-wife Randi Martin. He is also dad to Zoe Mahomes, his daughter from a relationship following his separation from Martin.
The divorced pair are grandparents to Mahomes Jr.’s two children,
whom he shares with wife Brittany Mahomes: daughter Sterling Skye Mahomes and son Patrick “Bronze” Lavon Mahomes III.
