Patrick Mahomes says Travis Kelce is 'super intelligent' despite party hard image: 'He puts on this persona'

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Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce have won three Super Bowls during their time together. 

Mahomes and Kelce also have a close friendship off the football field, and the star quarterback revealed that there is more to the Chiefs tight end than meets the eye. When he's not catching passes from Mahomes, Kelce is often seen partying hard and is known to chug a beer can or two.

But according to Mahomes, Kelce's partying image is merely a "persona."

"He puts on this persona like, ‘I’m partying, I’m drinking [or] whatever’ but he’s really super intelligent," Mahomes told Logan Paul during a recent episode of the "Impaulsive" podcast.

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Patrick Mahomes of Kansas City Chiefs and teammate Travis Kelce during the Miami Dolphins game at Deutsche Bank Park on Nov. 5, 2023, in Frankfurt, Germany. (Ralf Ibing - firo sportphoto/Getty Images)

Mahomes said his friendship with Kelce helped them build chemistry on the gridiron.

"He gets on the football field and he gets open and I just know where he’s going to be [and] at the same time I think our friendship kind of built naturally," Mahomes said.

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The 28-year-old Chiefs quarterback is married to Brittany Mahomes and the couple share two children. Mahomes joked that he has put his partying days on the back burner and said he struggles to keep pace with Travis and his brother Jason Kelce.

"No, I cannot [keep up with the Kelce brothers]. I used to, I think, and then I had kids. You hear my voice now and I left early every night [when they were