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\nPatrick Mahomes gave his Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 offensive linemen several lavish Christmas presentsThe gifts included a Hublot watch,\u00a0a Full Swing KIT, Meta AI Glasses, a Rimowa suitcase and more surprises\u201cChristmas came early for the o-line! Shoutout to QB1 for the gifts,\u201d the NFL team wrote on Instagram<\/p>\n
The holidays came early for the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 offensive linemen this year \u2014 thanks to their quarterback,\u00a0Patrick Mahomes<\/a>!\u00a0\n<\/p>\n The team\u2019s Instagram account shared photos and footage of the players opening their gifts from Mahomes, 30, continuing the tradition from 2024<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n “Christmas came early for the O-line! Shoutout to QB1 for the gifts \ud83c\udf84,” the team captioned the Dec. 19 post.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Photos showed team members including C.J. Hanson, Trey Smith, Esa Pole, Chukwuebuka Godrick, Hunter Nourzad and more walking into a meeting room to find the gifts from Mahomes.\n<\/p>\n Mahomes gifted his linemen a Hublot watch, some of which can retail for over $40,000<\/a>. Mahomes serves as a brand ambassador for Hublot.\n<\/p>\n The quarterback also gifted them a Full Swing KIT<\/a>, an indoor golf practice kit that analyze swings and takes replay videos that can be viewed from an app, which retail for around $4,000.\n<\/p>\n Smaller gifts included Beats Studio Pro<\/a> headphones (on sale for $179.99) and Oakley Meta HSTN<\/a> AI sunglasses that feature a built-in hands-free camera and can answer questions when prompted with “Hey Meta” (available for $399), along with a customized glasses case with each of their jersey numbers.\n<\/p>\n Mahomes also gifted each of his teammates a Rimowa<\/a> aluminum suitcase (the original of which retails for $1,500), and an Aventon<\/a> e-bike (starting at $1,699), which can connect to various devices.\n<\/p>\n Videos shared by the Chiefs showed the players goofing around with their new gifts, as they rode the e-bikes down the hallway and tried on their new AI glasses.\n<\/p>\n The three-time\u00a0Super Bowl<\/a>\u00a0winner has been known to give his teammates lavish gifts as December rolls around each season.\n<\/p>\n In 2024, exclusive photos obtained by PEOPLE showed their locker room lined with red\u00a0Yeti Tundra Haul wheeled coolers<\/a>. The coolers retail for $425 each, and Mahomes opted to fill the cooler with more gifts instead, including Normatec Elite air compression leg attachments by\u00a0Hyperice<\/a>, Rolex watches, Lucchese leather boots, Oakley sunglasses, WHOOP bands and products from\u00a0Adidas\u2019 Black Y-3 line<\/a>. Two lucky teammates appeared to also receive Louis\u00a0Vuitton\u00a0luggage.\n<\/p>\n Patrick Mahomes (center) on Dec. 14, 2025.<\/p>\n Scott Winters\/Icon Sportswire via Getty<\/p>\n Mahomes’ gift-giving comes after he sustained\u00a0two torn ligaments during the Chiefs’ loss<\/a>\u00a0to the Los Angeles Chargers last week. He tore two ligaments \u2014 his ACL and his LCL \u2014 on a play late in the game, while the Chiefs were attempting to score on their final drive and save their season.\n<\/p>\n After Mahomes was helped off the field, Kansas City failed to score and was mathematically eliminated from the NFL Playoffs for the first time in more than a decade.\n<\/p>\n The Chiefs’ vice president of sports medicine and performance, Rick Burkholder, told reporters that the \u201cballpark\u201d estimation for Mahomes\u2019 recovery window<\/a> is roughly \u201cnine months,\u201d meaning the three-time Super Bowl MVP is aiming to return for Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n The 2026 NFL season kicks off the week of Sept. 10, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n