- - Patrick Mahomes rehabs in Oregon jersey after losing Orange Bowl bet to rookie Jeffrey Bassa

Jack BaerJanuary 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM

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Patrick Mahomes' football teams haven't had a good couple of weeks. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann) ()

Patrick Mahomes' season is over. His NFL team's season is all but over. And now his college team's season is over. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback apparently had to pay a price for the latter.

A day after Mahomes' Texas Tech alma mater got shut out by Oregon in the Orange Bowl, Chiefs rookie Jeffrey Bassa posted the result of a jersey bet between the only Oregon and Texas Tech alums on the Kansas City roster: Mahomes, on a training table, wearing Bassa's Oregon jersey.

Looks like Patrick Mahomes lost a jersey bet to Chiefs rookie Jeff Bassa, when Texas tech lost to Oregon in the Orange Bowl yesterday. 😅😂 QB1 really having a go of it lol pic.twitter.com/ZoJVLhat9s

— Lexi (@lexiosborne) January 3, 2026

The Red Raiders didn't give Mahomes much reason for hope of reaching the College Football Playoff semifinals. They couldn't get any momentum going on offense and committed four turnovers in a 23-0 loss, ending a season in which they ran through Big 12, then received a reality check.

Bassa is very familiar with the Ducks defense that shut Texas Tech down. He earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2023 and was part of the program's 2024 Big Ten championship team, which had its own disappointment in the CFP.

The Chiefs selected Bassa in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, and he has appeared in all 16 games for the team this season, with zero starts. He has mostly appeared on special teams.

Mahomes' season is over after he tore his ACL last month, and his availability for 2026 will depend on how his rehab progresses.

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Source: “AOL Sports”