Mahomes said Monday he connected with Thornton while working with the practice squad late last season, then again in April when hosting pass-catchers at his home in Texas.
“He’d come in and run some of those deeper routes, and I would throw to him a couple times last year, just to see what he had. And you could see that he had juice,” Mahomes said about Thornton (h/t KSHB 41).
“Getting into OTAs, and then into training camp, he was one of those guys that was down there with me working in Texas. So I knew he was going to be a good football player, but he’s even exceeding my expectations. He’s stepping up whenever the opportunity has been provided for him.”
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