Dylan Raiola has been getting a lot of attention lately for looking a lot like Patrick Mahomes, the football superstar. And he’s been pretty cool about it, saying he can’t be mad at God for making him look like a famous NFL player. Like, how awesome is that attitude?
Imagine being mistaken for a famous athlete all the time – some people might start acting all high and mighty, but not Dylan. He’s just like, “Hey, God made me this way, and I’m cool with it.” And let’s be real, looking like Patrick Mahomes is definitely a flex!
In a recent conversation, Raiola opened up about the comparisons and finding his own footing.
“It ain’t cap. It’s real love.” @HuskerFootball QB Dylan Raiola discussed his relationship with Patrick Mahomes w/ his teammates,” the official handle of CBS Sports college Football posted on social media.
“Everybody be like, ‘Oh, he wants to be like him,’ and all this stuff,” Raiola said on CBS Sports Confidential Conversations. “It just so happens he played baseball, I played baseball. He plays quarterback, I play quarterback … I can’t get mad at God for making me look like him. Every time a little kid around here is like, ‘Yo, mini-Mahomes!’ I’m like, ‘What’d you say? What’s my name?’ I’m trying to be my own guy. It ain’t cap. It’s real love. [Mahomes] is cool, bro. He knows what it is.”
Godson to Los Angeles quarterback Matthew Stafford, Raiola found a supporter in Cornhuskers’ coach Matt Rhule as well, who recently spoke about the need to distinguish between the pair. “The one thing that bothers me when people look at [Raiola] is the Mahomes comparisons — that’s just cheapening who he is,” he said on his podcast ‘House Rhules’. “So, yeah, he follows the greatest quarterback playing the game right now. He’s 19 years old, why wouldn’t he? He knows the guy.”
“I’m not comparing myself to Kobe or anything, but like Kobe did to Mike, that’s kind of like me to Patrick,” Raiola said during an appearance on the ‘Cover 3 Podcast’. “He’s one of the best quarterbacks in the league right now, if not the best. For me to have someone to look up to, talk to, call, or whatever. The comparisons are kind of everything outside. I can’t control God made me look like this and play the same sports.”
Kudos to Dylan for being so chill about it all. Who knows, maybe his resemblance to Mahomes will bring him some good luck or opportunities in the future. Either way, it’s awesome to see someone embracing what makes them unique.
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