Many more aspects of college football make it a top hole among US fans, and the typical core sport dynamics ain’t the only one. Most of the time, the controversies, predictions, gossip behind the games, and friendly banter between the industry’s needle movers keep us more hooked on the headlines. To substantiate the notion, you can take a look at the recent fun exchanges between legendary Patrick Mahomes and Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Dylan Raiola, who have been taking social media to storm lately.

After the 6 ft 3 played up his resemblance to Mahomes donning similar attires as the Chiefs quarterback during the Cornhuskers’ 2024 season, the legend himself spoke up in Raiola’s defense. One of his statements seems to make Raiola’s socks off as the young prodigy chose to react hilariously in his latest IG story.

Dylan Raiola laughed at Patrick Mahomes’ response to his tribute 

Raiola, a legend in the making, snubbed Georgia to join forces with Nebraska last year and immediately found all the spotlight over him. He came from an esteemed high school record (3,341 yards with 32 touchdowns and five interceptions, 2,819 yards with 34 touchdowns and one interception ) during his tenure at Burleson High School, Texas, and Buford High School, respectively. Also, he had a chaotic recruitment and eventful high in his college career so far.

But the thing that got people even more on the internet nowadays is how minutely the 19-year-old single caller imitated and idolized Patrick Mahomes in his dress-up. Raiola’s haircut and sunglasses are enough to remind the die-hards of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.  No. 15, (the same as Mahomes) was just an addition to the flawless parroting. Also, the Arizona-born pulled in some amazing moves as Mahomes during the warmups. All these escapades sat quite well with the ‘Grim Reaper’, who compared the admiration with the instance of him looking up to Alex Rodriguez during his rookie days.

Mahomes had a slew of high words on Raiola and felt a bit nostalgic about the fact that he’s getting old. ”It’s just telling me I’m getting a little old, that’s the biggest thing. You have these guys that are coming up, and doing some of the sidearm stuff, and everything like that.” the 28-year-old offensive lead divulged.

Dragging up to those comments, Raiola sent out a few laughing-out-loud through his latest IG story, indicating the comical bond they share. Moving ahead, Patrick Mahomes is seemingly turning out a Raiola fan.

Dylan Raiola impressed Mahomes with his undefeated start to the season

Living up to the hype, the Cornhusker stitched a terrific start to the session scoring an insane 59-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Neyor to take the team to a 15-7 lead in the second quarter in their game against the UTEP Miners. It was an absolute banger from Raiola, garnering a lot of eyeballs from the fans and insiders. The team followed that win with a thumping of their college football rival, Colorado Buffaloes, in which Raiola impressed with 185 yards and one touchdown.

But the most relishing compliment came from none other than Mahomes, who couldn’t help but let his excitement come out through X. “Lil cuzzo!!” Patrick Mahomes captioned an X post about Raiola. Mahomes and Raiola got to know each other from close proximity as the two used to train together and worked with the same quarterback coach. Mahomes could already see ‘the great kid’ making ‘his own stamp on the game.’

Now, it’s only a matter of time for the fans to witness a similar success path for the 19-year-old. What’s your take on Dylan Raiola hilariously reacting to Patrick Mahomes’ recent comments on getting old? Let us know in the comments.