A Texas judge has cleared Patrick Mahomes Sr. to leave the state for selected Kansas City Chiefs games, but the former MLB pitcher is still operating under strict probation rules after a DUI case that nearly sent him to prison.
Mahomes Sr. had been facing serious trouble after pleading guilty in August 2024 to a felony Driving While Intoxicated charge tied to his third or more DWI arrest in Tyler, Texas. That plea kept him from going to trial and helped him avoid a potential ten-year prison sentence. In the deal that followed, he accepted five years of probation, along with close supervision, 160 hours of community service, a SCRAM alcohol monitoring ankle device and an outpatient substance abuse treatment program.
The case took another turn on January 1, 2026, when the SCRAM monitor recorded a high alcohol reading. The device logged a transdermal alcohol concentration level of 0.045% during the New Year’s Day alert, which led the Smith County District Attorney’s office to seek a full revocation of his probation. Mahomes Sr. was arrested and booked into a Texas jail on February 3 over the alleged violation.
His attorney pushed back hard on the ankle monitor data in court, and later testing undercut the initial alert. Urine tests on January 5 and January 9 were both negative for alcohol.
Mahomes Sr. also passed a polygraph test and a negative hair follicle alcohol screening. After the hair test contradicted the monitor reading, the state dropped its revocation request.
Rather than sending him to state prison, the judge chose a different punishment: Mahomes Sr.’s probation was extended by two more years.
The same court also approved his request to travel out of state so he can watch his son play football. He had asked for permission to attend seven games, and the judge signed off on limited travel for the 2026 season. He was granted permission for games in Kansas City, but the court turned down requests for the road games in Las Vegas and Cincinnati.
The travel permission comes with strings attached. Mahomes Sr. must notify his supervising officer before every trip out of Texas, and he has to take mandatory urinalysis drug and alcohol tests before and after each departure. The court said his completion of community service and outpatient rehabilitation supported the decision to allow the exception.
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