Andy Reid once used a play call from a janitor — and scored a touchdown

Andy Reid will source his famously creative play designs from anywhere.

Reid appeared on “Green Light With Chris Long” this week, and the former NFL defensive end asked the Chiefs’ head coach if he’s ever borrowed play calls from high school football.

Reid answered affirmatively and then raised the stakes even higher.

“I took one from a janitor one time in Green Bay!” Reid exclaimed.

“We had a janitor, it was a mom-and-pop group that cleaned our facility for awhile, and they worked game day. This guy kept telling me — he was the owner of the company, and the father of the family — and he goes, ‘I’ve got this play for you.'”

Reid was an offensive assistant with the Packers from 1992-98 when Brett Favre was playing quarterback and winning three MVP awards.

He recalled that the janitor kept telling him this “over and over” until the coach finally presented him with a card to draw up the play call.

“He drew up the play, and I go, ‘Dang, that’s pretty good!'” Reid laughed.

“We called the play just before halftime, and it scored. And he starts hitting his wife, going, ‘That’s my play, that’s my play!’ And she’s like, ‘Yeah right, sure it is.'”

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Last month, Patrick Mahomes gushed about Reid’s leadership with the Chiefs.

“He’s meant the world to me. He’s just the best,” Mahomes said on the “AP Pro Football Podcast.”

“He’s the best coach, obviously, one of the best coaches of all time, but he’s just one of the best people of all time. He’s learned how to get the most out of me every day. He doesn’t let me be satisfied with where I’m at. He teaches me a ton.

“Not only the quarterback position, but how to be a leader and how to be a great dad and how to be a great husband. He lets me be who I am every single day. I think if I’d have went to some other places, I would’ve had to learn how to play the quarterback position a different way, and he just lets me play the quarterback position the way that I want to play it.

“I think that’s what’s made me such a different type of quarterback in this league.”