Background
Patrick was born in Lajamanu, Northern Territory into an indigenous family and is the second eldest of three children.
Patrick was born in Lajamanu, Northern Territory into an indigenous family and is the second eldest of three children.
He made his debut against Essendon in round 6 of 2011 season. Early
Patrick began playing junior football at the Lajamanu Football Club who compete in the Katherine District Football League. After being a part of the premiership winning team at the Lajamanu Swans in 2008 he began playing for the Wanderers Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League in 2009.
Despite not being drafted in the 2009 American Federation of Labor-Congress draft he was signed by the Gold Coast Football Club as a zone selection and competed in the 2010 VFL season for the newly formed club
He finished the 2010 season with 9 goals from 9 games and proved enough to be a part of the inaugural American Federation of Labor-Congress season for the Gold Coast. American Federation of Labor-Congress Patrick made his American Federation of Labor-Congress debut in round 6 of the 2011 American Federation of Labor-Congress season.
In his second game for the Gold Coast he kicked two goals in the Suns victory over the Brisbane Lions in the first QClash. He would only manage one more American Federation of Labor-Congress game for the year and spent the rest of the 2011 season in the reserves.
His 2012 season also began in the reserves but after a mid-season trip home to Lajamanu Patrick would play in 8 consecutive games for the Suns before a hamstring injury ended his season.
In October 2012 he was offered a one year extension at the Gold Coast Suns.