There is no information about the profession of his family and as per the records, Patrick completed his schooling from Blanche Ely High School and he later went to Louisiana State University.

Patrick was always active in sports and he often took part in track and field event when he was in college. His best 100 meter record was 10.92 seconds and for 200 meter his record was 22.24 seconds. It is known that even after being contacted by several recruiting agencies, he stayed committed towards the University of Miami.

After joining college, Patrick started playing for the college team and the name of the team was LSU Tigers football. He started playing in the team in 2008 and he played with them till 2010. He helped his college team in winning several matches and he won several awards. Some of the awards he won are Ronnie Lott Award, Chuck Bednarik Award, and Nagurski Award.

In 2011, he got a chance to play in NFL Draft and the same year he got a chance to sign a contract with San Diego Chargers. Because of his amazing career stats, he was also selected in 2012 Pro Bowl. In 2012, he was signed by Chicago Bears and Patrick always played an offensive position.

In 2014, Patrick was offered an extension to the existing contract and this time he was offered a contract for 5 years. The fee for the contract was 70 Million Dollars and along with the fee, he was also given a 15.3 Million of joining bonus. In 2014, he was diagnosed with type two diabetes and also revealed that he finds it difficult to play because of the disease. He started with medication and diet control and he was able to manage his diabetes within the same year.

He played in 2015 season as well and his performance improved significantly in 2015. This helped him in securing 18th rank on NFP Top 100 Players of 2016. As per the records, he never received any sort of injury while playing the game until now. He still plays with the same team and his stats continues to improve every day.

In 2012, Patrick married Antonique Larry and his wife gave birth to a daughter after their marriage. The name of Patrick’s daughter is Paityn Antonique Peterson. In one of the twitter posts, Patrick revealed that he suffers from Type – 2 Diabetes.

The annual salary of Patrick is estimated to be 14 Million US Dollars and most of his salary comes from the contract fee. His net worth is estimated to be 10 Million US Dollars.