Early Life
Patton was just 9-years-old when his father, an undercover detective in Los Angeles, was shot and killed in the line of duty. His mother, Barbara Patton, a former Women's National Football League player with the Los Angeles Dandelions, taught Patton about football. Son and daughter both played middle linebacker, with Barbara once breaking an opposing player's helmet. “I thought it was really cool to tell my friends that my mom was a linebacker,” Patton once shared.
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