Jacques Patrick leans on dad’s memory during first Father’s Day without him

Former FSU and Timber Creek running back Jacques Patrick, right, had a close bond with his late father, Peter Gerard Hayes, left.Sometime within the next two months, Jacques Patrick will be reporting to training camp with the Cincinnati Bengals. He takes comfort in knowing he won’t report alone.

Patrick, a former Timber Creek High and FSU running back, signed with the Bengals in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic in April. It was just a big milestone, but he couldn’t share it in person with his father.

He was the one who introduced Patrick to football, helped him establish God as the cornerstone of his life and helped mold him into the man he has become. Hayes died Feb. 11 after a battle…