League of Legends: Excel Esports Sign former Origen ADC Patrik
| Tags: League of Legends
| Author David Hollingsworth
ESPN is reporting that bot laner Patrik “Patrik” Jírů is joining Excel Esports from Origen. He’ll pair up in the bot lane with new Excel Esports support Tore “Norskeren” Hoel Eilertsen who is rumored to be joining from Splyce.
Patrik, formerly known as Sheriff as been around the European scene for a long time for someone who only turned 19 in April. He’s previously played for H2K-Gaming, two stints at eSuba and Beşiktaş Esports.
Patrik helped Origen reached fourth-place in the LEC Regional Finals after placing eighth in the Summer split. The team had a much better start to the season finishing second in the Spring Split after losing out 0-3 to G2 in the LEC Playoffs.
In our previous report about the 2020 LEC roster for Excel Esports, we said it looked like the team was building something special. Excel look set to have a solid roster going into 2020 with only a mid lane spot likely still to be filled before the LEC starts up again.
David has written for games media outlets for the last ten years. With his first major esports role being with Esports News UK covering mostly UK League of Legends. David is also a member of the British Esports Association and is an advisor to them on World of Warcraft Esports. More recently David has worked for Esports Insider and Red Bull as an esports journalist.
David later became Editor at ESTNN and now leads the current team.