Lions kicker Jake Bates made three field goals of 60 or more yards during the most recent UFL season, and Lions coach Dan ...

Jake Bates has one of the strongest legs in the NFL and if the right situation comes up this season, the Detroit Lions might ...

Dan Campbell indicated he would have let Jake Bates attempt a 73-yard FG if the Lions had the field position in Sunday's win ...

Bates went without a field-goal try for a second straight week as Detroit's offense never stalled out, instead scoring six touchdowns in the contest. Through four games, the kicker has gone 5-for-5 on ...

Jake Bates, who never kicked a field goal or extra point in an organized football game until this spring, made a clutch FG ...

As you might expect, one such kicker is getting another look from the NFL. According to NFL insider Aaron Wilson, four NFL teams have put in requests for Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates to visit ...

Jake Bates spammed every special teams coach he could find. Texas A&M. Arkansas. Rice. Houston. Sam Houston. Texas-San Antonio. He emailed just about every school in Texas, and most in Oklahoma ...

Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates sinks a 25-yard field goal to tie the "Sunday Night Football" opener at 3-3 in the second quarter. Watch the best defensive plays from Week 4 of the 2024 NFL season.

One of the fresh faces on the Lions fresh 2024 53-man roster is Jake Bates, the former UFL kicker who worked his way into Detroit's lineup after veteran Michael Badgley suffered a season-ending ...

Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates was able to remain calm enough in his debut to make a clutch kick to tie the game in the fourth quarter. “I feel like he does have a little bit of that (clutch gene).