Easily one of the Detroit Lions' best stories of 2024. This kid who never really got a chance in the NFL and hadn't kicked a ...

Kicker Jake Bates set the Detroit Lions franchise single-season scoring record in 2024. Here's where he went to college, his ...

Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates' story is remarkable. It began in a different league, with a different team – but in the same ...

"I hope so. He was at walk-through yesterday, he's going to practice today." Campbell also addressed kicker Jake Bates going viral after TV cameras caught him stretching awkwardly on the sideline ...

Jake Bates won't say it all clicked, "because kicking's never going to click," he said Thursday. But the first-year Detroit Lions kicker felt a sense a calm wash over him in mid-October when he tucked ...

Never forget: kickers are football players, too! Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates was awkwardly stretching on the sideline in a funky-looking position when ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters decided ...

Jake Bates has a great story. Just know that Bates has one of the strongest legs in the NFL, set a franchise record for points, and made 26 of his 29 field goal attempts, including a 6-for-8 mark ...

As a general rule, the only way to thank the Detroit Lions for the enjoyment they’ve provided these past few months is by ...

Jake Bates recalls moment that turned his season Bates acknowledged how he feels "kicking's never going to click" or be "completely figured out." Over the first four games this season he did not ...

Jake Bates has a great story. Just know that Bates has one of the strongest legs in the NFL, set a franchise record for ...

Jake Bates won't say it all clicked, "because kicking's never going to click," he said Thursday. But the first-year Detroit Lions kicker felt a sense a calm wash over him in mid-October when he ...