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Jake Bates
Detroit Lions

2025 Projected Value: $0
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Player News

Date	News
1/12/25	Seven Former Razorbacks Have Qualified for NFL Playoffs. Jake Bates is resting his valuable right leg this weekend as the NFL playoffs begin with a slate of six games. Bates is one of seven former Arkansas Razorbacks whose teams qualified for the post-season tournament that includes 14 teams. Bates is the Detroit Lions' highly successful rookie kicker who made 26-of-29 field goals this season, after doing nothing but kick off for the Hogs during his lone season in Fayetteville in 2022. Detroit is the NFC's No. 1 seed, which earned the team a bye this weekend as 12 of the 14 teams are in action. Source: https://www.si.com/college/arkansas/football/seven...
1/10/25	Jake Bates nearly missed a PAT, and it sparked the best season ever by a Lions kicker. Kicker Jake Bates made 26 of 29 field goals this year and set the Detroit Lions' single-season scoring record with 142 points. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/jake-bates-nearly-missed-...
12/30/24	Jake Bates stretches ... awkwardly on sideline, then sets Lions franchise record for points. Jake Bates was awkwardly stretching in a funky-looking position when ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters decided she had to know what he was doing. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/jake-bates-stretches-awkw...
12/24/24	NFL players who use platform to share their faith say it's their duty to spread their love of Jesus. Jake Bates was standing on the turf in his hometown of Houston when asked to reflect on an unlikely journey from learning how to sell bricks to making game-winning kicks for the Detroit Lions. Bates used his platform as an NFL player to spread his love of Jesus in a prime-time interview on NBC after lifting the Lions to a win over the Texans with a 52-yard field goal as time expired. A month later, Bates told The Associated Press it is a duty to share his Christian faith. Source: https://kstp.com/world/nfl-players-who-use-platfor...
12/24/24	Lions kicker Jake Bates uses his platform as an NFL player to share his faith. Jake Bates was standing on the turf in his hometown of Houston when asked to reflect on an unlikely journey from learning how to sell bricks to making game-winning kicks for the Detroit Lions. Bates used his platform as an NFL player to spread his love of Jesus in a prime-time interview on NBC after lifting the Lions to a win over the Texans with a 52-yard field goal as time expired. A month later, Bates told The Associated Press it is a duty to share his Christian faith. Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/lions-kicker-...
12/09/24	Lions open as slim favorites at home vs. Bills. The Lions and Bills are two of the four NFL teams that have their playoff spots secured entering Week 15 of the season. The Lions prevailed on Thursday night over the Packers on a field goal by Jake Bates as time expired to move to 12-1 on the year and win a franchise-record 11th consecutive game. Source: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2024/12/lions-open-as-...
12/07/24	3 lessons Packers can learn from heartbreaking loss to Lions. The 34-31 loss last-second field goal loss was a stinger because the Packers were “that” close to going on the road and upsetting the Lions. It's not as if they played poorly in the loss, either. What ultimately happened was that the Lions had just a few more plays in their pocket and they also possessed the ball last, which meant they could use kicker Jake Bates to break the 30-30 tie as time expired. It was a tough loss for the Packers, who now will look to bounce back against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 15, but not all is lost after the loss. Source: https://clutchpoints.com/lessons-packers-can-learn...
12/06/24	Best and worst PFF grades for Lions from Week 14 vs. Packers. Jake Bates did it again. The Lions' kicker came through in the clutch with a game-winning field goal to give the Lions a 34 Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/best-worst-pff-grades-lio...
12/05/24	Jake Bates wins award, helps Detroit Lions make franchise history. After a standout month of November, kicker Jake Bates has captured an award, and in the process the Detroit Lions have made franchise history. Bates was named the league's NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for the month of November, the NFL announced on Thursday. Bates is the first Lions kicker to win the award since Matt Prater in September of the 2017 campaign, and he's the third Lions kicker to win it in franchise history, along with Prater and Jason Hanson, who won the honor twice and five times, respectively. Source: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/detroit-lions/...
11/21/24	Rubin: As former brick salesman stars for the Lions, the masonry world gets a kick out of it. Success of underdog Jake Bates not only provides someone to cheer for, it builds a teachable moment for an industry veteran Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/rubin-former-brick-sale...
11/14/24	Michigan football's Dominic Zvada: Lions' Jake Bates 'become an idol' among kickers. Southeast Michigan has some great kicking right now between Michigan's Dominic Zvada and the Lions' Jake Bates. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/michigan-footballs-domini...
11/11/24	‘Jake Bates for MVP’ – NFL Fans Crown Lions Hometown Hero After Unbelievable Fourth Quarter Comeback. Jake Bates became Detroit’s hometown hero, nailing two clutch kicks in a 26-23 win over Houston. Once a brick salesman, now he’s the Lions’ MVP. Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/jake-bates-nfl-...
11/11/24	Bates' kick caps Lions' rally in 'surreal' moment. Detroit kicker Jake Bates authored a 52-yard, walk-off field goal Sunday night, helping the Lions overcome a 16-point deficit in their dramatic 26-23 victory over the Houston Texans, a win that gave his club an 8-1 record for the first time since 1954. Source: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42321516/jake-...
11/11/24	Bates' kick caps Lions' rally in 'surreal' moment. Detroit kicker Jake Bates authored a 52-yard, walk-off field goal Sunday night, helping the Lions overcome a 16-point deficit in their dramatic 26-23 victory over the Houston Texans, a win that gave his club an 8-1 record for the first time since 1954. Source: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42321516/jake-...
11/10/24	Watch: Lions kicker Jake Bates makes two 50-yard field goals in wild comeback win over Texans. Detroit escaped "Sunday Night Football" with an improbable 26-23 win on a walk-off field goal from kicker Jake Bates. Source: https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/watch_lion...
10/30/24	Detroit Lions PR Kalif Raymond named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Kalif Ryamond is the third Lions player to win Special Teams Player of the Week honors this season along with K Jake Bates and P Jack Fox. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/detroit-lions-pr-kalif-ra...
10/23/24	Detroit Lions K Jake Bates named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Jake Bates made a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to beat the Minnesota Vikings and is 10-for-10 on FGs this year for the Detroit Lions. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/detroit-lions-k-jake-bate...
10/20/24	Jake Bates boots Lions past Vikings in 31-29 slugfest and into NFC North first place. Jake Bates connected on a 44-yard field goal to give the Detroit Lions a 31-29 win over the Minnesota Vikings in an NFC North Division slugfest. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/jake-bates-boots-lions-pa...
10/10/24	How Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey helps Lions have added faith in Jake Bates. The story that led Jake Bates to the Detroit Lions is fascinating — he never attempted a field goal in college, serving only as a kickoff specialist — but even his path to the NFL is dwarfed by the tale that brought Brandon Aubrey to the Dallas Cowboys. Aubrey was a soccer player growing up, and he didn't start playing football until he had graduated from Notre Dame. The inexperienced kicker spent two seasons in Birmingham, where he made 32 of his 37 field goals, before the Cowboys reached out and signed him in July 2023. Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions...
9/19/24	Matchup with Cardinals will be reunion for Lions, Matt Prater — and also Jake Bates. Jake Bates was eight years old when Matt Prater made his NFL debut. By the time Bates began playing college soccer at Central Arkansas in 2017, Prater was in the thick of his seven-season kicking tenure with the Detroit Lions. Now in his second NFL season, Bates is trying to end Detroit's years of wandering the kicker desert since Prater left to sign with the Arizona Cardinals in March 2021. Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions...

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