Jake Bates is a perfect 10-for-10 on FGs this season and made a 44-yarder with 15 seconds left Sunday to give the Detroit ...

The Lions gave him a chance to compete with Michael Badgley for the team’s kicking job. The competition ended on July 25 when ...

The Lions gave him a chance to compete with Michael Badgley for the team's kicking job. The competition ended on July 25 when ...

Minneapolis — The young career of kicker Jake Bates was an exercise in patience for the Detroit Lions.

Jake Bates was calm, cool and collected. More importantly, he was confident. That’s why it seemed like no problem for him to ...

Bates thought his football career was over and was training to sell bricks in Houston. Now the rookie kicker has sent the ...

The Detroit Lions escaped with a narrow victory while visiting the rival Minnesota Vikings in Week 7, pulling ahead 31–29 in ...

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 ...

Jake Bates kicked a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in the Lions’ 31-29 victory on Sunday, handing the Vikings their ...

The Detroit Lions called kicker Jake Bates' number in the Week 7 game against the Minnesota Vikings in the closing seconds of ...

Jake Bates' transformation from selling bricks in Houston to becoming the Detroit Lions' clutch kicker epitomizes resilience.

Bates made his only field-goal attempt while going 4-for-4 on extra-point opportunities in Sunday's 31-29 win over the Vikings.