Jake Bates
| Date | News |
| 5/29/25 | Lions kicker Jake Bates' story is a doozy, and he hopes it's just getting started. Detroit - When Jake Bates was a kid growing up in suburban Houston, his team would occasionally travel to watch his favorite NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys. Last October, before the Lions-Cowboys game at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Bates found himself looking up, to where he used to sit, realizing just how far he had come. "I saw that little standing-room only section, and I'm just like, that was a holy-cow moment," Bates told The Detroit News this week. Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions... |
| 5/17/25 | Lions' Dave Fipp 'fired up' for new kickoff rules, will be more aggressive in kick game. Jake Bates kicked touchbacks on 77.3% of his kickoffs last season as the Lions tried to limit opponents' returns Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/lions-dave-fipp-f... |
| 3/28/25 | 'It was like straight out of a movie': How the UFL turned a brick salesman into an NFL star. Jake Bates was a salesman at Acme Brick Co. when a chance with the UFL resuscitated his football career. Source: https://www.espn.com/united-football-league/story/... |
| 3/28/25 | 'It was like straight out of a movie': How the UFL turned a brick salesman into an NFL star. Jake Bates was a salesman at Acme Brick Co. when a chance with the UFL resuscitated his football career. Source: https://www.espn.com/united-football-league/story/... |
| 3/20/25 | UFL's new kickoff: Why Jake Bates timed rise to Lions stardom perfectly. Kicker Jake Bates starred for the Michigan Panthers during the 2024 UFL season. He broke into the league at just the right time, per coach Mike Nolan. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/ufls-kickoff-why-... |
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