Jake Bates
| Date | News |
| 8/03/25 | Jake Bates looking better than ever at Detroit Lions' training camp. Jake Bates had a phenomenal debut campaign with the Detroit Lions in 2024, and it looks like the reliable kicker is ready to have another standout season in 2025. According to Tim Twentyman of Lions.com, Bates didn't miss a field goal during Sunday's practice and had an overall great day. "Bates looked great Sunday knocking all six of his attempts in team periods right through the center of the uprights from 34, 38, 39, 44, 44, and 49 yards," Twentyman wrote. After making a name for himself during the 2024 UFL spring season, Bates signed with the Lions and won the starting kicker job in training camp for the 2024 NFL season. Source: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/detroit-lions/... |
| 7/17/25 | Detroit Lions believe Jake Bates could be a historic NFL kicker. Special teams coordinator Dave Fipp gave some very high praise to Lions kicker Jake Bates in an excellent article over at The Athletic. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/detroit-lions-bel... |
| 7/13/25 | All-NFC North Team: Where Do Packers' Specialists Ranks?. GREEN BAY, Wis. – Even after a down season by his lofty standards, the Green Bay Packers' Keisean Nixon was named the All-NFC North returner. The All-NFC North team was chosen by On SI's four division beat writers. They picked their top two returners, kickers and punters, with one point for first place and two points for second place. Here's the vote: Kicker: Detroit's Jake Bates, 6 (two first-place votes; two second-place votes); Chicago's Cairo Santos (one first-place vote, one second-place vote); Green Bay's Brandon McManus (one first-place vote); Minnesota's Will Reichard (one second-place vote). Punter: Detroit's Jack Fox, 5 (three first-place votes, one second-place vote); Chicago's Tory Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/all-nfc-north-team-... |
| 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... |
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