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 ...

Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates got the meme treatment when ESPN cameras captured him stretching on the sidelines during “Monday Night Football” against the 49ers. Bates was seen sprawled out ...

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 ...

You just never know what you're going to see on the sideline during an NFL game, and that held true during the Detroit Lions' Week 17 game against the San Francisco 49ers when kicker Jake Bates ...

DETROIT — In only his first season with the Detroit Lions, kicker Jake Bates has already inked his name in the record books. With the Detroit Lions' win over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday ...

The origin story of Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates becoming a viral sensation is laced with a bit of comedy, Mike Nolan recalls. It was March 30, 2024, and Nolan’s Michigan Panthers trailed by ...

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 ...