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

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

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

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

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 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 saw two double-digit leads evaporate. When clutch time came on Sunday, though, Dan Campbell's troops ...

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.

After the Lions and Vikings exchanged subsequent punts, Detroit quarterback Jared Goff engineered an eight-play, 44-yard ...