Kicker Jake Bates made 26 of 29 field goals this year and set the Detroit Lions' single-season scoring record with 142 points ...

LEGENDARY:Jake Bates is the face of a league he no longer plays in Bates signed with the Lions after the UFL season, and became the starting kicker early in training camp when incumbent Michael ...

Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates' story is remarkable. It began in a different league, with a different team – but in the same ...

Jake Bates recalls moment that turned his season Bates acknowledged how he feels "kicking's never going to click" or be "completely figured out." Over the first four games this season he did not ...

A year ago, the Detroit Lions fell to 49ers in part because they didn't trust the kicking game. They do now. Will it change ...

Jake Bates won't say it ... "It's really cool," Bates said in a video conference Thursday. "I think more than anything though, it's really a big-time offensive stat because so many of those ...