Special teams coordinator Dave Fipp explained that he observed Bates as a player more in tune with staying quiet during the ...

Jake Bates made the game-winning 52-yard field goal to lift the Lions to a 56-53 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday.

Southeast Michigan has some great kicking right now between Michigan's Dominic Zvada and the Lions' Jake Bates.

Nothing was going right for Detroit’s Jared Goff on Sunday night against the Houston Texans. The nine-year veteran threw a ...

Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates has been named Week 10's NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Bates was clutch in the fourth ...

The Jacksonville Jaguars played without starting QB Trevor Lawrence last week, and here's who will start this week against ...

Bates hit two field goals from more than 50 yards in the fourth quarter, including the 52-yard game-winning kick at the ...

Eighteen months ago, Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates was a brick salesman back in Houston, Texas. "I thought the dream was ...

The Lions' comeback win over the Texans on Sunday was decided by three long field goal attempts late in the fourth quarter.

Lions kicker Jake Bates honored for his heroic 4th quarter vs. Texans as the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week ...

The Detroit Lions have yet another player honored with a weekly award. Kicker Jake Bates was honored as the NFC Special Teams ...

Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates entered Sunday Night Football as a relatively unknown player, but his team trusted him to ...