A year and a half ago, Jake Bates was selling bricks. Now he’s making game-winning kicks.Bates connected on a 44-yard field ...

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 connected on a 44-yard field goal to give the Detroit Lions a 31-29 win over the Minnesota Vikings in an NFC North ...

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

Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates recounts emotions after making the game-winning field goal from 44 yards vs. the Minnesota ...

Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates thought NFL dream was over 18 months ago when he worked as brick seller.

Jake Bates' transformation from selling bricks in Houston to becoming the Detroit Lions' clutch kicker epitomizes resilience.

Bates thought his football career was over and was training to sell bricks in Houston. Now the rookie kicker has sent the ...

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

Jake Bates kicked a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in the Lions’ 31-29 victory on Sunday, handing the Vikings their ...

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.