Jake Bates Biography

Jake Bates has an incredible story culminating in becoming one of the best kickers in the NFL. Bates was a college soccer player and when he transitioned over to football, only handled kickoffs. In 2022, he was named All-SEC at Arkansas as a kickoff specialist. 

Bates still had to go the non-traditional route to the NFL, going to the UFL, where he set a league record with a 64-yard field foal and was named to the All-UFL Team in 2024. That got the attention of the Detroit Lions, who signed him that summer and he became one of just two UFL players to make a team's final roster in the league. 

In the first eight weeks of his rookie season, Bates had two game-winning field goals and was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week once. 

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