Jake Bates

Place Kicker, Detroit Lions · #39.

Player facts

Team: Detroit Lions
Position: Place Kicker
Number: 39
Born: Mar 3, 1999 (age 27)
Birthplace: Tomball, TX, USA
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 205 lbs
College: Arkansas
Experience: 3 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

Among the NFL leaders, 2026 Regular Season:

3rd in kickoff yards 1858
10th in total points 44

2026 Kicking

	FG%	FG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	AVG	LNG	XPM	XPA	PTS
Regular Season	100.0	8-8	0-0	2-2	2-2	3-3	1-1	0	54	20	20	44
Last 5 Games	100.0	8-8	0-0	2-2	2-2	3-3	1-1	54	20	20	44
Career	85.9	61-71	0-0	11-11	20-20	19-22	11-18	35	59	138	143	321

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	FG	FG%	LNG	XP	PTS
Sun, Oct 11	@ ARI	W 45-21	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	0-0	1-1	100.0	46	6-6	9
Sun, Oct 4	@ CAR	L 32-26	0-0	1-1	0-0	2-2	1-1	4-4	100.0	54	2-2	14
Sun, Sep 27	vs NYJ	W 31-24	0-0	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	100.0	30	4-4	7
Thu, Sep 17	@ BUF	L 41-31	0-0	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	100.0	31	4-4	7
Sun, Sep 13	vs NO	W 31-30 OT	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	100.0	23	4-4	7

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Jake Bates (born March 3, 1999) is an American professional football placekicker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college soccer for the Central Arkansas Bears and college football for the Texas State Bobcats and Arkansas Razorbacks. Bates holds the title for the longest field goal in UFL football history at 64 yards.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jake Bates, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Bates was born in Tomball, Texas and attended Tomball High School, graduating in 2017. During high school, he was a member of the football team, but was more prominently a standout in soccer.

College career

After high school, Bates played two seasons of college soccer at Central Arkansas in 2017 and 2018, before transferring to play college football at Texas State in 2020 where he only handled kickoffs. He transferred to Arkansas after earning his business degree in 2022, once again only handling kickoff duties. He was named first-team All-SEC as a kickoff specialist in 2022, tying the selection with Jack Podlesny.