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Lions Rookie Kicker Who Hit Yesterday's Game Winner Was a Brick Salesman 18 Months Ago
by Larry Leo
October 21, 20243 Comments
Loading Twitter Embed.... Detroit Lions rookie kicker Jake Bates, who won yesterday's game, is a great story...
Loading Twitter Embed....Per Detroit Free Press...quote:(Barstool Sports)
Jake Bates was selling bricks. Now he's making game-winning kicks in the NFL.
Bates made a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to give the Detroit Lions a 31-29 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
Bates is 10 for 10 on field goals this season and 20 for 21 on extra points. The rookie signed with the Lions in June after putting together a strong performance with the Michigan Panthers of the UFL, where he made three field goals of at least 60 yards in the spring league.
"Eighteen months ago, I thought I was through with football," Bates said. "I was selling bricks back in Houston. I thought the dream was dead."
Instead, he got a tryout with his hometown Houston Texans. He spent 10 days in their training camp before being cut in August 2023.
That led him to the UFL, where he made 7 of 11 field goals from 50-plus yards for the Panthers last spring.
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