Detroit Free Press- Jake Bates was selling bricks.
Now he’s making game-winning kicks in the NFL.
Bates is 10 for 10 on field goals this season and 20 for 21 on extra points.
“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.
I always love stories like this.
“Thats probably a little much,” Campbell said.
But yeah, I would have liked to see that, too.
But we couldnt quite there."
The NFL record is 66 yards, set by Justin Tucker against the Lions at Ford Field in 2021.
If the Lions reached the minus-45, Bates' attempt would have been 73 yards.
Love to see it.
Bates was awarded the game ball after the game by Campbell too.
This Lions team is a Hollywood story and very very hard not to like.
