Player profile

Age: 27 yr
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 202 lb
NFL Experience: 3 years
Birth Date: Mar 3, 1999
College: Arkansas; Central Arkansas
Draft: 2023
Draft Pick: —

Availability & contract

Expected Games: 17/17
Total Contract: $1.1M
This Year: $1.1M
Per Game: $63K

Roster Value breakdown

Compare this player against

Roster Value+14.9 vs NFL K90th percentile

Role+3.8 vs NFL K18th percentile

Experience+9.3 vs NFL K48th percentile

Prime+4.6 vs NFL K45th percentile

100

Durability+30.9 vs NFL K87th percentile

Continuity+39.1 vs NFL K61st percentile

Draft Pedigree−9.2 vs NFL K0th percentile

Contract Fit+13.6 vs NFL K90th percentile

Status and availability

Where he stands

Unknown

His roster status is not established yet.

Next game

Not established

We do not yet have what it takes to answer this for the next game.

No published status yet

Still needed: a scheduled next game.

Where Jake Bates fits · Kickers

DET kickers, last season vs this season — Jake Bates is highlighted. This shows where he sits in the room now, alongside last season's group for context.

NEW arrived this offseasonRE-UP re-signedLEFT left after last season- returning players are unmarked

This season · 2026Assistant Special Teams: Jett Modkins

#39Jake Bates705517/177092100960$1.1M27.65'10"202

Last season · 2025Assistant Special Teams: Jett Modkins

Jake Bates705517/177092100960$1.1M27.65'10"202

Contract notes

Short excerpts from public reporting. These notes are reported context, separate from the structured contract figures above.

“one-year deal”

ReportedDetroit Lions official site

Transactions

Every tracked move involving this player, from the canonical transaction tracker.

#39Jake Bates

Roster Value70

UnknownTendered, unsigned

Detroit Lions re-sign Jake Bates

Mar 25, 2026

Official