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The United Soccer League is off to a roaring begin and the Michigan Panthers kicker has been behind a number of the prime highlights from the primary two weeks of the season.
Jake Bates nailed a 62-yard discipline purpose within the Panthers’ Week 2 loss to the Birmingham Stallions. It got here per week after he hit a 64-yard game-winning discipline purpose towards the St. Louis BattleHawks. Bates’ capability appeared to have drawn some NFL buzz in the previous few days.
Panthers head coach Mike Nolan warned groups to pump the brakes on the kicker.
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Jake Bates, #38 of the Michigan Panthers, celebrates with teammates within the locker room after kicking a 64-yard discipline purpose to defeat the St. Louis Battlehawks 18-16 at Ford Area on March 30, 2024 in Detroit. (Nic Antaya/UFL/Getty Pictures)
“Outsiders don’t contact our gamers an excessive amount of in the course of the season,” he stated, through the Detroit Free Press on Tuesday. “With Jake, someway a few of them are attempting to make efforts to do this, to be trustworthy with you, and hopefully that backs off a bit of bit as a result of that’s not — they’re not supposed to do this.
“And perhaps that’s rumor, however I had heard one thing the opposite day and I sort of stated, ‘Nicely, let’s ensure that we nip that within the bud,’ as a result of, look, I would like Jake to do nicely, and I would like him to get an opportunity. I’d like to see him within the NFL and nobody proper now can do him any good, so the perfect factor I can do is preserve these individuals away from him at the moment, as a result of I’m not serving to Jake if I don’t do this.”
Nolan stated it was a little bit of each when requested whether or not it was groups or brokers contacting Bates.
Jake Bates, #38 of the Michigan Panthers, celebrates with Brock Miller, #41, after kicking a discipline purpose in the course of the third quarter towards the Birmingham Stallions at Ford Area on April 7, 2024 in Detroit. (Luke Hales/UFL/Getty Pictures)
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An NFL spokesperson advised the Detroit Free Press that groups are allowed to contact UFL groups about their gamers however can not signal UFL gamers till after the season. Moreover, NFL groups are barred from contacting gamers below contract with UFL groups or discussing the participant with their agent.
The UFL Championship is about for June 16.
Bates performed soccer at Central Arkansas earlier than transferring to play soccer at Texas State. He transferred to Arkansas earlier than the 2022 season and made the All-SEC crew.
He was undrafted in 2023 when he tried to make it to the NFL. He hung out on the Houston Texans’ coaching camp roster. He signed with Michigan in December.
Jake Bates, #38 of the Michigan Panthers, appears on towards the St. Louis Battlehawks in the course of the third quarter at Ford Area on March 30, 2024 in Detroit. (Luke Hales/UFL/Getty Pictures)
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His 64-yard discipline purpose is the second longest in skilled soccer historical past.
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