This article highlights the increasing visibility of Christian faith among NFL players, particularly focusing on recent examples like kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn's game-winning kick and quarterback Kirk Cousins' public expressions of belief. It also touches on the broader trend of athletes using their platform to share their religious views, including instances of Jewish and Muslim players doing the same.
was standing on the turf in his hometown of Houston when asked to reflect on an unlikely journey from learning how to sell bricks to making game-winning kicks for the A month later, Bates told The Associated Press it is a duty to share his Christian faith.
“This doesn’t happen without Jesus and by this, I mean any of this, like, living doesn’t happen without Jesus dying on the cross,” Bates said recently at the team’s practice facility. “He put us on a stage to glorify his name.”Stroud, in particular, has been a source of inspiration for Bates. He especially admires how the quarterback regularly credits Jesus at press conferences. “What he’s been able to do in the media and spreading Jesus’ love has been awesome to see,” Bates said. Harbaugh started his latest postgame news conference, reminding reporters and anyone watching or listening that Christmas was coming up and shared the prayer the Ravens had just heard in the locker room. “It’s a big football week, all right? It’s also a big life week,” Harbaugh said. “It’s a big spiritual week.” Cousins has professed his faith publicly, dating back to his college years at Michigan State and continuing in the NFL with Washington, Minnesota and the Falcons. “We all have a platform,” Cousins said earlier this month. “We all try to steward it the best we can. I just want to be able to give a reason to people who ask for the hope that I have. Although Christianity is the dominate religion at all levels of the sport, some Jewish and Muslim players have also used their platform to publicly share their faith. Recently, for example, , the Utah private school run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has embraced his role as an ambassador of Judaism in football.He grew up about 30 miles northwest of Houston in Tomball, Texas, and played soccer at Central Arkansas before switching sports and transferring twice. Bates was a kickoff specialist for two seasons at Texas State and for one year at Arkansas, earning All-SEC honors in 2022. His hometown Texans signed him on Aug. 1, 2023, and waived him 11 days later to send him searching for a new career in the brick business. “I was still in training, so I hadn’t even sold new bricks yet,” he said. “But that’s what I was getting ready to do.”Bates did enough to get signed by the Michigan Panthers and made three field goals from at least 60 yards while playing for them in the United Football League, a team that shares the same home field with the Lions.While playing football is his job, it is not Bates’ calling. “I’m not here to make kicks or miss kicks,” he said. “I think I’m here to spread the love of Jesus. So, however long he gives me this stage, that’s what I plan to do.”
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