"DETROIT -- Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs had been itching for a breakout game in 2025 and finally got it, using the Monday Night Football stage to showcase a two-touchdown performance against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Gibbs exploded for a career-best 218 scrimmage yards, the most by a Lions player in a game since Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson had 329 yards in 2013, per ESPN Research."
"Gibbs ran for 136 yards while adding 82 receiving yards. "This was my first 200-yard output, so yeah, it's kinda special," Gibbs said, smiling. Gibbs also drew motivation from competing in front of Lions great Barry Sanders, his boyhood idol, as he broke free up the middle for the longest run of his NFL career with a 78-yard touchdown at 6:01 in the second quarter."
""It was just black. All I saw was black jerseys," Gibbs said of running behind Lions offensive linemen Penei Sewell and Tate Ratledge on the long touchdown play. "I was like, 'Oh, s---' and I just ran straight." Gibbs' top speed on the play was 22.2 mph, the fastest rushing touchdown by an offensive ball carrier this season, per NFL Next Gen Stats."
Jahmyr Gibbs produced a breakout performance with 218 scrimmage yards and two touchdowns, rushing for 136 yards and adding 82 receiving yards. His 78-yard touchdown was the longest run of his NFL career and reached a top speed of 22.2 mph, the fastest rushing touchdown this season per NFL Next Gen Stats. Gibbs is the only player in the past three seasons to hit 22 mph on a rushing touchdown, doing so twice, including a 70-yard score last season. Detroit defeated Tampa Bay 24-9, improving to 5-2 as the team entered the bye week.
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