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Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs (26) during an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 8, 2024 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)

Jahmyr Gibbs

RB

#26

Experience: 2 years

Height: 5-9

Age: 22

Weight: 202 lbs

College: Alabama

2024 SEASON

  • CAR
    250
  • YDS
    1412
  • AVG
    5.65
  • TDS
    16
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Rushing

YEAR TEAM G ATT YDS AVG LNG TD 1st 1st% 20+ 40+ FUM
2024 Detroit Lions 17 250 1412 5.6 70 16 70 28 13 3 0
2023 Detroit Lions 15 182 945 5.2 36 10 42 23.1 10 0 2
TOTAL 32 432 2357 5.5 70 26 112 25.9 23 3 2

Receiving

YEAR TEAM G REC YDS AVG LNG TD 1st 1st% 20+ 40+
2024 Detroit Lions 17 52 517 9.9 54 4 26 50 6 1
2023 Detroit Lions 15 52 316 6.1 24 1 20 38.5 2 0
TOTAL 32 104 833 8 54 5 46 44.2 8 1

Fumbles

YEAR TEAM G FUM LOST FF OWN FR OPP FR TD
2024 Detroit Lions 17 1 1 0
2023 Detroit Lions 15 2 1
TOTAL 32 3 2 0 0 0 0

Defense

YEAR TEAM G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
2024 Detroit Lions 17 1 1 0 0 0 0
2023 Detroit Lions 15
TOTAL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Pro Bowl: 2023, 2024
  • NFC Offensive Player of the Month: 2024 (Dec./Jan.)
  • NFC Offensive Player of the Week: 2024 (Week 18)
  • Enters 2025 tied-for-first in total touchdowns (31), tied-for-second in rushing touchdowns (26), and ranked third in scrimmage yards (3,190) and rushing yards (2,357) in Lions history through two-career seasons.
  • Played in 17 games (four starts) in 2024, recording 250 rushes for 1,412 yards (5.6 avg.) and 16 touchdowns along with 52 receptions for 512 yards (9.9 avg.) and four touchdowns for a Lions single-season record and NFL-high 20 total touchdowns.
  • Made his second-straight Pro Bowl to start his career in 2024, joining Barry Sanders (1989-90) and Billy Sims (1980-81) as the only Lions running backs to make the Pro Bowl in each of their first two-career seasons.
  • In 2024, he became the fourth player in NFL history to produce a season with at least 1,900 scrimmage yards, 16 rushing touchdowns and four receiving touchdowns, joining David Johnson (2016), Marshall Faulk (2000) and O.J. Simpson (1975).
  • Became the first player in NFL history to produce 70-plus scrimmage yards in 17 games in a season in 2024.
  • Produced an NFL record seven-straight games with a rushing average of 5.0 yards per carry in 2024 (10 attempt minimum per game).
  • Became the third rookie in franchise history to produce a season with at least 1,000 scrimmage yards and 10 scrimmage touchdowns in 2023, joining Sims and Sanders.
  • Among all-time Lions rookies, Gibbs produced the third-most rushing touchdowns, tied for the third-most scrimmage touchdowns, fifth-most rushing yards and fifth-most scrimmage yards.
  • Set a franchise rookie record by totaling at least 50 scrimmage yards in each of his first 13-career games.
  • Registered six games with 95-plus scrimmage yards, the most by a Lions rookie since Sanders.
  • Rushed for a touchdown in four-straight games in 2023, tying the franchise rookie record alongside Sanders and RB Kevin Jones (2004).
  • Among all NFL rookies in 2023, Gibbs ranked first in rushing touchdowns, second in rushing yards and third in scrimmage yards. He also ranked first in rushing yards before contact (377), second in rushing yards after contact (568), second in missed tackles forced on rushes (40) and second in rushing first downs (42) among rookies, per PFF.
  • Became one-of-three rookies in NFL history to accumulate at least 80 rushing yards, 80 receiving yards and two touchdowns in a single postseason.
  • Was the highest-selected running back for the Lions since Barry Sanders in 1989, and the fourth-highest running back taken by Detroit since 1970.

COLLEGE

  • Played 31 games (29 starts) at Georgia Tech (2020-21) and Alabama (2022), registering 383 rushes for 2,132 yards (5.6 avg.) and 15 touchdowns. He added 103 receptions for 1,212 yards (11.8 avg.) and eight touchdowns, along with contributing 44 kickoff returns for 1,052 yards (23.9 avg.) and one touchdown.
  • 2022 (Alabama): Appeared in 12 games (11 starts), leading the team with 151 carries for 926 yards (6.1 avg.) and seven touchdowns. He recorded the second-most receptions by an Alabama running back (44) for 444 yards (10.1 avg.) and three touchdowns, and posted 13 kickoff returns for 258 yards (19.8 avg.).
    • Second-Team All-SEC (Running Back and All-Purpose)
    • Third-Team Associated Press All-American (All-Purpose)
    • Ranked third in the SEC and 20th among Division I backs in rushing average (6.1)
    • Ranked third in the SEC with a team-high 1,628 all-purpose yards
  • 2021 (Georgia Tech): Appeared in 12 games (11 starts), totalling 143 carries for 746 yards (5.2 avg.) and four touchdowns, while adding 36 receptions for 470 yards (13.1 avg.) and two touchdowns. He also contributed 23 kickoff retuns for 589 yards (25.6 avg.) and one touchdown.
    • First-Team All-ACC (All-Purpose)
    • Second-Team All-ACC (Specialist)
    • Third-team All-ACC (Running Back)
    • Recorded the second-most total yards (1,805) in a single-season in program history.
  • 2020 (Georgia Tech): Appeared in seven games (all starts), recording 89 carries for 460 yards (5.2 avg.) and four touchdowns. He contributed 24 receptions for 303 yards (12.6 avg.) and three touchdowns, along with eight kick returns for 205 yards (25.6 avg.). He led the team in all-purpose yards (968) and scoring (seven touchdowns), and ranked second in rushing yards, receiving yards, receptions, rushing touchdowns, and touchdown receptions.
    • Second-Team Freshman All-American
    • Honorable-Mention All-ACC (Specialist)

PERSONAL

  • Prepped at Dalton (Ga.) High School where he ran for 4,882 yards and 70 touchdowns including 2,554 yards and 40 touchdowns as a senior. He was named First-Team All-American in 2019, and Georgia's Offensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-State in 2019 and 2020.
  • Set a Chattanooga metro area record with 420 rushing yards and eight touchdowns scored in just three quarters (Aug. 28, 2019).
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