Overview
- Gibbs rushed for 151 yards, caught five passes for 56 yards, and scored two touchdowns in a 45-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Oct. 11, giving him 207 scrimmage yards for the game.
- With those scores Gibbs reached 58 career total touchdowns before turning 25, surpassing Barry Sanders’ previous mark of 57 and setting a new NFL record for players under 25.
- Barry Sanders publicly congratulated Gibbs in a video message that praised his play and said Gibbs still has much more ahead of him.
- Detroit signed Gibbs to a three-year extension in August that made him the highest-paid running back, and he has led the team in touches early in the season, creating workload and roster-management questions for the Lions.
- Through five games Gibbs has 747 scrimmage yards and nine total touchdowns, a pace that projects toward LaDainian Tomlinson’s single-season touchdown record and gives Detroit a clear decision to rest him during the Week 6 bye and monitor carries afterward.