Jahmyr Gibbs has career night in leading Lions over Buccaneers - ESPN

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 totaled 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.

Detroit won 24-9 to improve to 5-2 as it enters its bye week.

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.

He is the only player over the past three seasons to reach 22 mph on a rushing touchdown, and he has done it twice now, including a 70-yard touchdown versus the Tennessee Titans last season.

«Those really long ones are fun to watch, and I feel like I got the best seat in the house just to, like, see him hit the hole and then just, like, take off,» said Lions quarterback Jared Goff, who went 20-for-29 for 241 passing yards with a touchdown and an interception versus Tampa Bay.

«I don't know how many safeties in the league could catch him. So as soon as he gets there, it's over.