Jahmyr Gibbs keeps piling up the recognition, and after his latest eruption against the Arizona Cardinals, the Detroit Lions running back has another NFC Offensive Player of the Week award to add to the shelf.
The league made the call after Gibbs torched Arizona in Week 5, finishing with 151 rushing yards and two touchdowns on the ground. He was just as dangerous as a receiver, hauling in five catches for 56 yards against the NFC West opponent. It marks the fourth time Gibbs has been honored for his play, with two of those nods coming in 2025 and another in 2024.
What stood out to Dan Campbell wasn’t just the explosion with the ball in Gibbs’ hands. Speaking to local reporters ahead of the Lions’ Week 6 bye, the head coach zeroed in on a blocking rep that helped make a key play happen.
“I hit him up this morning. I said, 'One of my favorite clips of everything you did,' he had a ton of eye-opening plays, 'was his protection rep on the fourth-and-1, (Lions tight end Sam) LaPorta's touchdown.'
That was outstanding," said Campbell. "And to me, that's why he's different.
All this other stuff, of course he's got that and it's rare. It's that.
He's unselfish and he's tough and he's willing to do anything for his teammates.
"And he might as well have scored on that because he's excited as anybody is that he helped get LaPorta a touchdown and protect (Jared) Goff so he could make that throw," Campbell added further. That's unselfishness.
That's our guys. That's our guys.”
Gibbs’ latest award comes after he secured a lucrative new contract extension before the season began. He also dealt with a brief absence from the team during training camp, but since then the 24-year-old has shown exactly why he belongs among the league’s best at his position.
Running backs coach Tashard Choice has seen that coming for a while. Choice, who coached running backs at Texas, said he had been tracking Gibbs for years before getting the chance to work with him up close.
"Having the chance to watch Gibbs from afar for these last three years, and every single week because of (friend Kelvin Sheppard) Shep and because of Jah, I kept wanting to watch the Lions' games,” said Choice. "To see him progress, to see how smart he is, ,I tell him he's one of the smartest running backs I've ever coached. He's just a natural football player.
"So, having an opportunity to get around him now coaching, I'm going to be harder on him even more."
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