Jahmyr Gibbs provides an assessment on Tennessee's stout defense

Jahmyr Gibbs recognizes the Tennessee defense has been more than impressive in 2022, but the Alabama running back isn’t shying away from the challenge.

Speaking with the media ahead of the gigantic SEC showdown, Gibbs provided his assessment of the Volunteers’ stout defense.

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“They have a very good defense,” stated Gibbs. “They move around fast. They all fly to the ball. Explosive offense. It’ll be a good challenge for us this week.”

Thus far in 2022, the Tennessee defense is No. 22 in the nation in scoring defense, and No. 87 overall in total defense. The Volunteers are only allowing 17.8 points per game, and 396.6 yards per game.

Meanwhile, Gibbs has accumulated 532 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns on the season, while adding 22 receptions for 220 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns on the season, as well. Something’s got to give on Saturday, and Jahmyr Gibbs is hoping it breaks in the favor of his squad.

Nick Saban on Jahmyr Gibbs: ‘Leader of the pack’

In Alabama’s win over Texas A&M, Jahmyr Gibbs suffered an injury. He went into the injury tent but was later able to return to the game. Nick Saban said that he’ll be okay and praised him as a player.

“The guy is a really good runner, he does a great job of stretching plays on the perimeter and sticking his foot in the ground, making cuts and setting up blocks for the offensive line. I thought there was a couple of times that they did a good job on defense overloading some things and taking some things away, but I know he had a ton of yards. We ran the ball statistically fairly well in the game, which is what we had to do to win the game. And he certainly was the leader of the pack,” Nick Saban said.

“He’s also a very talented receiver. They called timeout when we were on empty and he was uncovered and we thought we probably would have made a big play, but we just hope that he can continue to improve and we can continue to improve as an offense and get more guys like him to make plays on offense.”