Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is Derrick Henry. Henry rushed for 144 yards and 3 touchdowns in Baltimore’s season-opener. Henry now has 125 career rushing touchdowns, and surpasses Marcus Allen for 3rd place on the NFL’s all-time rushing touchdown list.
Runner-up this week is Jahmyr Gibbs. Gibbs had 186 yards from scrimmage (including 156 rushing yards) and 2 touchdowns in Detroit’s opener. Gibbs became the fourth person in NFL history to score 50 or more touchdowns in his first 50 games.
Others of note:
Bryce Young threw for 361 yards and 3 touchdowns, and also ran for a touchdown.
Dallas Turner had 10 quarterback pressures, 7 quarterback hits, and a sack.
Josh Jobe had 6 tackles, a tackle for loss, and a game-saving end zone interception in the game’s last few seconds to preserve Seattle’s win.
Mack Wilson had 6 tackles and a pass defended.
Marlon Humphrey had 4 tackles, a pass defended, and a forced fumble (which he also recovered)
Tyler Ras pitched 4 scoreless innings with 1 hit, zero walks, and 8 strikeouts, and recorded a save.
Pierce George pitched 4 scoreless innings with 2 hits, zero walks, and 3 strikeouts.
Sam Gardner pitched 3 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts.
Justin King pitched 3 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts.
Max Williams homered three times and drove in 7 runs.
Ian Petrutz hit safely in all 5 games played, with a home run and 7 RBI.
Tyler Gentry homered 3 times, including a play-off games with 2 homers and 4 RBI.
Charlie Nikitas finished a career-best solo 2nd on the PGA Tour Americas.
Jereem Richards finished 3rd in the Men’s 400 Meter at the World Ultimate Championship.
Erin Routliffe reached the doubles quarterfinals at the US Open.
Montana Fouts pitched 5 scoreless innings at the WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup.
Arinn Young averaged 20.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 7.25 assists over 4 games at the IWBF Women’s Championships, including a game with 19 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists in a 4-point game.
Ignacio Ortega had a 29 point, 6 assist game at the IWBF Men’s Championships.
Lindsey Zurbrugg had 2 18-point games at the IWBF Women’s Championships.
