[1] In 2004 he won Glenelg's Under-17s best and fairest award despite spending part of the season playing SANFL reserve grade.Playing as a teenager against grown men in the SANFL, Gibbs excelled, coming third in the club's 2006 best and fairest and dominating recent former AFL players during the season.Speculation that the result would decide the wooden spoon (and hence the first draft pick) led to the game jokingly being dubbed the "Bryce Gibbs Cup" by some in the media.4 guernsey, formerly worn by club champion and administrator (and later, president), Stephen Kernahan, who was also a close friend and former Glenelg teammate of Gibbs' father.Seventeen disposals at 100 percent efficiency and a great shutdown role on Brownlow Medallist Jason Akermanis in round 10 earned Gibbs his nomination for the NAB Rising Star award.In round 10, his 45 disposals tied Greg Williams' efforts as the most by a Carlton player in a single game (since records were kept in 1984).Despite being contracted to Carlton, Gibbs announced at the conclusion of the 2016 season that he wanted to return to South Australia for family reasons and requested a trade.