
Quarterback, Oregon (from UCF, Oklahoma), 2019–24
Dillon Gabriel
- Number
- No. 8
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 204 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Mililani, HI
- Born
- Dec 28, 2000, in Mililani, Hawaii
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Dillon Gabriel played quarterback at UCF (2019–21), Oklahoma (2022–23) and Oregon (2024). He finished third in the 2024 Heisman vote. The Cleveland Browns took Gabriel in round 3, No. 94 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
548passing yards, career highat Memphis, 20206touchdown passes, career highat Texas Tech, 2022113rushing yards, career highvs. Texas, 20233rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. West Virginia, 2023Honors
- 2022Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year
- 2022Second-team All-Big 12
- 2023First-team All-Big 12
- 2024Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
- 2024Big Ten Quarterback of the Year
- 2024Chicago Tribune Silver Football
- 2024First-team All-Big Ten
- 2024Third in the Heisman vote
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2024
All-America: FWAA 2024; Sports Illustrated 2024; USA Today 2024
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Passing
Rushing
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | UCF | 8 | QB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2020 | UCF | 8 | QB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2021 | UCF | 8 | QB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2022 | Oklahoma | 8 | QB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2023 | Oklahoma | 8 | QB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2024 | Oregon | 8 | QB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 5′11″ | 204 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. pass | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | UCF | 467 | 0.39 | 90th (n=155) | 0.27 | 183.0 | 46% | 0.51 | 0.16 |
| 2020 | UCF | 470 | 0.44 | 85th (n=116) | 0.27 | 208.2 | 55% | 0.61 | 0.19 |
| 2021 | UCF | 127 | 0.28 | – | – | 35.4 | 54% | 0.32 | – |
| 2022 | Oklahoma | 397 | 0.31 | 48th (n=250) | 0.32 | 121.8 | 46% | 0.43 | 0.09 |
| 2023 | Oklahoma | 430 | 0.65 | 99th (n=255) | 0.32 | 279.8 | 50% | 0.75 | 0.42 |
| 2024 | Oregon | 503 | 0.43 | 85th (n=238) | 0.30 | 215.7 | 53% | 0.59 | 0.22 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2024 Oregon 14 games, 3,857 passing yards, 30 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 24–14 | 41 | 49 | 380 | 2 | 0 | −23 |
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 37–34 | 18 | 21 | 243 | 2 | 0 | −15 |
| Sep 14 | at | W 49–14 | 20 | 24 | 291 | 2 | 0 | 64 |
| Sep 28 | at | W 34–13 | 31 | 41 | 278 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| Oct 4 | vs. | W 31–10 | 20 | 32 | 257 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 32–31 | 23 | 34 | 341 | 2 | 0 | 32 |
| Oct 18 | at | W 35–0 | 21 | 25 | 290 | 2 | 1 | −11 |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 38–9 | 18 | 26 | 291 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Nov 2 | at | W 38–17 | 22 | 34 | 294 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Nov 9 | vs. | W 39–18 | 23 | 34 | 183 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| Nov 16 | at | W 16–13 | 22 | 31 | 218 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Nov 30 | vs. | W 49–21 | 16 | 23 | 209 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Dec 7 | vs. | W 45–37 | 22 | 32 | 283 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 21–41 | 29 | 41 | 299 | 2 | 0 | −43 |
2023 Oklahoma 12 games, 3,660 passing yards, 30 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 73–0 | 19 | 22 | 308 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 28–11 | 19 | 27 | 176 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Sep 16 | at | W 66–17 | 28 | 31 | 421 | 5 | 1 | – |
| Sep 23 | at | W 20–6 | 26 | 38 | 322 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Sep 30 | vs. | W 50–20 | 26 | 39 | 366 | 3 | 1 | 37 |
| Oct 7 | vs. | W 34–30 | 23 | 38 | 285 | 1 | 0 | 113 |
| Oct 21 | vs. | W 31–29 | 25 | 38 | 253 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| Oct 28 | at | L 33–38 | 14 | 19 | 171 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| Nov 4 | at | L 24–27 | 26 | 37 | 344 | 1 | 1 | −7 |
| Nov 11 | vs. | W 59–20 | 23 | 36 | 423 | 5 | 0 | 50 |
| Nov 18 | at | W 31–24 | 13 | 21 | 191 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. | W 69–45 | 24 | 38 | 400 | 3 | 1 | 36 |
2022 Oklahoma 12 games, 3,168 passing yards, 25 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 45–13 | 15 | 23 | 233 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 33–3 | 21 | 28 | 296 | 3 | 0 | −10 |
| Sep 17 | at | W 49–14 | 16 | 27 | 230 | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Sep 24 | vs. | L 34–41 | 26 | 39 | 330 | 4 | 0 | 61 |
| Oct 1 | at | L 24–55 | 7 | 16 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs. | W 52–42 | 29 | 42 | 403 | 2 | 1 | 37 |
| Oct 29 | at | W 27–13 | 15 | 26 | 148 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Nov 5 | vs. | L 35–38 | 22 | 34 | 261 | 2 | 3 | 70 |
| Nov 12 | at | L 20–23 | 17 | 28 | 190 | 0 | 0 | −1 |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 28–13 | 20 | 40 | 259 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| Nov 26 | at | L 48–51 | 28 | 40 | 449 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. | L 32–35 | 14 | 24 | 243 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
2021 UCF 3 games, 814 passing yards, 9 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 36–31 | 25 | 37 | 318 | 4 | 2 | 64 |
| Sep 11 | vs. | W 63–14 | 23 | 36 | 312 | 2 | 0 | 43 |
| Sep 17 | at | L 35–42 | 22 | 29 | 184 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
2020 UCF 10 games, 3,517 passing yards, 32 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | at | W 49–21 | 27 | 41 | 417 | 4 | 1 | 30 |
| Sep 26 | at | W 51–28 | 32 | 47 | 408 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 3 | vs. | L 26–34 | 28 | 51 | 330 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Oct 17 | at | L 49–50 | 31 | 43 | 548 | 5 | 0 | 49 |
| Oct 24 | vs. | W 51–34 | 26 | 40 | 422 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| Oct 31 | at | W 44–21 | 19 | 33 | 328 | 2 | 0 | −11 |
| Nov 14 | vs. | W 38–13 | 12 | 22 | 268 | 2 | 0 | −10 |
| Nov 21 | vs. | L 33–36 | 25 | 48 | 243 | 3 | 1 | 30 |
| Nov 27 | at | W 58–46 | 22 | 36 | 336 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Dec 22 ✦ | vs. | L 23–49 | 21 | 45 | 217 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
2019 UCF 13 games, 3,653 passing yards, 29 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. | W 62–0 | 9 | 13 | 127 | 3 | 0 | – |
| Sep 7 | at | W 48–14 | 7 | 19 | 245 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Sep 14 | vs. | W 45–27 | 22 | 30 | 347 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Sep 21 | at | L 34–35 | 25 | 42 | 338 | 2 | 2 | −36 |
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 56–21 | 11 | 16 | 281 | 3 | 0 | −17 |
| Oct 4 | at | L 24–27 | 25 | 46 | 297 | 1 | 3 | −13 |
| Oct 19 | vs. | W 41–28 | 22 | 35 | 365 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Oct 26 | at | W 63–21 | 10 | 21 | 218 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 44–29 | 21 | 30 | 298 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Nov 8 | at | L 31–34 | 23 | 38 | 290 | 1 | 2 | −20 |
| Nov 23 | at | W 34–31 | 24 | 46 | 317 | 1 | 0 | 58 |
| Nov 29 | vs. | W 34–7 | 23 | 39 | 270 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| Dec 23 ✦ | vs. | W 48–25 | 14 | 24 | 260 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2025 Senior Bowl (National team, lost 19–22).
| Drill | Combine 2025 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′11⅛″ |
| Weight | 205 lb |
| Arm length | 29⅝″ |
| Hand size | 9¼″ |
| Wingspan | 73″ |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
1 season, 10 games with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cleveland Browns | 10 | 110 | 185 | 937 | 7 | 2 | 86 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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