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<\/p>\nFormer Oregon quarterback and recent Cleveland Browns draftee Dillon Gabriel has captured widespread attention following a viral video shared by the Browns on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The clip, which features Gabriel getting fitted for his new NFL helmet, amassed over 1.1 million views within 24 hours.<\/p>\n
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The Browns captioned the post, “feelin’ real for (Dillon Gabriel),” highlighting a significant moment for the rookie quarterback.<\/p>\n
Gabriel’s journey to the NFL has been long.<\/p>\n
After a successful trio of seasons at Central Florida, where the Hawaiian quarterback was productive from day one, Gabriel transferred to Oklahoma, then Oregon, helping the Ducks earn a Big Ten championship in the process.<\/p>\n
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Oregon Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) looks to pass against the Ohio State Buckeyes.Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Finally, the Browns selected him in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft, a decision that surprised some analysts but underscored the team’s confidence in his abilities as a six-year collegiate starter.<\/p>\n
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Now, after getting his helmet fitted on Thursday, the former Duck will hope to earn his way into the Cleveland starting lineup alongside a long list of fellow eager quarterbacks.<\/p>\n
The Browns’ quarterback room currently also features Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco and Shedeur Sanders, leaving fans unsure who will be under center to start the season this fall.<\/p>\n
Gabriel and the Browns will be in preseason action between Aug. 7-23. Specific kickoff times and opponents have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Oregon quarterback and recent Cleveland Browns draftee Dillon Gabriel has captured widespread attention following a viral video…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,2337,1033,7,562,570,6,575,5592,17,582],"class_list":{"0":"post-37259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-clevelandbrowns","12":"tag-dillon-gabriel","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-joe-flacco","15":"tag-kenny-pickett","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-oregon-ducks","18":"tag-rookie-quarterback","19":"tag-shedeur-sanders","20":"tag-the-browns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114479758620979970","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}