Dillon Gabriel
Dillon Gabriel
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. Across four seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Gus Malzahn, Brent Venables and Dan Lanning. 2024 added another: All-America (FWAA). The receipt on tape: 380 pass yds, 2 pass TD against Idaho, Week 1, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Oregon, 11,499 passing yards, an All-American season (2024) — drafted at #94 overall by Cleveland.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2024)
3 selectors honored him
ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM
All-Conf 1st team (2024)
All-Big Ten
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bryan McClendon → Dan Lanning. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
ClevelandEntering 2nd NFL season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 5 · ApexR15 · POTY finalist
Position-of-the-Year finalist. Among the nation's elite at the position.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2024)
3 selectors honored him
ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM
All-Conf 1st team (2024)
All-Big Ten
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2024
W 32–31
vs Ohio State
341 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.9 · 32 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD
Edged out Ohio State at home in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Pocket Surgeon
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Dillon Gabriel’s 2023 season.
Matches Dillon on
Differs from Dillon on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Stetson Bennett’s path through Georgia.
Matches Stetson on
Player DNA
Players who play like Dillon Gabriel
Heisman trajectory
Final Heisman Position · 2024
#1
Heisman favorite · finalist probability 88%.
Development
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2021–2024+374%
Up 374% from first season to most-recent.