Dillon Gabriel

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Dillon Gabriel
Oregon Ducks–No. 8
Position Quarterback
Class
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Redshirt
Senior
Major Communication
Personal information
Born: (2000-12-28) December 28, 2000 (age 23)
Mililani, Hawaii, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight204 lb (93 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Mililani (Mililani, Hawaii)
Career highlights and awards

Dillon Gabriel (born December 28, 2000) is an American football quarterback for the Oregon Ducks.

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He played at UCF in 2019 before transferring to Oklahoma in 2022, and then transferring to Oregon in December 2023. He is only the eighth college QB to surpass 15,000 passing yards. [1]

Early years

Gabriel attended Mililani High School in Mililani, Hawaii. As a senior in 2018, he was the Gatorade High School Football Player of the Year for Hawaii after passing for 3,754 yards, 38 touchdowns. [2] He finished his career with 9,948 yards passing yards, 105 touchdowns. Gabriel committed in 2018 to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to play college football. [3]

College career

UCF

Gabriel entered his first year at UCF in 2019 as the backup to Brandon Wimbush, but took over during the first game and started the final 12 games of the season as the Knights finished with a 10–3 record capping with a 48–25 victory [4] over Marshall at the Gasparilla Bowl. [5] [6] [7] [8] For the season, he completed 236 of 398 passes for 3,653 yards, 29 touchdowns, and seven interceptions. [9]

In his sophomore year, Gabriel led the Knights to a 6–4 record and an appearance in the Boca Raton Bowl completing 21 of 45 for 217 yards and 2 touchdowns in a 49–23 loss. [10]

On September 17, 2021, in a regular season game against Louisville, Gabriel was injured on the final play of the game, a multi-lateral attempt at a miracle touchdown by the Knights. Gabriel was carted off the field and X-rays were taken of his shoulder after the game. He suffered a broken left clavicle that, despite not requiring surgery, ultimately ended his season early. [11]

On November 27, 2021, Gabriel announced via social media that he would be transferring from UCF. [12]

Oklahoma

On December 16, 2021, Gabriel originally announced he would transfer to University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). [13] However, less than three weeks later, Gabriel announced he would transfer to the University of Oklahoma on January 3, 2022. [14]

On December 4, 2023, after two seasons with the Sooners, Gabriel announced that he would be leaving Oklahoma and again entering the transfer portal. [15]

Oregon

On December 9, 2023, Gabriel announced that he would be transferring to University of Oregon. [16] In his debut with the Ducks, he passed for 380 yards. He became the eighth college quarterback to surpass 15,000 passing yards. As of September 1, 2024, Gabriel is ranked seventh all-time in passing yards. [17]

College statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
UCF Knights
2019 13129–323639859.33,6539.2279156.971781.14
2020 10106–424841360.03,5708.6324156.3721692.32
2021 332–17010268.68148.093159.2241255.22
Oklahoma Sooners
2022 12126–623036762.73,1688.6256154.4893153.56
2023 121210–226638469.33,6609.5306172.0933734.012
Oregon Ducks
2024 333–0799484.09149.760186.818261.42
Career 535236–161,1291,75864.215,7799.013126161.33671,0863.028

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