Gabriel was rated as the No. 163 overall player and the No. 10 quarterback in the draft by Bleacher Report's NFL Scouting Department. The Browns clearly valued him much higher than this as the team selected him 94th overall and made him the fifth quarterback off of the board.

Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel have one more day to impress the coaches in Browns rookie minicamp on Sunday, a session that’s closed to the media, before joining veterans Kenny Pickett and Joe Flacco in the four-way quarterback competition on Monday in the voluntary offseason program.

The Cleveland Browns made headlines with unconventional quarterback selections in the 2025 NFL Draft, choosing Dillon Gabriel in the third round and Shedeur Sanders in the fifth. "I love it," Gabriel said Saturday before the Browns' second rookie minicamp practice.