The Reese's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama is a big opportunity for college football players to improve their NFL draft stock.
Due to the expanded College Football Playoff, some members of Ohio State and Notre Dame decided to opt out of the Senior Bowl.
Still, there are some big names at the Senior Bowl with a ton of eyes watching them during practice and drills leading up to the game on Saturday.
One prominent name is Oregon Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel, who played his final season in Eugene and finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting.
On Monday, a photo surfaced of Gabriel's helmet he will wear for the Senior Bowl.
Dillon Gabriel will wear a special helmet for this weekend’s Senior Bowl. It features a nod to his 3 schools: Oregon, Oklahoma and #UCF.
— Matt Murschel (@osmattmurschel) January 27, 2025
It is a VICIS ZERO2 QB helmet, first-ever helmet engineered to provide position-specific protection for QBs.
Photo by AJ Salas/VICIS pic.twitter.com/0hFn2FJPwZ
The helmet includes logos of Oregon, Oklahoma and UCF, the three schools he spent time with during his college career.
The helmet is also a VICIS ZERO2 and is designed for specific protection for QBs, as Matt Murshcel pointed out in his X post.
Fans took notice of Gabriel's helmet, and a lot of them were impressed with the design and his tribute to his former schools.
"Really love to see this. Gabriel showing he’s a product of all 3 schools," one fan wrote.
"DG gets it man. Love dude," another fan wrote.
"Actually pretty damn awesome. Always liked Dillon," said another.
"Very cool," an Oklahoma fan wrote.
"Cool move by DG," said another.
One user even posted the famous Respect meme.
Respect @_dillongabriel_ https://t.co/iBifUN6LqT pic.twitter.com/nEgRJ2xkWx
— @Kelly Collyar (@OU_Kelly) January 28, 2025
Gabriel spent his first three seasons with the UCF Golden Knights before suffering a fractured clavicle and missing the remainder of the season in 2021.
Gabriel then transferred to Oklahoma and spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons in Norman after Caleb Williams and Lincoln Riley left for the USC Trojans.
Sneak peek at Dillon Gabriel's custom helmet for @seniorbowl week honoring three programs he played for: @oregonfootball, @OU_Football, & @UCF_Football.#TheDraftStartsInMOBILE™️ pic.twitter.com/AiX4RWGWY5
— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) January 28, 2025
In Gabriel's final college season, he decided to play at Oregon. He led the Ducks to an undefeated regular season and a Big Ten Conference title game win over Penn State before falling to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals.
Still, Gabriel threw for 3,857 yards with 30 touchdowns in his final year, and he is an interesting player to monitor during the pre-draft process.
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