Browns Make Dillon Gabriel Announcement on Tuesday

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Dave Holcomb | Last updated May 6, 2025 12:32 PM ET

The Cleveland Browns announced on X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday which jersey numbers their rookies will wear this season.

Third-round quarterback Dillon Gabriel will don No. 5.

With the UCF Knights, Gabriel wore No. 11. The signal-caller represented No. 8 while playing for the Oklahoma Sooners and Oregon Ducks.

Both of those numbers, though, were already taken on the Browns roster. Fellow quarterback Kenny Pickett is No. 8 for Cleveland while veteran cornerback Tony Brown II is No. 11.

Gabriel will be the only Browns rookie with a single-digit number this season. Fellow rookie signal-caller Shedeur Sanders will wear No. 12.

In addition to the quarterbacks, Cleveland announced Tuesday what numbers the team's other five draft picks will wear this summer.

The Browns are adding Gabriel and Sanders to a quarterback room with Pickett, Joe Flacco and Deshaun Watson. However, Watson is expected to miss the entire 2025 season because of injury.

Gabriel has been predicted to start the offseason as the team's No. 3 quarterback on the depth chart. The Browns selected Gabriel at No. 94 overall in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft.

Cleveland then grabbed Sanders with its final 2025 pick, after trading up in the fifth round, at No. 144 overall.

rookie jersey numbers dropped before GTA 6 ‼️

rooks will be rocking these throughout camp and are subject to change before the season
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— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) May 6, 2025

Gabriel played the first three seasons of his college career with UCF. In 2020, he led the American Conference with 3,570 passing yards and 32 touchdowns while only tossing four interceptions.

During his final season with Oklahoma in 2023, Gabriel was first in the Big 12 with 3,660 passing yards and 30 touchdowns.

In 2024, Gabriel took Oregon to the College Football Playoffs as the No. 1 seed. The Ducks lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual champion Ohio State Buckeyes.

Over 14 games last season, Gabriel posted career highs with a 72.9% completion percentage and 3,857 passing yards. The quarterback also had 30 passing touchdowns. Gabriel finished third in Heisman voting.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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