Dynasty Rookie Draft Advice: Dillon Gabriel (2025 Fantasy Football)

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Throughout the draft, we’ll take a closer look at fantasy-relevant prospects, giving you an overview of their strengths and weaknesses, and assessing their fantasy value in both redraft and dynasty formats. Here’s our dynasty rookie draft advice for Dillon Gabriel.

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Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Draft Outlook

Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Draft Advice

The Browns quarterback depth chart includes Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and Deshaun Watson. We know Watson is on his way out the door. Pickett was traded for, and Flacco is a fan favorite. Gabriel played 64 games in college, and he’ll come in and immediately compete for a spot on the roster. That said, he’s got height, weight, and size concerns. He’s listed at just over 5-foot-11 (3rd percentile) and 205 pounds (7th percentile). Also, he’s a left, so that would be quite different for any NFL team. I do think that, if he was called on to start a game in mid-season, he would hold his own with his quick feet and release. He’s worth a late-round dynasty pick, as there are some avenues to see the field.

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DBro’s NFL Draft Scouting Report & Player Comp

Scouting Report:

Dillon Gabriel enjoyed plenty of schemed-up production at Oregon. In his final collegiate season, he was sixth in screen attempts and fourth in screen passing yards, per PFF). A whopping 66% of his passes were within nine yards of the line of scrimmage. The offense revolves around quick first-read passing plays and screens.
When Gabriel has to move past his first read, things can get interesting (not in a good way). Many times, the play design is blown as he tends to hang on to his first read for too long. When he is forced off his first read, his internal clock seems a tick slow.
Gabriel dirts a ton of plays when his first read is covered. There’s something to be said for giving up on a doomed play. Protecting the ball and having a “live to fight another day” mentality is fine, but there are also moments when he has an open receiver he doesn’t see or is unwilling to get out of structure.
His overall accuracy in the short and intermediate areas of the field is decent, but he sails some throws and dirts others. This happens when pressured and from a clean pocket.
The area of Gabriel’s game that jumps out is his deep ball accuracy. He was top-13 in deep ball adjusted completion rate in each of the last two years. He has plenty of pretty go balls dropped in the bucket, littering his tape. This is an area of his game that wasn’t highlighted nearly enough in his final two collegiate seasons.

Player Comp: Seneca Wallace