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Oregon Ducks QB Dillon Gabriel Named to Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List

Dillon Gabriel has been a force in college football for several years, and his final season with the Oregon Ducks could not only be his best, but could have him going home with more hardware. Gabriel has been named to another preseason watch list.

Kaleb Henry

Jul 25, 2024; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Oregon Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel speaks to the media during the Big 10 football media day at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Jul 25, 2024; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Oregon Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel speaks to the media during the Big 10 football media day at Lucas Oil Stadium. / Robert Goddin-USA TODAY Sports
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Oregon Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel has the potential to be the No. 1 player in college football this season. Now, another major award has tabbed the talented transfer as one to watch this season for just that title.

Gabriel is one of 50 players on the preseason watch list for the 2024 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. The award, from the Walter Camp Football Foundation, will be announced on ESPN’s College Football Awards Show on Dec.12. Before that, the list will be narrowed down to 10 semi-finalists in early November then three finalists on Nov. 26.

The 2024 watch list includes 41 offensive players (20 quarterbacks, 11 running backs, five receivers/tight ends and two offensive lineman) along with nine from the defensive side of the ball.

“We are proud to continue the great work of Walter Camp and recognize the best college football players in the nation,” Foundation president John Barbarotta said. “This watch list is a great start to what is shaping up to be another exciting year of college football.”

This is the third preseason recognition for Gabriel, who was also named to the Maxwell Award watch list and the 2024 Big Ten Football Preseason Honors list.

The sixth-year transfer joined Oregon in the offseason after spending time at UCF and Oklahoma. Gabriel enters 2024 in a tie for fourth in NCAA history in career total touchdowns (152) while ranking seventh in total yards (15,925) and eighth in both passing yards (14,865) and passing touchdowns (125).

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans.He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team.

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