Dillon Gabriel wears jersey number 8 for Oklahoma Sooners football.
The American football player was born on December 28, 2000, in Mililani, Hawaii, United States.
Dillon attended Mililani High School in Mililani, Hawaii, finishing fifth all-time in school history with a record of 5,631 throwing yards and 47 touchdowns.
As a senior in 2018, he was the Gatorade High School Football Player of the Year for Hawaii after passing for 3,754 yards, and 38 touchdowns.
Dillon finished his career with 9,948 yards passing yards, and 105 touchdowns. Gabriel committed to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to play college football.
He entered his first year at UCF in 2019 as the backup to Brandon Wimbush, but took over during the first game and started the final 12 games of the season as the Knights finished with a 10–3 record capping with a 48–25 victory over Marshall at the Gasparilla Bowl.
On September 17, 2021, in a regular season game against Louisville, Gabriel was injured on the final play of the game, a multi-lateral attempt at a miracle touchdown by the Knights.