{"id":69980,"date":"2024-12-09T19:48:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T00:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/?p=69980"},"modified":"2025-09-16T21:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:23:44","slug":"oregon-qb-dillon-gabriel-is-a-heisman-trophy-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/12\/09\/oregon-qb-dillon-gabriel-is-a-heisman-trophy-finalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel is a Heisman Trophy Finalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn&#8217;t get better than the Heisman Trophy. Each year, the greatest college football players earn the right to travel to New York City with the opportunity to join the ranks of the greatest to play the game. Since 1935, the Heisman Trophy has been awarded to the best college football player and this year, four finalists exemplify what it means to be elite.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 Heisman Trophy finalists, along with Oregon&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/dillon-gabriel-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dillon Gabriel<\/a>, are Colorado&#8217;s two-way star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=travis-hunter-2,travis-hunter-1&amp;search=Travis+Hunter&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travis Hunter<\/a>, Boise State running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/ashton-jeanty-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ashton Jeanty<\/a>, and Miami (FL) quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/cameron-ward-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cameron Ward<\/a>. If Gabriel can win, he would join 2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/marcus-mariota-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Mariota<\/a> as the only Oregon Ducks to do so. This is the second year in a row that Oregon had a Heisman Trophy finalist with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/bo-nix-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bo Nix<\/a> getting the nod last year.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 Heisman Trophy winner will be announced on December 14 on ESPN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to the 2024 Heisman Trophy finalists, <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oregonfootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@oregonfootball<\/a> QB Dillon Gabriel, <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CUBuffsFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CUBuffsFootball<\/a> CB\/WR Travis Hunter, <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BroncoSportsFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BroncoSportsFB<\/a> RB Ashton Jeanty and <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanesFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CanesFootball<\/a> QB Cam Ward! <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HeismanTrophy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#HeismanTrophy<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MoreThanATrophy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MoreThanATrophy<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ESmBdLSxWX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ESmBdLSxWX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Heisman Trophy (@HeismanTrophy) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeismanTrophy\/status\/1866267335406895426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel is a Heisman Trophy Finalist<\/h2>\n<p>Few quarterbacks, if any, have been as efficient and dominant as Gabriel this year. He led the top-ranked Ducks to a 13-0 mark, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/12\/08\/oregon-wins-big-ten-secures-college-football-playoff-top-seed\/\" target=\"_self\">a Big Ten Championship<\/a> in the program&#8217;s first season, and a top overall seed in the College Football Playoff. Gabriel led the Big Ten with 3,558 yards, 28 touchdowns, and 297 completions while completing 73.2 percent of his passes. Only one player had a better completion percentage (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/shedeur-sanders-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-09_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shedeur Sanders<\/a>). This year also marked the third time in his six-year career that he led his conference in passing.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks secured the Big Ten Championship thanks to Gabriel&#8217;s play. For the 13th time in his career and first with Oregon, Gabriel tossed four touchdowns en route to a 45-37 win over Penn State. He was named as the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/12\/04\/gabriel-carter-headline-the-2024-big-ten-individual-honors\/\" target=\"_self\">Big Ten Quarterback of the Year and Offensive Player of the Yea<\/a>r.<\/p>\n<p>While the Heisman Trophy is a single-season honor, Gabriel&#8217;s illustrious career cannot be overstated. Prior to the College Football Playoff, Gabriel ranked second all-time in career passing yards (18,423, only 794 yards away), total offensive yards (19,675, only 439 away), and passing touchdowns (153, only two away). He broke the all-time career touchdowns responsible for record and he currently has 187.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69993\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69993 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/USATSI_24909251_168400562_lowres-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/USATSI_24909251_168400562_lowres-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/USATSI_24909251_168400562_lowres-1024x884.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/USATSI_24909251_168400562_lowres-768x663.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/USATSI_24909251_168400562_lowres.jpg 1470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Chris Pietsch\/The Register-Guard \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dillon Gabriel Heisman campaign has been off and running all year. After leading his team to a Big Ten title, he&#8217;s now a Heisman finalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4051,"featured_media":69993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2,17],"tags":[895,277],"class_list":["post-69980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bigten","category-featured","category-news","tag-heisman-trophy","tag-oregon-ducks"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4051"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69980"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69995,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69980\/revisions\/69995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}