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Oregon receiver Tez Johnson Reveals Differences in quarterbacks Bo Nix, Dillon Gabriel in an exclusive interview with Bri Amaranthus. Oregon transfer quarterback Dillon Gabriel takes over for Bo Nix, a Heisman Trophy candidate who broke the NCAA single-season record for completion percentage (77.45) in 2023. Gabriel, the No. 1 transfer portal quarterback is finding a home in Eugene with his sense of humor and charm, quickly establishing on-field and off-field chemistry with his teammates.
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00:00How is it different catching passes from quarterback Dylan Gabriel than it was catching passes from your brother, Bo Nix?
00:09Me, personally, I think it's the same.
00:13Like a left-handed quarterback, the only thing that's different is the rotation.
00:16As a receiver, you still got to catch the ball.
00:19I feel like everyone knows that as a receiver, just catch the ball, no matter how he throws the ball.
00:24You've been growing up, like when you was a kid, you didn't really think about how you're throwing the ball.
00:29Like, how would this affect you? Just go out there and catch the ball.
00:31So that's how I take it with Dylan.
00:33Bo was just, I've been training with Bo since I got adopted with him.
00:38So it was kind of like I knew how he threw already.
00:40I was pretty used to it.
00:41It was nothing I haven't seen before.
00:44Yeah, that makes sense.
00:45What makes Dylan unique as a quarterback?
00:49What makes him unique is like his willing to get better every day.
00:56Like he's so unique in those ways.
00:58He's goofy. He's a kid at heart.
01:00But when it's time to go, it's time to go.
01:03He's one of the guys.
01:05Like he's in the locker room.
01:06He's cracking jokes with us.
01:07Like he loves to be in the mix.
01:10That's what makes him so unique.
01:11And he loves to just, like he makes sure everyone has a smile on their face.
01:17And that's what I see in Dylan.
01:20Like that's why I feel like he's going to be really good for us this year.
01:25And he's going to have the best season yet.
01:27Wow.
01:28It sounds like he's pretty easy to build chemistry with.
01:30Oh, yeah.
01:31He's very easy to build chemistry with.
01:33Because like he wants to be involved with his players and like the players.
01:36Like everyone knows like when Dylan's around, you're going to have some fun.
01:40Like there's no dull moment with Dylan.
01:43Like everything is – you got a highlight from Dylan every day.
01:46Like randomly in a facility, he'll just walk around a corner and start yelling.
01:50Like he just make a sound and everybody like, oh, here come Dylan.
01:54Here you go.
01:55Like he's one of those.
01:56He's very fun to be around.
01:58Yeah, I love that.
01:58Is there anything you can think of in practice that he's done that's made you laugh?
02:05Okay, I've seen him throw a pass that was like – I felt like he knew like it was like,
02:11oh, like I seen him throwing it.
02:12But he completed it.
02:13And he just started running down the field like he won the championship.
02:16Like Dylan is – Dylan is funny.
02:19Like it's funny.
02:20Like it's funny to just watch him.
02:22And then like he cracked jokes on the strength coach.
02:25Like it's – because Coach Love, everyone knows Coach Love.
02:28You can crack jokes with Coach Love.
02:30You can be yourself with Coach Love.
02:32And he's the main one that he loves messing with Coach Love.
02:35Just getting him riled up and we love it.
02:38Oh, that sounds really fun.
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