Oklahoma football: Dillon Gabriel named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week

Oklahoma football quarterback Dillon Gabriel had his best game of the season in his team’s 52-42 win over No. 19 Kansas on Saturday.

Gabriel completed 29 of 42 passes (69 percent) for 403 yards and two touchdowns in the OU win and also ran for 35 yards and a touchdown. On Monday, he was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week. He was one of six players from five different teams who earned Big 12 weekly honors for their performance over the weekend.

The Sooner starting quarterback threw for 304 yards in the first half alone on Saturday. His 403 passing yards and 430 yards of total offense were both the second most by a Big 12 player this season and the most in a conference game.

Gabriel led an Oklahoma offense that amassed 701 yards of offense against Kansas.
That is the most by a Big 12 team this season and the fourth most nationally.

For the season, Gabriel has competed 65 percent of his passes for 1,618 yards and 13 touchdowns in six games. He ranks 15th in the country in both passing efficiency (166.18) and passing yards per completion (14.19).

This is Gabriel’s second Big 12 weekly honor this season. He was Newcomer of the Week after the Sooners’ 33-3 win over Kent State in Week 2.

The other Big 12 honorees this week were West Virginia’s Tony Mathis (Co-Offensive Player) and Casey Legg (Co-Special Teams), Tanner Brown of Oklahoma State (Co-Special Teams), Max Duggan of TCU (Co-Offensive Player) and Jaylan Ford of Texas (Defensive Player).

Oklahoma (4-3, 1-3) has a bye week this week before returning to action on Oct. 29 at Iowa State