Now, as the quarterback for the Ducks, Gabriel is faced with an interesting parallel. Gabriel is the first Duck quarterback since his idol to bring the Oregon to a College Football Playoff appearance with the Ducks competing in the Rose Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the New Year.

Oregon and Ohio State are meeting for the third time in the Rose Bowl, where Terrelle Pryor quarterbacked the Buckeyes to victory in 2010. Ohio State also beat Oregon in the first CFP championship game in 2014, but the Ducks have since beaten the Buckeyes in 2021 and again this season.

Homegrown Ducks share what it's like to grow up in Oregon and play for the Ducks at the Rose Bowl in the quarterfinal of the College Football Playoff.