Browns make big rookie QB contract announcement

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Billy Heyen
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The Cleveland Browns officially have a five-headed quarterback monster.

Feel free to define monster however you'd like in this scenario.

There's the injured and uber-expensive Deshaun Watson. Then you've got veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett. And the pair of rookies, Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel.

Gabriel is the last to finally reach his official contract, agreeing with the Browns on his rookie deal on Wednesday.

The signing of Gabriel leaves just one rookie unsigned, second-round RB Quinshon Judkins.

Gabriel, a third-round pick, is part of the competition with fifth-round rookie Sanders to challenge Flacco and Pickett for the starting role in Cleveland.

The left-handed Gabriel was a surprise selection at No. 94 in the third round of the NFL Draft, 50 picks ahead of Sanders.

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Gabriel is the FBS Division I all-time leader in total touchdowns, with 155 of those 189 coming through the air.

He was the least-regarded of all five of Cleveland's current quarterbacks entering his given draft.

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Watson, Flacco and Pickett were all first-rounders. The consensus was that Sanders would be, too, before he plummeted to the fifth round.

Gabriel certainly has plenty of football experience, and now his task is to find a way to impress Cleveland's leadership.

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