Dillon Gabriel is set to exhaust his final year of eligibility at the University of Oregon this year. The 23-year-old quarterback, who began his career at UCF in 2019, will play his six season of college football in Eugene after two years at Oklahoma.
His girlfriend, Zoe Caswell, will join him in the Pacific Northwest before he turns pro.
Dillon Gabriel recently took her on a tour of the Ducksâ football facilities. She offered an inside look at where her boyfriend of five+ years will spend the next 12 or so months. Itâs pretty sweet.
Oregonâs football facility is breathtaking.
Phil and Penny Knight gave a large chunk of Nike money to the university back in 2015. Their donation allowed Oregon to build the Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Complex in honor of the programâs first-ever Heisman Trophy winner. There is a shrine to the Hawaii-native upon entry that resonates with Gabriel and Caswell, who are also from Hawaii.
After you get through the doors, every last detail is tricked out to the nines. The nutrition center is equipped with neon lights that read âEat Your Enemies.â All of the hallways are covered with graphics and images that make it feel futuristic. The indoor facility is painted to fit the PNW theme.
Caswell walked past a fountain and wondered if it was a resort or a football facility. Itâs that nice.
Other details include the state-of-the-art weight room, and perhaps the coolest players lounge in college football. They have pool, foosball, all kinds of video game consoles and plenty of TVs.
And then, of course, there is the view!
Caswell isnât wrong when she said that âthese boys are spoiled.â Nike, through the Knights, ensure that the Ducks are always up to date and best set up for success. There are NFL facilities that arenât as nice as the one at Oregon!
Getting an inside look from someone who had no prior knowledge of what it looked like is always cool. She found herself saying âwowâ with every new room that she entered. Understandably so!