Ducks’ Gabriel is Heisman fave in rare July shift

• David Purdum, ESPN

  • Personnel WriterJul 12, 2024, 08:24 AM ET Close Signed up with ESPN in 2014 Reporter covering gaming market since 2008

Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel is now the preferred to win the Heisman Trophy with +750 odds at ESPN BET after moving previous Georgia quarterback Carson Beck and Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers in an irregular July modification for college football’s greatest honor.Beck and Ewers, who had actually been the favorites since February, are +800 and +900, respectively.Gabriel began July with 10-1 chances at ESPN BET.

He had been as long as 14-1 at other sportsbooks before an uptick of action showed up on the Ducks quarterback over the Fourth of July vacation weekend.Top Heisman Trophy Odds Gamer, School Odds Dillon Gabriel, Oregon +750 Carson Beck, Georgia +800 Quinn Ewers, Texas +900 Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss +1500 Will Howard

, Ohio State +1600 Nico Iamaleava,

Tennessee +1600 Jalen Milroe, Alabama +1600 Garrett

Nussmeier, LSU +2200 Cameron Ward, Miami +2200 Conner Weigman, Texas A&M +2200– via ESPN BET, as of July 12 The SuperBook in Las Vegas began getting bets on Gabriel on Sunday, triggering his chances to tighten from 14-1 to 9-1.” I think there were some perhaps prominent individuals that hopped on it and said they liked it

on some public areas ,”Chase Michaelson, oddsmaker for the SuperBook, informed ESPN.” It’s individuals we appreciate that like Gabriel, and I

think there are lots of reasons to like him.”Gabriel has set up gaudy numbers at Oklahoma and UCF. He passed for 3,660 backyards

with 30 goals and 6 interceptions with the Sooners last season before moving to Oregon, where he acquires what’s anticipated to be an explosive Ducks offense.More cash has actually been banked on Gabriel to win the Heisman than any other player at ESPN BET. At BetMGM sportsbooks, the senior has drawn in more than twice

as much cash as any other player provided in the Heisman odds since July 4. Editor’s Picks Gabriel, at +750,

would have the longest chances of any Heisman favorite getting in the season in the previous 15 years, according to ESPN Stats & Details research.Michaelson stated the SuperBook received bets earlier in the year on Beck, Ewers and Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe,

but the action on

the Heisman Trophy chances had been quiet for months before this week.”This thing is fairly fixed during this time, because there’s very little going on,”Michaelson informed ESPN.”Unless there are injuries or quarterback fights, we don’t see much movement, however we definitely did this week.”