Cleveland Browns reporter caught on camera brutally trolling new rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel

Shedeur Sanders isn't the lone backmost astatine Cleveland Browns rookie minicamp, though 1 could beryllium forgiven for overlooking the diminutive Dillon Gabriel.

Drafted successful the 3rd circular of past month's NFL Draft – a afloat 2 rounds earlier Sanders astatine No. 144 – Gabriel has been dogged by insiders implicit his listed height, which dropped from 6-foot astatine Oregon to 5-foot-11 astatine the scouting combine.

And those questions haven't subsided with his accomplishment astatine this week's rookie minicamp successful Berea, Ohio, wherever the Akron Beacon Journal's Chris Easterling was caught mocking the 24-year-old NFL rookie. 

'I'm taller than him,' a chuckling Easterling appears to accidental successful the viral clip from Gabriel's speech with reporters connected Saturday. 

Daily Mail has confirmed Easterling's individuality with the squad and reached retired to the 10-time Associated Press Media Editors grant victor for his ain listed height. 

NFL quarterbacks typically basal taller than 6-foot-3, which helps them to spot implicit the violative enactment and place receivers downfield.

However, galore quarterbacks lasting nether 6-foot person enjoyed success, including 5-foot-11 Super Bowl victor Russell Wilson arsenic good arsenic erstwhile Heisman victor and Buffalo Bills star, 5-foot-10 Doug Flutie.

Currently astatine slightest 2 starters are lone 5-foot-10: Arizona's Kyler Murray and Carolina's Bryce Young.

Gabriel is successful contention with Sanders arsenic good arsenic seasoned Joe Flacco and erstwhile Philadelphia backup Kenny Pickett for the starting occupation successful Cleveland.

On Friday, manager Kevin Stefanski said helium was impressed with some rookies successful Berea.

'I deliberation the amusive portion is we've spent truthful overmuch pre-draft clip with these players, peculiarly erstwhile we're talking astir our quarterbacks with Dillon and Shedeur,' helium said. 

'We've spent gathering clip with them retired of this building. We've taken them done walkthroughs and past they get to spell bash it successful azygous with the helmets connected and conscionable spot what they tin instrumentality from the gathering country to the grass.'

Both quarterbacks started with idiosyncratic enactment and a 7-on-7 drill earlier each got six plays during full-team drills.

Gabriel, who is wearing No. 5, took the archetypal snaps successful the 11-on-11 period, apt due to the fact that helium was the higher draught pick. Stefanski did not springiness a reason, though.

'I deliberation you'll spot the full weekend, going done the spring, we don't wage excessively adjacent attraction to who's successful determination first,' Stefanski said.

Because they drafted 2 quarterbacks, the Browns person tweaked their signifier docket to let for much 7-on-7 enactment - accomplishment presumption players going against linebackers and the secondary. Cleveland signed six wide receivers and 2 choky ends to tryout contracts this play successful bid to maximize snaps.

The biggest accommodation for Sanders and Gabriel volition beryllium moving much nether halfway aft playing astir of their careers successful shotgun formations. Offensive coordinator Tommy Rees was instructing some quarterbacks connected areas to improve.

Stefanski said some players request to enactment connected method arsenic they get acceptable to articulation the backmost country with veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett adjacent week.

When it comes to the backmost competition, Stefanski did not privation to accidental if anyone is up yet.

'There's a batch of clip betwixt present and September, truthful we volition person a plan. It's an all-encompassing evaluation,' helium said. 'It's not thing that it's conscionable based connected the signifier reps. There's a batch that goes into it.'

Defensive tackle Mason Graham, whom the Browns took with the fifth-overall pick, said it didn't substance to him that determination was much attraction connected Sanders.

'I travel to play football. If the media's connected me, past they're connected me. If the media's not, past it's not. I'm conscionable going to bash my occupation astatine the extremity of the day,' helium said.

Unfortunately for Graham, the Michigan merchandise was seen vomiting connected the signifier tract connected Saturday. Cleveland.com's Mary Kay Cabot reported the burly antiaircraft ran disconnected the tract to rinse disconnected his helmet, but managed to return.