Browns rookie QB Dillon Gabriel to start vs. Eagles

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Rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel will start for the Cleveland Browns in Saturday's preseason game at Philadelphia, the team announced.

Drafted in the third round in April, Gabriel missed the preseason opener with hamstring tightness and returned to practice on Monday.

Fellow rookie signal-caller Shedeur Sanders, who threw two touchdown passes in the Aug. 8