Berea, Ohio - Cleveland Browns chose quarterback Dillon Gabriel in the third round of the NFL draft, a widespread surprise for a day 3 draft pick-pinned player — but was quickly overshadowed by the team that captured the Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round and ended up being shocking.

Sanders has taken headlines both inside and outside Cleveland since the draft pick, but Gabriel said he is embracing the increase in Sanders in a crowded quarterback room.

“I love it,” Gabriel said Saturday before practicing at the Browns’ second rookie mini camp. "I like it because of who it is. I think it's just for both of us, you can learn from each other, and not just two of us in the room. At least for now.

On the first day of rookie mini camp, Sanders and Gabriel broke up with practice rep, who won the first game in the team drill, but coach Kevin Stefanski downplayed the practice order. Stefanski does, however, say that rookies’ work at mini camps is both competitive and teaching, and in the coming months, the quarterback competition will be “an all-inclusive assessment.”

Both Sanders and Gabriel transitioned to professionals after a long and successful college career. Sanders was a four-year player at Jackson State Football Club before joining his father, Deion Sanders, to Colorado. Gabriel is a six-year player who has run 63 times in Oregon, Oklahoma and UCF games.

While there are many competitors for starting jobs in the quarterback room, Gabriel said he wants to treat every exercise as if he will be the starter.

"I only know one way to prepare," Gabriel said. "I only know one way to work, that is to be a starter. I played a lot of ball and had a lot of experience, so I'm going to use it to my strengths. ...I think every day I get close, like I'm going to get that rep and live that way."''

Sanders said his focus was not to prove that anyone was wrong after the amazing people at the draft.

"It's just me to me," Sanders said. "I can't control any other decisions other than that.