When QB Dillon Gabriel and Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa face off on Oct. 19, it will be the first time in NFL history that two quarterbacks from Hawaii start against each other, according to Pro Football Reference.
Gabriel and Tagovailoa's Week 7 matchup at Huntington Bank Field is also the first time two left-handed quarterbacks are starting in the same game since the 2006 season, per NFL Research. For the two Hawaii natives, it's the first time they've played against each other since high school.
"He's a smooth thrower," Tagovailoa said of Gabriel. "I knew of him as he was growing up. I might have played him one year as he was a freshman playing varsity. Then, he went into college and did his thing. He's a smooth thrower, can run, sees the field really well and he's a Hawaii boy, so yo