BEREA, Ohio — Dillon Gabriel has a lot on his plate.

The Browns have given a lot of complex concepts to Gabriel, one of their two rookie QBs, to study and try out from spring until now in their new-look offense.

Now, he’s also dealing with some hamstring soreness and was limited because of it on day 10 of Browns training camp Monday.

There’s only so much he can control with the injury (which wasn’t known at the time he spoke to the media prior to Monday’s practice), but in terms of having his playbook plate filled, it’s something Gabriel has gotten used to, even before his first NFL season.

“I think a lot of programs I’ve been a part of have done that and I think you try to put a lot of stress offensively to see how much your team can handle,” Gabriel said. “And for me it’s something that I’m accustomed to and you want to stress early and know when to pull back.”

Plus, picking through a lot on his plate is supposed to be a strength.

Gabriel’s processing is part of what made him an alluring option to the Browns when they selected him in the third round back in April.

That sort of instant decision-making and pre-snap ability was honed playing in different systems at three different college stops: UCF, Oklahoma and Oregon, in 64 games over six seasons.

“Study habits for me are huge,” Gabriel said. “I think you want to approach it a certain way … coach always talks about an elephant, eating it one bite at a time. And for me, you got to do it that way.

“You got to break it down, make it easy to learn and memorize, but then also when you’re out there it’s got to be able to translate as well. So whenever you can translate the classroom to the field, that’s been huge for me. And that’s whether it’s walkthroughs, going through the cadence and calls, getting used to that.”

But it hasn’t been seamless for Gabriel, and he’s struggled at times.

Due to his hamstring soreness, Gabriel was limited on Monday, the team’s final practice session open to fans and the last one before they head to joint practice in Carolina on Wednesday.

Gabriel got three 7-on-7 snaps and completed all three of his passes, but in his lone 11-on-11 period was just 1-for-2 due to a drop by Diontae Johnson over the middle on an in route.

Throughout camp, Gabriel (5-11, 205) has struggled with accuracy, however and has appeared to have timing issues with receivers. He’s also had multiple passes batted down at the line of scrimmage, the most-recent coming from D-tackle Shelby Harris on Saturday.

At his best in these practices, Gabriel has gotten quick yardage through slants and quick swings, showing off good ball placement on digs and quick outs, and even being able to thread some tight windows. At the same time, he’s not yet had one practice performance that has really popped or allowed him to separate in the competition, even while he was getting more reps with Kenny Pickett suffering his own hamstring injury last week.

But as the Browns have continued to pile more on his plate (and leave this QB competition open), it’s all about the learning experience for the coaching staff.

“There’s plays that are set up for you and you let it rip and it’s there,” head coach Kevin Stefanski said. “There’s times that things aren’t there. And I think the big thing is learning from every single one of those reps. Like I can think of certain reps where you got to move in the pocket and you got to run out of the pocket. You got to go scramble and get as much as we can get and get down and protect yourself. That’s real football.

“So we’re trying as hard as we can to mimic that in these settings and know that you’re going to have some plays that you want back, but the bottom line is you have to learn from those plays, I think he’s doing that.”

The Browns haven’t yet revealed their plans for Wednesday’s joint practice in Carolina against the Panthers or their first preseason game on Friday. In their first mandatory, yet unofficial, preseason depth chart, Gabriel is listed as the third QB behind Joe Flacco and Pickett.

While Gabriel’s hamstring injury has thrown another wrench of unknown into this QB competition, however, he is able to perform in that practice and game will be the next step in his development.

“I’ve been prepared for the moment, so I’m excited for that and know that these moments add up,” Gabriel said. “but each moment is its own situation and one that you want to take advantage of.”

The pile on his plate is only getting higher.