Purple Draft Profile: ECU CB Shavon Revel Jr.
We’ve already done Texas CB Jahdae Barron, so let’s take a look at ECU CB Shavon Revel Jr.
Shavon Revel Jr. was working graveyard shifts at an Amazon fulfillment center when he decided he would go after his gridiron dreams. He would walk onto an ECU camp and run a 4.40 40-yard dash and clear 11 feet in a broad jump, as well as a 39-inch vertical leap. As I’m sure you could gather, he turned heads in Winston-Salem pretty immediately.
The Pirates would give the JUCO product a shot, where Revel Jr. would show out as a special teams ace until he was put at boundary corner in 2023 and locked things down. His rise would continue until September 2024, when he tore his ACL during practice. Before the injury, Shavon Revel Jr. was a top-15 draft prospect, posting 54 tackles, 12 pass breakups, and two blocked kicks in 2023.
Revel Jr. has all the tools; he’s got that long, athletic build that makes him a nightmare in press coverage, and he’ll bully receivers right off the line. His length also helps him disrupt routes consistently. His athleticism also pops on tape, and his 4.4 speed allowed him to go stride-for-stride with guys down the field. He also possesses fluid movement for a guy standing 6’3, the type of hip fluidity that you usually see in shorter corners.
On top of all that goodness, he has elite recovery speed that allows him to close gaps in a hurry. He’s also physical in the run game and not afraid to step up and initiate contact. His ball skills really took a leap in 2023 after he started to trust his length to make plays, and his football IQ only keeps getting better with age.
Of course, no prospect is perfect. With just one season of high-level production before the ACL injury, there’s a limited sample size that may make some teams hesitant despite his undeniable physical tools. Revel can get grabby when he loses leverage, leading to more penalties than you’d like to see.
His zone coverage instincts are still developing, and he occasionally struggles with passing off receivers on crossing routes in quarters coverage. He is also sometimes too jumpy when trying to break on a ball. These weaknesses are predictable to see out of a raw corner like Shavon Revel Jr., so the idea for any team drafting him would be that he’s likely a long-term development project.
It’s hard to say there’s a better landing spot for a lot of these corners than in Minnesota with Vikings’ DC Brian Flores, who is known all around the football landscape for getting the most out of his players.
A player like Revel Jr., with all of his traits and athletic gifts that make him special, has the potential to be an absolute boom for any team that drafts him. It’s just about coaching out the raw tendencies the young kid has and hoping that he is both mentally and physically resilient enough to bounce back from that torn ACL.
Revel Jr. is visiting the Vikings this week.
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