
FRISCO, Texas — The cornerback position was one of the Dallas Cowboys‘ biggest remaining needs entering Day 2 of the 2025 NFL Draft. As a result, the team is selecting East Carolina cornerback Shavon Revel Jr. with the 76th overall pick in the third round to stop the fall for what might be a first-round talent.
Revel totaled 17 passes defended and three interceptions in his last 15 college starts, but an ACL injury in practice following the Pirates’ third game of the 2024 season ended his college career.
The Cowboys likely felt comfortable drafting Revel because head team doctor Dr. Daniel E. Cooper did his surgery and sent a letter to NFL teams to tell them he was on pace to be fully cleared in the summer. He has great traits, standing at 6-foot-2 while weighing 194 pounds with a 32 5/8″ arms. That stature allows him to win regularly in press man coverage, something Dallas head coach Brian Schottenheimer said was incredibly important at the team’s pre-draft press conference on Tuesday.
“There’s certainly measurables. You want length, you want size. The ability to play press man to man [coverage], Schottenheimer said. “The big thing for us defensively ‘Flus [defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus] is this way, there’s no house guests, so everybody’s got to be willing to tackle and support the run with the thing that we do. Again, they come in all shapes and sizes, man.”
Revel will join a Dallas cornerback room that is such that he could compete for starter’s reps to begin the 2025 season. All-Pro corner Trevon Diggs suffered a season-ending knee injury that required surgery in December, and long-time nickel corner Jourdan Lewis signed a three-year, $30 million deal that included $20 million guaranteed with the Jacksonville Jaguars in free agency. Outside of 2023 All-Pro DaRon Bland, the other Cowboys corners are unproven.

Caelen Carson, a 2024 fifth-round pick, and Kaiir Elam, a 2022 first-round pick of the Buffalo Bills whom Dallas acquired in a trade this offseason, stand as the next two options on the depth chart for Week 1. Carson dealt with a nagging shoulder injury all season before undergoing season-ending surgery in December.
If Revel can get healthy in time for training camp, he could earn a Week 1 starting spot with Diggs on the mend.
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