A player who did not take the easy path to the 2025 NFL Draft is East Carolina cornerback Shavon Revel Jr. As a high school prep, Division I programs cooled off on him due to both academic qualifying issues and a collarbone injury, leading to him beginning his college football career at Louisburg College, a private two-year college in his home state of North Carolina.
Hoping to get out of the 380-student school with his effort on the field, Revel’s 2020 freshman season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Before he ever stepped on the field for Louisburg, though, he earned a scholarship offer from East Carolina, where he took an unprompted workout visit.