Shavon Revel Jr. NFL Draft Scouting Report

Strengths:

• Big, long, and fast with an elite wingspan and physical mentality.
• Revel excels in press coverage, using his long arms to get into receivers quickly and using his hands to disrupt route timing down the field.
• Quick accelerator with good downhill burst from zone and sudden burst to carry vertically out of breaks. He shows adequate make-up speed to recover downfield.
• Revel is highly competitive at the catch point with size and athleticism to challenge receivers and force incompletions.
• He has impressive change of direction ability and loose hips for his size.
• Revel is a hustle player who consistently runs through the football and is eager to get in on run support. He plays football like it's his second chance at life.

Weaknesses:

• Revel found success against lower-level competition, despite unrefined details in his game.
• He tends to play very upright in his pedal, with sloppy footwork, which often forces him to use his recovery speed. He gets beaten on horizontal concepts due to poor footwork.
• Revel relies heavily on playing the man, which leads to him being too grabby at the top of route breaks and not getting his head around to find the football.
• He seems uncomfortable reading the quarterback's eyes from zone coverage. Revel found some success in the games I viewed, but felt tentative about trusting his instincts.
• His hands make it clear why he is playing CB instead of WR.
• He just turned 24 years old and is coming off a torn ACL.

Shavon Revel Jr. Summary and Bears Fit:

Before this season, Shavon Revel Jr. was viewed as a potential first-round pick. He was off to a great start, with two interceptions in three games before the torn ACL. However, the torn ACL happened, which cannot be ignored when analyzing a 24-year-old prospect at a position that relies heavily on athletic traits.

Revel has an ideal blend of size and speed for a defense that asks their corners to defend in a mix of vertical zones and man coverage. His physicality and high-effort playing style are easy to love. Revel excels in press coverage, disrupting routes early and competing aggressively at the catch point. However, Revel's technique is raw—he plays too upright, relies on his athletic traits to bail him out, and can be grabby in coverage. He also faces questions about his instincts in zone, ball skills, level of competition, durability, and age.

Revel would be enticing to plug into Dennis Allen's defense. The Bears' new defensive coordinator seeks out cornerbacks who excel in press coverage and tying up route combinations for his pass rush to get home. He wants aggressors on the outside who aren't afraid of a brawl. Revel is an ideal fit physically, but he is too risky for the 39th or 41st pick. If he is available at 72, the Bears could have difficulty passing on him. They could target him in a trade-down in the second round. With proper development, his aggression, athletic traits, and size could be a game-changer for the Bears. That is only with adequate development, though, as this type of prospect comes with too much risk to take in the top 50.

Pro Comp: Akhello Witherspoon