The Dallas Cowboys selected East Carolina cornerback Shavon Revel on Friday night in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Revel was the 76th overall pick and the Cowboys’ third pick of the event.

A North Carolina native, Revel began his college career at Louisburg College (a two-year institution) before transferring to ECU prior to the 2022 season. In total, Revel played in 21 games for the Pirates and made 12 starts. 

At 6’3” and 193 pounds, Revel totaled 71 tackles with four for a loss and a sack in FBS action. In pass defense, he made three interceptions and broke up a total of 16 passes, blocked two kicks, and recovered a fumble.

Following the 2023 season, Revel earned Second Team All-American Athletic Conference honors, and heading into 2024, he landed on several watchlists while collecting numerous preseason All-Conference accolades. Three games into the 2024 season, he tore his ACL and missed the remainder of the campaign.

Revel was invited to the 2025 NFL Combine, but did not participate as he continued to heal from his injury.

Revel becomes the first ECU player to be an NFL Draft selection since 2021 and the highest ECU selection since 2017 (Zay Zones, second Round, Buffalo Bills).

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Tyler Booker’s reaction to being drafted was undeniably the most unique of the night. It was a parade only he could put together.

He started by turning to hug his parents.

“I’m just so thankful for both of them,” Booker said of his parents to reporters Thursday night. “Just believing in my dream and getting me to this point. I love them.”

For his father William, Tyler getting drafted was a moment he expected to happen since before the guard was even born.

When William and Tyler’s mother, Tashona, we’re looking to decide the name of their first son, William was influenced by a coworker who had named his newborn Tyler.

When William thought of the name “Tyler Booker,” he thought it sounded like the name of a successful football player.

“My dad manifested this day,” Booker said.

William was all in on the name. Tashona wasn’t nearly as concerned about what profession the name may imply.

“He called my mom,” Booker explained, “She was like, ‘Yeah. Whatever. I like it. It’s cool.’ And then he took it and ran with it.”

After hugging his parents, he turned to forklift his former quarterback, Jalen Milroe through the green room underneath the NFL draft stage. Booker laughed like a little kid through it all.

Milroe might’ve not expected to be carried through like Booker ended up doing, but Jalen has certainly learned Booker is capable of mauling human bodies like that. The first-team All-American protects his quarterback and creates running lanes through sheer force. He plays a brutal brand of football.

“What you see on play one is what you’re going to see on play eight,” Booker said to reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine. I’m always trying to finish you. I’m always trying to put you on your back. I’m always trying to take a little bit of your soul away.”

Once Booker displaced Milroe, he went on a joyride to the draft stage, dancing, saying hi to Texas A&M’s Shemar Stewart, slapping the Cowboys logo on the wall before bear hugging NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

Though Swiss Army Knife Travis Hunter also involved some dancing in his celebration, Booker’ rampage was one of a kind.

In Dallas, Booker is looking to celebrate his uniqueness in a similar way.

Booker is set to be the replacement for Zack Martin as the Cowboy’s right guard. It will be big shoes for Booker to fill as Martin announced his retirement in February after 11 seasons with the team, seven of which he won first-team All-Pro recognition in.

The pressure of being asked to immediately take over for one of the greatest of all time at the position could be a burden.

But Booker’s goal isn’t to be Zack Martin. It’s to be himself as a player and person.

“I would be doing me and the Cowboys a disservice if I come in and try to be those guys,” Booker said.

Booker felt that individuality embraced in the Cowboys’ culture. When he walked into his visit with the team, new head coach Brian Schottenheimer was dancing to Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody.” In that moment, Booker decided he was a fan of Schottenheimer.

Booker recognizes the trust he first has to earn amongst the locker room, and develop as a player. In that process, he doesn’t plan to pretend to be somebody else. Or to aspire to a playing style that doesn’t fit him.

He’s only looking to be his authentic self that shined in the moment his dreams came true.

“I’m gonna bring Tyler Booker.

Me being me has got me to where I’ve been this far.”

Alabama Crimson Tide 2025 NFL Draft Tracker

After a quiet offseason when Dallas has mostly stood pat, the Cowboys have a chance to rewrite the narrative in the 2025 NFL draft.

The best thing about needing everything is that Dallas can largely take the best player who falls to them, and with the No. 12 pick, if that’s a running back (doubtful), tackle (perhaps), or receiver (that seems most likely), the Cowboys probably need him.

They go into draft day with 10 picks, the second-most of anyone after Baltimore. This draft is already unique in that all 32 teams will draft in the first round on draft day, the first time that’s happened in the modern era of the draft.

Dallas Cowboys draft order

• Round 1: No. 12 overall
• Round 2: No. 44
• Round 3: No. 76
• Round 5: No. 149
• Round 5: No. 174 (compensatory pick)
• Round 6: No. 204 (from Lions)
• Round 6: No. 211 (compensatory pick)
• Round 7: No. 217 (from Titans)
• Round 7: No. 239 (from Packers)
• Round 7: No. 247 (from Chiefs)

Where is the NFL Draft?

Lambeau Field and the neighboring Titletown District in Green Bay.

When does the 2025 NFL Draft start?

• Thursday, April 25: 6 p.m. MT / 7 p.m. CT – First round.
• Friday, April 26: 6 p.m. MT / 7 p.m. CT – Second and third rounds.
• Saturday, April 27: 10 a.m. MT / 11 a.m. CT – Fourth through seventh rounds.

Bret Bloomquist can be reached at bbloomquist@elpasotimes.com; @Bretbloomquist on X.