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Shavon Revel Jr. couldn't get a Division I scholarship offer.
And so he attended Louisburg College and worked as an Amazon warehouse worker.
That was four years ago.
On Friday night, Revel became a third-round NFL Draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys.
He made things change quite quickly.
Revel had poor grades and injuries in high school, so two-year Louisburg was a chance to fix that.
The Division III school had its 2020 season canceled, and Revel went to an East Carolina tryout camp in the summer of 2021 after a 10-hour warehouse shift.
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Revel showed out.
He ran a 4.4-second 40-yard dash and vertical jumped 39 inches.
Revel got a scholarship offer, contingent on his grades.
Then he dominated in 2023 for the ECU Pirates.
Revel's final season was ruined by a knee injury, and it's likely what led to his slide to the third round.
But the fact that Revel was picked at all is amazing.
He took a unique path to get to this point.
And now he's joining "America's Team."
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