Revel Named To Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – East Carolina senior cornerback Shavon Revel Jr. is one of 90 defensive players named to the 30th Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List according to an announcement by the Maxwell Football Club Monday afternoon. The annual award is presented to the most the outstanding defensive player in college football.

For Revel, this is the fourth preseason watch list he has been named to including the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Paycom Jim Thorpe Award and the East-West Shrine Bowl.

Shavon Revel Jr. (Career and 2023 Biographical Sketch)
First name pronounced Suh-vone ... Senior in the classroom who has one year of athletic eligibility remaining … Two-year letterman who has appeared in 21 career games making 12 starts (all in 2023) … Earned Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference honors in 2023 … Recorded 62 career tackles (33 solo) with 3.5 TFLs (-20 yards) and 1.0 sack (-14 yards) … Credited with 14 career pass breakups (2/'22, 12/'23) … Picked of one pass against Tulsa (2022) … Forced one fumble and has blocked a pair of kicks … Booked a career-high eight tackles (five solo) at Navy in 2022 … Named Second Team Preseason All-American by College Football Network and a Fourth Teamer by Phil Steele Magazine in 2024 … Tabbed a Preseason First Team selection by Athlon Sports, Phil Steele Magazine Sports Info Solutions in 2024 ... Named to 2024 Chuck Bednarik, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Paycom Jim Thorpe Award and East-West Shrine Bowl Watch Lists ... Garnered Preseason AAC Cornerback of the Year, Special Teamer of the Year, First Team All-AAC cornerback and First Team All-AAC special teams by College Football Network.

2023: Named Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference by the leagues head coaches (11/29) … Garnered all-conference honors from Pro Football Focus (first team), College Football Network (third team) and Phil Steele Magazine (third team) … Started all 12 games for the Pirates booking 54 tackles (29 solo) … Registered 3.5 TFLs (-20 yards) and 1.0 sack (-14 yards) … Booked two or more tackles in all 12 contests … Tallied at least five tackles in six of 12 games … Lone sack came against Gardner-Webb (Sept. 23) for 14 yards … Registered TFLs against Michigan (1.0/-3 yards), Marshall (0.5/no yards), Gardner-Webb (1.0/-14 yards), Rice (0.5/-2 yards) and Navy (0.5/-1 yard) … Credited with a team-high 12 pass breakups … Averaged 1.08 PBUs per contest which ranked third in The American … Tallied career-best five pass breakups against SMU … Other pass breakups came against Michigan (1), Appalachian State (1), UTSA (2), Tulane (1), Florida Atlantic (1) and Tulsa (1) … Credited with at least one pass breakup in seven contests (multiple times twice) … Picked off first career pass against Tulsa … Blocked a pair of kicks (consecutive games) to close out the 2023 season – 42-yard FGA (at Navy/4Q) and a 46-yard FGA (vs. Tulsa/1Q) … Recovered a fumble at Appalachian State (no return).

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Shavon Revel Jr.

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