Shavon Revel may need more time to be fully ready for the Cowboys.
The Dallas Cowboys have an interesting player on their roster in third-round rookie Shavon Revel. This is the case because if not for injury, Revel could have arguably gone in the first round of the NFL draft.
Unfortunately for Revel he tore his ACL while at East Carolina last season. The injury happened in September and there has long been speculation about as to when he will be fully ready. Revel opened training camp on the team’s NFI list (not the PUP list due to his injury happening while in college), and since camp began there have not been many breadcrumbs on the subject.
That changed on Thursday when 105.3 The Fan’s Gavin Dawson noted that Revel’s father told their show that Shavon may need “another 6-8 weeks” to return from injury.
Shavon Revel’s Dad just told us on the show it’s looking like another 6-8 weeks for him to come back from the knee.
Also clarified the pronunciation is suh-vone
— Gavin Dawson (@gavindawson) July 31, 2025
It is possible that some Cowboys fans will be upset or panic over this, but the reality here is that this was always going to be a game of patience. Dallas got an incredible player in Revel, but they knew that they were going to have to wait for him to fully recover. It is what it is, for lack of a better term.
For what it’s worth, eight weeks from now would put us at the end of September (roughly speaking) so perhaps Revel will only miss the first month of the season. Obviously there is a long way to go before any of those conclusions can be drawn, but this is the first legitimate timeframe that has been reported about his overall recovery.
