Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Penn State
Nicholas Singleton
RB • 6'0" • 224 lbs • Shillington, PA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Nicholas Singleton leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
90
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Player Story
Nicholas Singleton built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Shillington, PA wearing No. 10, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Nicholas Singleton's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 25
- Overall
- No. 165
- NFL Team
- Tennessee Titans
Nicholas Singleton, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State. Nicholas Singleton leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 4,439
- Rushing yards
- 3,452
- Receiving yards
- 987
- Touchdowns
- 56
Quick Answers
Nicholas Singleton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 4,439
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 53 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Penn State
- Top game
- Michigan State
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Governor Mifflin · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Governor Mifflin · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 5 · Pick 25 · Tennessee Titans
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 768 scrimmage yards · RB 111th (top 16%) · Big Ten 26th (top 8%) · National 210th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Postseason | Penn State | 13 | 120 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 67.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 13 | 1,017 | 932 | 85 | 13 | 67.6 |
| 2023 Postseason | Penn State | 13 | 136 | 50 | 86 | 1 | 65.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Penn State | 13 | 924 | 702 | 222 | 9 | 65.2 |
| 2024 Postseason | Penn State | 15 | 301 | 261 | 40 | 5 | 80 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Penn State | 15 | 1,173 | 838 | 335 | 12 | 80 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Penn State | 12 | 768 | 549 | 219 | 14 | 59.3 |
Related Context
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Nicholas Singleton played RB for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nicholas Singleton recorded 3,452 rushing yards, 987 receiving yards, and 56 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Penn State paired 1,474 primary output with 66.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 48.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Win with 109 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
64
Efficiency
48.7
Usage
23.2
Consistency
70.2
Best Game by takeover score
Rutgers
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 56. Florida International: 76. Villanova: 91. Oregon: 50. UCLA: 55. Northwestern: 26. Iowa: 15. Ohio State: 46. Indiana: 93. Michigan State: 56. Nebraska: 95. Rutgers: 109
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 12 by 34.3. Florida International: 13 by 60.9. Villanova: 21 by 44.3. Oregon: 14 by 26.8. UCLA: 13 by 39.8. Northwestern: 9 by 29.9. Iowa: 7 by 24.6. Ohio State: 9 by 40. Indiana: 13 by 74.2. Michigan State: 15 by 38.9. Nebraska: 10 by 78.9. Rutgers: 11 by 91.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins80.5 · Games = 6 · +33 vs Losses
Losses47.5 · Games = 6 · -33 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Rutgers
Best efficiency game
91.3 vs Rutgers
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Rutgers2+ TD | W 40-36 | 9 | 86 | 9.60 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9.9 |
| Sun 11/23 | vs Nebraska2+ TD | W 37-10 | 7 | 44 | 6.30 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 9.5 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Michigan State | W 28-10 | 15 | 56 | 3.70 | 0 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Indiana2+ TD | L 24-27 | 10 | 71 | 7.10 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 7.2 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Ohio State | L 14-38 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 5.1 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Iowa | L 24-25 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Northwestern | L 21-22 | 7 | 20 | 2.90 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2.9 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ UCLA | L 37-42 | 11 | 39 | 3.50 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4.2 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Oregon | L 24-30 | 11 | 21 | 1.90 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 3.6 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Villanova2+ TD | W 52-6 | 20 | 84 | 4.20 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Florida International | W 34-0 | 13 | 76 | 5.80 | 1 | — | — | 5.8 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Nevada2+ TD | W 46-11 | 8 | 19 | 2.40 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 4.7 |
Player Story
Nicholas Singleton story
Nicholas Singleton built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Shillington, PA wearing No. 10, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Nicholas Singleton's career was his backfield work: 3,452 rushing yards, 621 carries, 45 rushing touchdowns, and 987 receiving yards across 53 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Penn State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 987 receiving yards and 1,138 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 53 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Penn State.
The arc is straightforward: Nicholas Singleton moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Penn State
2022-2025
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Postseason | Penn State | 1,137 | 61.9 | 21.4 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 1,137 | 61.9 | 21.4 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Penn State | 1,060 | 50.2 | 26.4 | -77 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Penn State | 1,060 | 50.2 | 26.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Penn State | 1,474 | 66.2 | 25.1 | 414 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Penn State | 1,474 | 66.2 | 25.1 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Penn State | 768 | 48.7 | 23.2 | -706 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Michigan State
Week 13 · W 42-0 · Conference game
Win with 186 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
92.8 takeover
186 scrimmage yards and 34.5 usage.
#2
@ Oregon
Week 15 · L 37-45 · Conference game
148
Scrimmage Yards
89 takeover
Loss with 148 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
148 scrimmage yards and 25.5 usage.
#3
vs Bowling Green
Week 2 · W 34-27
133
Scrimmage Yards
86.5 takeover
Win with 133 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
133 scrimmage yards and 28 usage.
#4
@ No. 72 Rutgers
Week 14 · W 40-36 · Conference game
109
Scrimmage Yards
84.7 takeover
Win with 109 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
109 scrimmage yards and 22 usage.
#5
vs Ohio
Week 2 · W 46-10
179
Scrimmage Yards
82.8 takeover
Win with 179 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
179 scrimmage yards and 16.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Penn State
1,474 primary output · 66.2 efficiency · 25.1 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Penn State
80
1,474 primary · 66.2 efficiency · 25.1 usage
#3
2022 Postseason · Penn State
67.6
1,137 primary · 61.9 efficiency · 21.4 usage
Milestones
8
100+ rush yards
2
150+ scrimmage yards
15
2+ TD games
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