#10

Nicholas Singleton

Former running back at Penn State. 2025: 549 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 24 catches.

RB · Penn State · Sr. · #10

6′0″ · 224 lb · Shillington, PA

CFB Index 61 · #71 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceDrafted by Tennessee — Rd 5, Pick 25, #165 overall

The numbers

219

receiving yards · 2025

24 catches · 1 TD · 9.1 per catch

Backed by 15 car · 84 yds · 3 TD -- top 1% rushing TDs game. -- Best game: 3 rec, 22 yds, 1 TD, vs Indiana

The play that turned itSwung Penn State from 46% to 86% to win.Penn State at Utah · 35-21

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Penn State. 2025: 549 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 24 catches.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Penn State in 2022.
Drafted round 5 by the Tennessee in 2026.
Named Big Ten Thompson–Randle El Freshman of the Year in 2022.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Wears you down at the goal line.

TD rate: 83rd percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Four seasons at Penn State, 3,452 rushing yards — drafted at #165 overall by Tennessee.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

The week the volume broke through — put up 86 yds vs Ole Miss.Ole Miss · L 25-382023

202213 games

Signed with Penn State5-star out of Governor Mifflin
All-Big Tenthird
Big Ten Thompson–Randle El Freshman of the Yearwinner

202313 games

All-Big Tenthird

2026

Drafted by Tennesseeround 5, pick 165

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#31 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #165

Tennessee · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

7 honors · 2 categories

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2023)

🎓

FRESHMAN HONORS

Freshman recognition (2022)

3 mention(s)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches

2022–2024

James Franklin

Penn State

2025

Terry Smith

Penn State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: James Franklin → Terry Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tennessee2026 NFL rookie season

#165Rd 5 · Pick 25

Tennessee2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2024Penn State13-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2025Penn State7-6HC: Terry Smith · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #71 of 326?

High confidenceFading12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (83rd percentile). Strength: rush tds (95th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#75 / 456 · 83rd pct

5.3%

EPA / carry#213 / 456 · 53rd pct

0.12

Success rate#282 / 456 · 38th pct

41.2%

Yards / carry#336 / 456 · 26th pct

4.4

Explosive rate#398 / 456 · 13th pct

2.6%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#16 / 349 · 95th pct

Rec yards#39 / 338 · 89th pct

219

Receptions#55 / 338 · 83rd pct

Long run#98 / 349 · 72nd pct

Carries#110 / 349 · 69th pct

123

Rush yards#142 / 349 · 59th pct

549

Yards / carry#227 / 349 · 33rd pct

4.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

70th → 53rd percentile

Success rate

81st → 38th percentile

Explosive rate

89th → 13th percentile

Yards / carry

86th → 26th percentile

TD rate

64th → 83rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

114 carries

15%

Stuffed (≤0)

38%

Grind (1–3)

39%

Chunk (4–9)

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	47.9	4.4	1.4
Road5g	42.8	4.5	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	43.2	3.4	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	48.3	5.4	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #71 of 326 RBs

Former five-star. Now #71 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Penn State	123	549	4.5	13	--
2024	Penn State	172	1,099	6.4	12	--
2023	Penn State	171	752	4.4	8	--
2022	Penn State	155	1,052	6.8	12	--
Career		621	3,452	5.6	45	--

Season	Team
2025	Penn State	24	219	9.1	1	--
2024	Penn State	41	375	9.1	5	--
2023	Penn State	26	308	11.8	2	--
2022	Penn State	11	85	7.7	1	--
Career		102	987	9.7	9	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Indiana · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +4.19Shotgun #10 N.Singleton rush middle for 59 yards gain to the IND02 (#5 D.Ponds), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Rutgers · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.12(01:15) #10 N.Singleton rush left for 53 yards gain to the RU36 (#9 J.Elad), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Nebraska · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.51Shotgun #17 E.Grunkemeyer pass complete short left to #10 N.Singleton caught at PSU19, for 50 yards to the NEB28 (#0 J.Wright), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Nebraska · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.89Shotgun #10 N.Singleton rush left for 10 yards gain to the NEB00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:14, 1ST DOWN #94 R.Barker kick attempt failed (H: #14 R.Thompson, LS: #48 T.Duzansky)
Week 7 · Northwestern · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Nicholas Singleton run for 2 yds for a TD (Ryan Barker KICK)
Week 11 · Indiana · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.84Shotgun #17 E.Grunkemeyer pass complete short left to #10 N.Singleton caught at IND21, for 19 yards to the IND00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:27, 1ST DOWN #94 R.Barker kick attempt good (H: #14 R.Thompson, LS: #48 T.Duzansky)
Week 5 · Oregon · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.75Drew Allar pass complete to Nicholas Singleton for 13 yds to the ORE 38 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Ohio State · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.62#10 N.Singleton rush left for 3 yards gain to the OSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:18 #94 R.Barker kick attempt good (H: #14 R.Thompson, LS: #48 T.Duzansky)
Week 14 · Rutgers · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.57(05:11) #10 N.Singleton rush middle for 11 yards gain to the RU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:11, 1ST DOWN #94 R.Barker kick attempt good (H: #14 R.Thompson, LS: #48 T.Duzansky)
Week 10 · Ohio State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.50Shotgun #17 E.Grunkemeyer pass complete short left to #10 N.Singleton caught at PSU33, for 16 yards to the OSU49 (#7 J.Mathews Jr.), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 46-11vs Nevada	8	19	2.4	2	6
Wk 2	W 34-0vs Florida International	13	76	5.8	1	16
Wk 3	W 52-6vs Villanova	20	84	4.2	2	14
Wk 5	L 24-30vs Oregon	11	21	1.9	0	6
Wk 6	L 37-42@ UCLA	11	39	3.5	0	13
Wk 7	L 21-22vs Northwestern	7	20	2.9	1	7
Wk 8	L 24-25@ Iowa	6	15	2.5	0	5
Wk 10	L 14-38@ Ohio State	6	18	3.0	1	5
Wk 11	L 24-27vs Indiana	10	71	7.1	2	59
Wk 12	W 28-10@ Michigan State	15	56	3.7	0	14
Wk 13	W 37-10vs Nebraska	7	44	6.3	2	14
Wk 14	W 40-36@ Rutgers	9	86	9.6	2	53	Season-high 86 yds
Total		123	549	4.4	13	59

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Nicholas Singleton

202213 games

202313 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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