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Penn State football coach James Franklin said Wednesday night that he’s confident junior running back Nick Singleton will play Saturday at Purdue.
Singleton, a Gov. Mifflin grad, did not play the final 1.5 quarters of the Nittany Lions’ 35-6 win over Washington last week at Beaver Stadium.
A source close to the team told the Reading Eagle that he returned to practice on Sunday. Franklin on Monday described Singleton’s injury as “short term.”
“As you guys know, medical decisions are out of my league,” Franklin said Wednesday after practice. “But we’re confident he’ll be ready to go.”
Singleton carried seven times for 45 yards and caught three passes for 14 yards against Washington before he went to the locker room. He also returned the second-half kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown, which was nullified by a holding penalty.
Singleton has rushed 88 times for 543 yards (6.2 average) and three touchdowns, second on the team, and has caught 22 passes for 218 yards (9.9 average) and four TDs, third on the team.
“It’s been important for us to get Nick involved in the passing game,” Franklin said, “in maybe the non-traditional running back routes and other ways that make it more difficult to defend.
“I think the more things he’s able to do and the more comfortable he’s doing them is going to help him long term in his career. His ball skills have gotten dramatically better from his freshman year. We have to continue to do that.”
With Singleton’s 219 kickoff return yards, he’s averaging 122.5 all-purpose yards per game, tied for fourth in the Big Ten and tied for 23rd nationally with Kyle Monangai of Rutgers.
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Author : Reading Eagle, Pa.
Publish date : 2024-11-15 04:47:00
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