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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Nick Singleton will decide whether to return to Penn State for his senior year or make himself available for the NFL draft whenever this season ends.
Singleton has many factors to consider, including financial ones. But he believes he can work on much in his game if he does come back.
“Everything,” he said Sunday. “There’s no one thing that I’m finished working on. There’s stuff I can work on. Running the ball. Catching the ball out of the backfield. Running different routes. Not just running back routes. Blocking, too.
“We always talk about beating safeties one-on-one. I want to work on making safeties miss when I get the opportunity,” he said.
Singleton is playing his best football of the season going into the College Football Playoff quarterfinal against Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (TV-ESPN).
He ran for 282 yards and scored four touchdowns in the Nittany Lions’ last three games. He leads them with 928 rushing yards and eight TDs and is third in receptions, with 39 for 342 yards and five TDs.
He’s also enjoying his best health since early in the season.
“We’re starting to see Nick as the running back we envisioned,” Penn State assistant coach Ja’Juan Seider said. “He’s playing the game using different paces. He’s setting up blocks better. He’s starting to show that in the last four or five weeks.
“He’s starting to really understand who he is as a running back,” he said. “This kid is starting to be really, really good. He’s always been good, but now he’s being special good.”
Since his arrival from Gov. Mifflin as the top high school player in the country, Singleton has made quantum leaps in his receiving and pass blocking.
During a stretch against Illinois in September, he made a crushing block on a linebacker to protect…
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Author : Reading Eagle, Pa.
Publish date : 2024-12-30 04:46:00
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