Height: 6-0″ – official
Weight: 221 – official
2026 Age: 22 – (1/6/04)
Hands: 9 3/8″ – official
Arm: 32″ – official
Projected 40: 4.44
Breakout Age: 18.75

NFL Play-Style Comparison: Devontae Booker, Willis McGahee, Joe Mixon
Draft Grade: 6.20 (2nd-3rd Round)
1,000+ Rushing Seasons: 2

Offensive Market Share Metrics (Final Season)

Carries: 123
Receptions: 24
Scrimmage Yards: 768
Scrimmage TDs: 14
Total Production Percentage: 22.5%

High School: Governor Mifflin (Reading, PA)
As a high school prospect: Class of 2022 RB 1; 5-star (6.0)
College Attended: Penn State (4)

 

Pros

– Youngest Breakout Age in the 2026 NFL Draft Class (18.75)

– Big Ten Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year + FWAA/ESPN/ON3 Freshman All-American

– Set the Penn State Record for Rushing (45) and Total Touchdowns (54)

– Second in the Power 4 in Yards after Contact per Attempt (4.58) as a freshman… regressed down to 2.69 in 2025, ranking 120th in P4.

– Three Seasons with 20+ receptions

– 4.33 40 and 665 pounds in the squat (school record for RBS), according to Bruce Feldman’s freak list

 

Cons

– Only four career games with 18+ rush attempts (7.5% of games played)

– Lacks the short-area acceleration to beat defenders to the edge or win in tight windows

– Failed to create through wiggle or speed consistently over the final three seasons.

– Zero Carries of 60+ yards over the last three seasons.

– A number of undocumented injuries during the 2023 and 2024 season (concussion, ankle, lower body)

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Cody’s Scouting Notes:

Known as a Superstar Prospect coming out of high school, Nick Singleton was a 5-star, ranked as the No.1 running back in the country. Named the 2021 High School Gatorade National Player of the Year and Maxwell Football Club’s National Offensive Player of the Year Awards. During Singleton’s freshman season at Penn State, he led the Nittany Lions with 1,061 yards (6.8 ypc) and 12 rushing touchdowns, alongside fellow freshman Kaytron Allen (867 yards) and 10 rushing touchdowns. Since that 2022 season, Singleton has come down to earth. In 2023, he dealt with undisclosed injuries and had a brutal 10-game stretch that saw him rush for 3.9 yards per carry and 6 scores, since that 2023 Big Ten Championship (29 games), Singleton has bounced back to a 5.7 yards per carry, while averaging 2.4 receptions per game, up from 1.3 in his first 24 career games.

As a player, Singleton is a full-package back to impact the field on all downs and areas on the field, however, we never saw it with consistency at Penn State. Just nine games of 53 saw him finish with 18+ touches. Singleton’s best graded traits are his ball security, which has improved year over year (3 fumbles in ’22, 2 fumbles in ’23, 1 fumble in ’24, and 0 fumbles this past season). His Finish around the goal-line is comparable to some of the best in the sport, like Dalvin Cook and Marshawn Lynch. Lastly, Singleton’s bend/agility, while it doesn’t grade out as an elite trait, is one that, when you look back at his freshman and junior seasons, his contact balance really pops and reminded folks early of former Penn State standout, Saquon Barkley.

Alex’s Scouting Notes:

• One of the most productive backs in Penn State history – second-most total TDs all-time
• Simply moves too fast and gets up to speed too quickly for a 220-pound back, he’s sure to be a speed score monster 
• In Bruce Feldman’s Freak List article, he’s reportedly been clocked in the mid-to-high 4.3s and hit 23.6 mph on the GPS, also a 665 pound squat – a Penn State record 
• Looked much better in 2024 than 2025, he was banged up through much of 2025 and the season imploded on PSU
• Natural ability to get upfield with economy of motion, finds the crease and explodes without wasted effort
• Terrific asset as a pass-catcher with soft, natural hands; good outlet as extension of the run, but also has loads of highlight-reel downfield receptions on tape; PSU would deploy him in many different alignments 
• A natural at shedding tackles through hips; better in YAC/att in 2024 than 2025, almost surely due to factors mentioned above
• Although an adept inside runner, has an uncanny knack on sweeps and outside runs to get to the alley and navigate upfield with tightrope sideline awareness 
• Might be a better long-speed runner than a lateral jump-cutter, but certainly has the requisite agility to get the job done – as such, he is probably a little more natural in a gap scheme than a zone-scheme, although PSU ran both 
• Great ball-security – only one fumble in final two seasons at PSU
• Comp: Joe Mixon

Cody Carpentier