Hall of Famer Jack Ham has watched Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen from the Penn State radio booth the last three seasons.

Longtime Nittany Lions offensive coordinator and running backs coach Fran Ganter has observed Singleton and Allen from his seat in the east stands at Beaver Stadium.

Both marvel at arguably the best backfield in the country and perhaps the best pair at Penn State since Lydell Mitchell and Franco Harris were their teammates more than 50 years ago.

“I’m probably going to get into a lot of trouble with guys I coached by saying this,” Ganter said, “but I can’t remember Penn State having two this good at the same time. We had six or seven first-round draft picks over a period of time. I can’t picture two like these two.”

Singleton and Allen have a chance to finish thei

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