Outside the Kinnick Stadium interview room last Saturday night, a Penn State football player sat alone staring at the ground and wondering what has happened in the last two months.

Nick Singleton was a preseason All-American who was projected to be one of the first running backs taken in the 2026 NFL draft. But he was, more or less, a decoy in a 25-24 loss at Iowa.

When the former Gov. Mifflin star wasn’t running in motion or lining up in the slot, he carried the ball just six times for 15 yards nine months after scoring three touchdowns and being the Nittany Lions’ best offensive player in the Orange Bowl.

Singleton’s lack of production is one of the many shocking things about this lost Penn State season. What has happened to the explosive back who had two 1,000-yard seasons and who wa

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