For a projected top-five pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the path to the pros just hit a major snag for a former Penn State player. Nick Singleton didn’t have the best of times during the 2025 season in a struggling Lions’ offense. He was hoping to use the Senior Bowl to improve his stock. But just days before the event in Mobile, Alabama, he suffered an unfortunate injury.

Singleton suffered a broken foot on Thursday, January 29, during his Senior Bowl practice. His father, Tim Singleton, confirmed the news to the Reading Eagle on Friday. The RB broke his fifth metatarsal bone in his right foot and will undergo surgery next week. Singleton was supposed to attend the NFL scouting combine from February 23 to March 02 in Indianapolis, but his injury will keep him from participating in any on-field activities.

It wasn’t the first time Singleton had faced an injury. The running back underwent thumb surgery last January for a torn ligament. But that didn’t stop him. His father is hoping for the same this time as well. 

“It seems like he’s been snake-bitten the last year between the thumb, the way the season went, and this happening,” Nick Singleton’s father, Tim, said. “We thought he was going to turn the page and start something new when he went out to California to train. He’ll be fine. He’ll keep grinding. Things happen for a reason.”

Singleton finished his collegiate career with 55 overall touchdowns, as an all-time leader. He ranks fourth at Penn State in career rushing with 3,461 yards. The 6-foot, 224-pounder stood second on the Nittany Lions roster this past season with 549 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns, carrying the ball 123 times. However, his playtime was limited in the second half of the season. It was only half the production he had the previous season. In 2024, Singleton rushed 172 times for 1,099 yards, recording a team-high 12 touchdowns. He was only 9 yards behind PSU’s season high, falling just behind Kaytron Allen.

On the positive side, the NFL scouts can look at Singleton’s college career and see that injuries were never an issue for the running back. He didn’t miss a single game in his first two years at Penn State. A lower-body injury forced him to miss one game in the 2024 season, but he persisted through it and was a mainstay of a Lions’ offense that made it to the semifinals of the playoffs.

Fans pray for Nick Singleton’s recovery 

Penn State fans were taken aback by the news of Nick Singleton’s injury. They were waiting to see their star running back take the field in Mobile, Alabama, during the Senior Bowl. The fans flooded the comment section with messages of support and wishes for his “speedy recovery.”

Many fans reacted with shock, writing, “Unbelievable” and “Sad to see.” While one fan poured out his true emotions about how unfortunate the injury is, as the NFL draft is just a couple of months away. “Damn, w–, there’s definitely time to heal before the draft, but that’s just so unfortunate,” a fan wrote.

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Another worried fan who had big expectations for Nick wrote, “After such a promising start to his PSU career, what a nightmare final year.” The year saw his head coach lose his job, and a team with national title ambitions finish 6-6. Many of those ambitions had to do with the returning production, especially of Singleton, Drew Allen, and Kaytron Allen. 

At the same time, some fans wished he had not taken part in the Senior Bowl, while a few remembered that he skipped Penn State’s bowl game due to injury fears. Another football fan stated that the opportunity to boost his draft stock turned out to be a trap. “Crazy how it happened. Line opened a huge hole. Nick tripped over the 10-yard line,” the fan wrote.