Penn State operating backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen will flip down an opportunity on the 2025 NFL Draft and return to the Nittany Lions for his or her last seasons of eligibility. Each gamers are thought-about critical draft prospects and potential future NFL starters, however with their return, the Nittany Lions can have a powerful argument for faculty soccer’s finest operating again combo in 2025.
“We nonetheless have objectives we wish to attain as a staff and I wish to be alongside my teammates as we attain these objectives,” Singleton wrote in a press release posted to X. “I’m scheduled to graduate this fall and can earn a level from Penn State College, which has all the time been a purpose for me.”
Singleton was rated the No. 1 operating again and a five-star recruit within the Class of 2022 out of Studying, Pennsylvania. He cleared 1,000 yards dashing twice in three seasons and rushed for two,912 yards, posted 768 yards receiving and scored 40 whole touchdowns.
Allen dedicated to Penn State in the identical recruiting class as a four-star recruit out of IMG Academy. He emerged as a gradual rock operating the ball and posted his first 1,000-yard dashing season as a junior. Allen was distinctive in his last 4 video games, dashing for 410 yards on 6.7 yards per carry.
“I’ve realized a lot about soccer and life from being part of this elite group that coach [James] Franklin leads,” Allen wrote on X. “All through my life, my household and assist system has been essential in serving to me in my soccer journey. By way of discussions with them, my coaches and teammates, it is clear that we nonetheless have much more to perform as a staff at Penn State.”
Penn State is about to return the overwhelming majority of its offensive manufacturing from a nationwide semifinalist staff. Quarterback Drew Allar beforehand introduced his return, which means that the Nittany Lions may return as many as six of the highest seven gamers on the roster in yards from scrimmage. Solely tight finish Tyler Warren is out of eligibility after successful the John Mackey Award.
Protection additionally aided by key returns
Penn State’s protection additionally acquired nice information for subsequent season with the return of defensive finish Dani Dennis-Sutton. The junior and one-time five-star recruit is an anchor alongside the road, significantly now that Abdul Carter is off to the NFL. Dennis-Sutton set profession highs this season with 42 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and eight.5 sacks, plus two pressured fumbles and an interception.
“We had been getting ready to greatness, and that style of what might be has solely made me hungrier,” Dennis-Sutton wrote on X. “The job’s not achieved but — we have unfinished enterprise to care for collectively.”
Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen agreed to take the some job at Clemson, CBS Sports activities confirmed, so preserving Dennis-Sutton as a foundational piece for a unit that can endure some notable offseason change is critical win for a top-10 defensive unit.
Additionally serving to to guide that cost in 2025 might be defensive deal with Zane Durant, who introduced his intention to return for his senior season on Saturday. Durant posted 42 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and three sacks this season — all profession highs.
