Penn State running back Nick Singleton sees On3 NIL value skyrocket; latest from James Franklin: Newsstand
Penn State football news, notes, and updates for Sept. 21 include a big NIL update for Nicholas Singleton plus the latest from head coach James Franklin and more.
It’s time to dive not Wednesday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college football.
Penn State tweets of the day
We start with an update on Nicholas Singleton. After a hot start to the 2022 season, the freshman running back has seen his On3 NIL valuation skyrocket. After Week 3, it jumped $424,000 to $492,000 with a per post value of $647.
“There were lofty expectations coming into the season for Penn State true freshman running back Nick Singleton,” On3 senior editor Jeremy Crabtree writes. “He was an On3 Consensus five-star recruit and the Gatorade National Player of the Year coming out of Reading (Pennsylvania) Governor Mifflin. But few could have predicted the type of immediate impact he’s made for the Nittany Lions. Singleton went off yet again in Penn State’s 41-12 win at Auburn. He rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on just 10 carries on Saturday.
“That immediate success, buoyed by a robust Penn State NIL market, should translate to an even higher On3 NIL Valuation and more deals in the coming weeks. Currently, Singleton is only known to have deals with West Shore Homes, Mi Windows and Four Diamonds with a focus on helping “conquer childhood cancer.”
Top 10
- 1Breaking
Transfer Portal change
NCAA D-I Committee shortens college football, basketball transfer portal from 45 to 30 days
- 2Hot
Georgia arrest
Bulldogs WR Colbie Young arrested on assault charges
- 3
Heisman Trophy Odds
Betting favorites shaken up after Week 6 of college football
- 4Trending
Antidote of confidence
Minnesota players drank sprite from PJ Fleck before USC upset
- 5
JuJu Watkins
USC star signs multi-year endorsement deal with Nike
In other news, head coach James Franklin held his weekly news conference on Tuesday. The Lions are preparing to take on Central Michigan on Saturday at Beaver Stadium. Here is some of what he had to say:
Headlines of the day
How PSU Landed the Eli Manning/Chad Powers Tryout: Wogenrich, SI
James Franklin press conference news, notes and observations: Bauer, BWI
How Penn State football is establishing physicality, with help from a ‘hit hammer’: CDT
New Penn State pick in On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine: Snyder, BWI
26 Days Before Gauntlet of Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio State Begins, Nittany Lions Have an Eye on Tough Stretch: Jones, Statecollege.com
Penn State freshmen defenders Abdul Carter and Dani Dennis-Sutton were ready for early success, James Franklin says: Pickel, BWI
Ji’Ayir Brown named Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week: Allen, Daily Collegian
Penn State wrestling commit AJ Fricchione breaks down decision to pick the Lions: Pickel, BWI
College Football Star Power Index: Nick Singleton shines for Penn State, Brock Bowers dominates for Georgia: Cobb, CBS Sports
Quote of the day
“Penn State has been my dream school growing up as a kid, my father and I would always watch all the great wrestlers who came through Penn State,” Fricchione told BWI.
“I always thought to myself I hope that can be me one day. When I visited Penn State something really stood out to me, and it was that every single person in that wrestling room had a smile on there face. Everyone who is there loves to wrestle, those are the guys I want to surround myself around.”
—PSU wrestling commit AJ Fricchione on his decision to pick the Lions.
