James Franklin responds to questions on Nicholas Singleton’s exit from White Out game

Penn State football put last weekend’s loss to Ohio State in the past with a dominating 35-6 win over Washington in Saturday night’s White Out. The Nittany Lions delivered their best rushing performance in over a month, but exited the evening with renewed questions regarding the health of star running back Nicholas Singleton.

Singleton departed Saturday night’s game following a nine-yard carry with 6:09 remaining in the third quarter. The junior tailback did not return to game action and was not seen on the sideline after that point.

When asked about the situation after the game, James Franklin explained that additional information would have to wait until later in the week.

“No, as you guys know, I don’t get into those types of things,” he said. “You’ll find out when you come out to practice [on Wednesday evening]. I don’t have a whole lot more.

“Typically, I get in there [to the locker room] after this. I shower; everybody’s gone. I get done the shower, and [head athletic trainer] Andy Mutnan is waiting for me, and he goes through how we got out of the game and what the injuries were. Typically, we don’t have a whole lot of information until the next morning.

“But as you can imagine, I don’t usually get into sharing that information with you guys, anyway, at this stage.”

You can watch James Franklin’s entire postgame press conference on the Basic Blues Nation YouTube Channel.

Nicholas Singleton missed the matchup against UCLA on October 5 with an injury. Although he’s appeared in the games since then, the Nittany Lion rusher has seemed to lack some of his characteristic acceleration.

Over the last three contests, Singleton has been more of a threat in the air than on the ground. However, he looked more like himself Saturday before his exit than at any point over the last month.

Singleton finished the night with seven carries for 45 yards and three receptions for 14 yards. He even flashed on special teams, taking a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown before it was ultimately called back for holding.

Penn State football finished the night with 266 rushing yards, the second-highest total of the season (behind Kent State) and the most in Big Ten play.

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