The star tailback was not listed on Saturday's Big Ten pregame availability report — the latest bit of good news for the Nittany Lions (8-1, 5-1 overall) as they hope to continue their run game resurgence. The Lions may have Singleton and co-starter Kaytron Allen at full-speed against the dysfunctional Purdue Boilermakers.

PennLive’s Max Ralph and Bob Flounders offer some best-case scenarios and the worst-case scenarios for Penn State against Purdue on this episode of the Blue-White Breakdown. Plus, Max has a few practice updates, including one from Franklin on running back Nick Singleton, who left the Washington win in the third quarter.

Penn State running back Nick Singleton has been cleared to play at Purdue on Saturday. Singleton, who exited with an injury in the third quarter against Washington last weekend, was not listed on the Big Ten’s weekly availability report,

Singleton, Penn State's second-leading rusher who has scored seven touchdowns ... "It's been important for us to get Nick involved in the passing game in maybe the non-traditional running back routes and in other ways that makes it more difficult to ...

Penn State football coach James Franklin said Wednesday night that he’s confident junior running back Nick Singleton will play Saturday at Purdue. Singleton, a Gov. Mifflin grad, did not play the final 1.5 quarters of the Nittany Lions’ 35-6 win over Washington last week at Beaver Stadium.

Penn State running back Nick Singleton appears to be on the track to playing at Purdue on Saturday. James Franklin said after practice on Wednesday that he’s “confident” Singleton will be “ready to go” against the Boilermakers after he exited with an apparent injury in the third quarter of a 35-6 win over Washington this past weekend.