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.

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,

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 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.

It is very likely that there’s little Penn State could have done to help its playoff case in the eyes of the College Football Playoff selection committee Saturday evening. The Nittany Lions were four score favorites over a Purdue team that is sitting at the bottom of the Big Ten,

B: The secondary had a couple breakdowns on two long Hudson Card completions, but otherwise was solid. B: Zion Tracy and Tyseer Denmark combined to return four punts for 37 yards. Ryan Barker made 7-of-7 PATs.