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News—Sept. 8, 2025—updated
Nick Singleton, Kaytron Allen Join 3-thousand-yard Club
Penn State Senior Running Backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen both crossed the 3K rushing mark in the September 6th 34-0 win over FIU at Beaver Stadium… They are the first two teammates in PSU history to achieve this goal at the same time… And it’s the first time to happen at a Power-4 school since 2017 at Georgia (Sony Michel & Nick Chubb)…
Singleton reached the 3K plateau first in the FIU game on a 10-yard rush in the 3rd period… Nick carried 13 times for 76 yards, 1 TD (35th career rushing TD) in the win over the Panthers… He now has 3007 career yards at Penn State and is “officially” the 8th Nittany Lion player to do this…
Kaytron crossed 3-thousand career yards on his career long 67-yard TD dash in the fourth quarter… Allen finished the game with 16 carries for a career high 144 yards (his 9th career 100+ yard game) and the rushing touchdown (26th of career)… Kaytron now has 3064 career yards at PSU and is “officially” the 9th Lion to reach this mark all-time… Both Nick and Kaytron also passed Larry Johnson (2983 yds.) on the all-time rushing list in the FIU game…
But in reality, Singleton and Allen are the 11th and 12th RBs to reach the 3K plateau at Penn State, and have not yet cracked the Top 10 on the All-Time rushing list… If PSU, as it should, recognized the rushing totals from Bowl games prior to the 2002 season (first year NCAA included post-season in official stats), then 3 additional RBs (Matt Suhey, Ki-Jana Carter, & Lydell Mitchell) would be correctly, and rightfully, included as members of the 3K Club…
In fact, if we adjust all of the rushing totals for Penn State RBs all-time to “Modified/Complete” stats (where “unofficial” pre-2002 Bowl stats are included), the leading rushers and their “correct” career totals would be as follows (through Sept. 6, 2025):
Evan Royster 3932 yards
Curt Warner 3872 yards (note that Warner is 2nd ahead of Barkley when his 474 yards in Bowl rushing is counted)
Saquon Barkley 3843 yards
Blair Thomas 3402 yards
DJ Dozier 3402 yards
Curtis Enis 3351 yards
Tony Hunt 3320 yards
Matt Suhey 3094 yards
Ki-Jana Carter 3085 yards
Lydell Mitchell 3081 yards (Lydell Mitchell is actually first PSU back to reach 3K in 1971)
Kaytron Allen 3064 yards (still active)
Nick Singleton 3007 yards (still active)
Might soon be time to re-paint the steps at the Student Bookstore in downtown State College with the correct numbers!
