Most sports fans are familiar with ESPN’s morning TV program “Get Up” hosted by Mike Greenberg every weekday. On Wednesday, the show highlights the best pancake blocks from the past weekend in football. Typically, they will focus on the NFL, but they couldn’t pass up the opportunity to showcase Penn State running back [autotag]Nicholas Singleton[/autotag].
Singleton put together a spectacular play against Illinois this past weekend. In one passing play, he flattened the edge defender in pass protection before catching the ball in the flat and immediately turned upfield to truck another defender to get the first down. This play shows Singleton’s strength as a pass blocker, which NFL teams love to see from their running backs coming out of college. It was a play of grit and toughness from one of Penn State’s stars.
Here is the clip from Wednesday morning’s show, which featured former Indianapolis Colts center Jeff Saturday and former NFL cornerback Domonique Foxworth giving some love to Singleton and slapping some tasty-looking pancakes.
Pancakes, anyone? 🥞🥞🥞@NickSingletonn x @GetUpESPN pic.twitter.com/HjNsyY2meR
— Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) October 2, 2024
Singleton is known as a willing blocker who always seems to fight for extra yardage, whether he is in between the tackles or in space, like in the play above. The junior running back is Penn State’s leading rusher through four games, piling up 408 yards on 53 carries for an impressive average of 7.7 yards per carry.
Penn State welcomes the UCLA Bruins this Saturday for Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff. The Nittany Lions will aim to improve to 5-0 and grab their second Big Ten win.