He’s a top-10 running back in his class, and South Carolina has him impressed

Reading, Pennsylvania running back Nicholas Singleton (5-foot-11, 195 pounds) will be among the top running back prospects in the 2022 class after rushing for 1,690 yards and 32 touchdowns last season. He’s already been stamped a 4-star prospect by 247Sports and the No. 8 running back nationally in the ’22 class. As such, he has garnered major offers from across the country, including one from South Carolina last December.

“They’d been following me for a long time and they wanted me to come down to a game,” Singleton said. “I came down for the last game. The facilities were really nice, I was impressed. Atmosphere was crazy. The whole stadium was packed. It was just crazy. People were cheering, yelling, screaming. It was a crazy experience.”

While on the visit, Singleton got to meet up with Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp.

“I talked to the head coach, and he’s a good person,” Singleton said. “We talked about what a good player I was, and he offered me a full scholarship. They fit in as one of the top with Notre Dame and Penn State for sure.”

Singleton also got to games last season at Penn State, Pitt, West Virginia, North Carolina, Virginia, Syracuse and Notre Dame. He also has taken visits to Wisconsin and Connecticut. He had planned to take more visits this spring and summer but that was before visits were nixed due to Covid-19.

Some of Singleton’s other offers are Duke. Arizona State, Boston College, Maryland, Michigan State, Louisville, Tennessee, Southern Cal, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, Ohio State and Connecticut.