Which Penn State standouts made the latest preseason All-American groups?
Penn State football is well represented on 2 brand-new preseason All-American groups ahead of the 2025 season. Those heading today’s newsstand. The Athletic has 3 Nittany Lions on its two-team, 50-player list. Senior running back Nick Singleton and redshirt junior guard Vega Ioane are first-team selections. And, senior protective tackle Zane Durant is a second-team honoree.
“The 6-4, 330-pound redshirt junior began all 16 games last season at left guard and was a second-team All-Big Ten selection,” The Athletic writes. “Ioane went viral last season for his bone-jarring block on UCLA defensive lineman Luke Schuermann.”
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Over at CBS Sports, its group of authors puts Singleton, Ioane, and Durant on the first string while giving redshirt-senior+ center Nick Dawkins second-team honors.
“Singleton is already rewording the record books at Penn State, and he could end up with the school’s profession rushing title this season. Singleton this offseason exceeded Saquon Barkley’s freakish record in the weight room with a squat of 665 pounds, according to The Athletic’s yearly Freaks List,” Bradnon Marcello composes. “He and Kaytron Allen form the most powerful duo in the game, and if Singleton can eclipse 1,020 yards this season, he’ll take Evan Royster’s Nittany Lions’ profession hurrying record.”
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Quote of the day
“He’s a proven commodity. There’s few of them in college football. And he’s done some truly, really advantages. And there’s areas that he required to improve on and he’s striven in those locations this offseason. I think he’s going to do what he’s done every year since he stepped on school. He has actually improved every single year. Last year, most people had him predicted as a first-round draft choice and he chooses to come back to school. I think he’s going to take another substantial step this year, just like he has every year.”
PSU coach James Franklin on Lions QB Drew Allar.