Since 2005, college football insider Bruce Feldman has done his annual “Freaks List.”
The list comprises the top 100 players across the nation “that are the strongest, fastest and most physical players in college football.”
This year Penn State is well represented with five players in Feldman’s Top 100.
They include defensive tackle Zane Durant (No. 8), running back Nick Singleton (No. 19), linebacker Tony Rojas (No. 30), cornerback Elliot Washington (No. 47), and tight-end Khalil Dinkins (No. 71).
Here are some of the highlights Feldman had on the quintet of freaks Penn State has:
Zane Durant
“The 6-1, 290-pound senior from Florida has run a 4.66 40 and hit a max velocity of 21.1 mph. He clocked a 4.43 shuttle time, broad jumped 9-10 and vertical jumped 30 1/2 inches. He’s bench pressed 425 pounds and squatted 660. This offseason, he power-cleaned 345 pounds.”
Nick Singleton
“(Saquon) Barkley, No. 1 on the 2017 Freaks List, ran a 4.33 40, power cleaned 405 pounds and bench pressed 405. Singleton is close to those numbers and better in the bench press, doing 435. He improved his power clean to 395. His 40 is 4.35. His shuttle time is 4.18. His max velocity is 23.5 mph. He broke Barkley’s running back record in the squat last year, doing 665. He did 660 this offseason. Singleton’s broad jump also went up four inches to 10-5.”
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“(Rojas) made big gains this offseason, improving his 40 to 4.37 from 4.50 last year. His vertical jump went from 34 inches to 37 1/2, he now broad jumps 10-5 and also bettered his shuttle time to 4.05 — no linebacker has gone faster than that at the combine since 2019. Rojas hit 22.5 mph on the GPS, power cleaned 350 pounds and benched 375.”
Elliot Washington
“(Washington) set the Penn State record for DBs in the squat, doing 565 pounds in his freshman year. He’s clocked a 4.32 40 and this offseason, broad jumped 10-7, vertical jumped 37 1/2 inches and hit 23 mph on the GPS.”
Khalil Dinkins
“At 6-4, 255 pounds, Dinkins ran a 4.50 40 (a school record for Penn State tight ends) and hit 21.8 mph. He broad jumped 10-0, clocked 4.30 in the shuttle, bench pressed 405 pounds, power cleaned 355 and squatted 550.”
Feldman did give a sixth Nittany Lion player an honorable mention in defensive tackle Ty Blanding. Feldman labeled Blanding as a “freaky DT; at 6-1, 292 pounds, the sophomore ran a 4.82 40 this offseason and squatted 675 pounds.”
Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith finished atop Feldman’s annual list.
Penn State opens its 2025 season against Nevada on August 30 in Beaver Stadium at 3:30 PM on CBS.
