Nicholas Singleton
Singleton is a fifth-round rookie stuck in the Titans' backfield pecking order, and he has been a healthy inactive in at least one recent game.
Role
Tony Pollard is the lead back and Tyjae Spears is the clear No. 2. Spears has been playing every two-minute and third-down snap, according to PFF's Week 5 recap. Singleton's offensive usage so far, from the reports I found: inactive in Week 1, 6 of 53 snaps and 4 carries in Week 2, no offensive snaps in Week 3 (10 on special teams), and 8 of 64 snaps with 3 carries in Week 4. PFF's Week 5 recap (Texans game) says the Titans made him and Michael Carter healthy inactives and called up Kalel Mullings as the fourth back. Julius Chestnut is also on the roster. I did not read a current depth chart page, so I am not stating his listed position now.
Coach Robert Saleh said before Week 3 that Singleton would get more carries, and the beat coverage says the staff wants him more involved. PFF noted he had been slowly getting involved on early downs, cutting into Spears' work there. He is 6-foot, 219 pounds and the team site calls him a receiver out of the backfield and a kick returner. Any Pollard or Spears injury, such as Spears' Week 3 ankle issue, would open a path.
The coaches have not turned their words into usage. He got zero offensive snaps the week after Saleh's comments, and his carries have been mostly inefficient: 10 yards on 4 carries, then 2 yards on 3. SI's snap analysis lists him among its snap-count losers for two straight weeks and suggests his touches may not rise soon. He was then a healthy scratch in Week 5, and Spears has taken over the early-down work he had been getting.
Where analysts split
The disagreement is whether he has any real path to offensive work while Pollard and Spears are healthy. Saleh's Week 3 comments and the early-down trend point to a growing role. The Week 3 zero-snap game and the Week 5 healthy scratch point to the staff not trusting him. Most outlets I found lean toward the second view.
Research confidence: reported. Outlooks are grounded in web search over current reporting and refreshed through the season.
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