New York Giants 2024 Training Camp Preview: RB Devin Singletary 

The departure of running back Saquon Barkley from the Giants created many questions regarding the immediate future of the team’s running game. Barkley, a fan favorite, was a feast-or-famine type of runner for the Giants who, when healthy, was as electrifying as they came.

But ultimately, general manager Joe Schoen decided that spending $12M+ on a 27-year-old running back with an injury history wasn’t the smartest thing to do, especially since it looked as though the coaching staff was gravitating toward a committee approach at the running back spot. 

So the Giants brought in Devin Singletary, who began his NFL career in Buffalo while Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll were employed there, to lead the committee. Singletary has never been a high-volume running back, but he’s been effective, leading every team he’s been on in rushing yardage, yet never cracking 1,000 yards.  

However, Singletary has done well in his career, having logged a solid success rate (48.8 percent) of picking up at least 40 percent of the yardage required on first down, 60 percent on second down, and 100 percent on third and fourth downs. 

Barkley, for what it’s worth, has a 42.5 percent success rate as a rusher, And while we agree that the offensive line play plays a role in a running back’s success rate, so does the back’s ability to find success between and outside the tackles, which is something Singletary has proven himself capable of doing in his NFL career.

Height: 5-7
Weight: 203  lbs.
Exp.: 6 Years 
School: Florida Atlantic
How Acquired: FA-24

After four seasons in Buffalo, who selected him in the third round of the 2019 NFL draft, Singletary spent the 2023 season with the Houston Texans. There he set new career highs in rushing attempts (216) and rushing yardage (898); his season success rate as a rusher of 47.7 was also a personal best.

Singletary, nicknamed “Motor,”  has been durable throughout his career, missing just one game in the last four seasons. In Houston, he stepped up when Dameon Pierce, who eclipsed the 1,000-yard rushing mark as a rookie in 2022, couldn’t replicate that success. 

Singletary’s best game last season came in a Week 10 win over the Cincinnati Bengals when he recorded a career-best 150 rushing yards. That marked his sixth game, topping the century mark in rushing yardage. 

Singletary can also catch the ball out of the backfield. With the Texans, he hauled in 30 catches for 193 yards.