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Nebraska Safety DeShon Singleton Headed to Mobile for Senior Bowl
The call every senior prospect dreams of has officially arrived for safety DeShon Singleton, but his journey to the prestigious Senior Bowl is far more compelling than a typical collegiate success story.
A year ago, Singleton believed his time in college football was over, only to gain an unexpected final year of eligibility, a gift he has maximized with a vengeance. Now, after leading a surging defense and showcasing a versatile skill set that has NFL scouts buzzing, Singleton heads to Mobile, Alabama, where he will compete against the nation’s elite, turning a fortunate second chance into a legitimate opportunity to solidify himself as a top defensive back.
The opening for Singleton’s extra year was created by an unexpected legal battle that shook the foundation of NCAA eligibility rules. A lawsuit filed by Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia successfully argued that the NCAA’s rule of counting junior-college seasons against a player’s four-year eligibility window violated antitrust laws.
Thank you God!! https://t.co/i2m0TisfeS
— DeShon Singleton (@DeshonSingleton) December 1, 2025
While the situation had complex legal layers, the bottom line was that Pavia’s preliminary injunction win forced the NCAA to issue a blanket waiver, thereby giving all former JUCO players, like Singleton, whose eligibility had expired, the chance to return for one final season if they chose.
Singleton’s 2025 season was a true breakout campaign and the successful payoff of an unexpected “bonus year” in college football. After suffering a season-ending injury in 2023 that prevented him from building momentum for the NFL draft, Singleton capitalized on a unique ruling that granted him an additional year of eligibility.
He finished the season as one of Nebraska’s defensive anchors, showcasing the versatility and physicality that NFL scouts crave.
Singleton’s stellar 2025 season was marked by impressive defensive production and impact plays across the field. He established himself as a dominant force in the secondary, finishing second on the team with 70 tackles, showcasing elite run support from the safety spot.
Crucially, he significantly enhanced his ball skills, registering two interceptions and four pass breakups.
The 6-foot-3, 210-pound defensive back’s versatility and playmaking ability were formally recognized following a phenomenal performance against Michigan State, where his physical play and two interceptions earned him the coveted Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award, providing a major boost to his national profile.
Leveraging his improved health and an expanded role, Singleton demonstrated his wide-ranging utility by effectively showing he could blitz, cover deep in the passing game, and aggressively stop the run, proving his value as a true multifaceted defensive weapon.
Competing against the nation’s best receivers and tight ends in drills will allow him to display his man-coverage fluidity and deep zone awareness directly in front of all 32 NFL scouting departments. For a player who was previously seen as a late-round or priority free agent type, performing well in Mobile could be the necessary catalyst to move him up to a coveted Day 2 or early Day 3 selection, completing his stunning journey from a forgotten JUCO player to a top NFL prospect.
In essence, his 2025 season served as the full-tape audition he was unable to complete the previous year, solidifying his status as an NFL prospect and directly leading to his invitation to the Senior Bowl on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026.
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The future of data centers in Nebraska took center stage at a North Omaha town hall Thursday evening.
The event was hosted by State Sens. Terrell McKinney and Ashlei Spivey, who alongside Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh sponsored a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that looked to help regulate data centers.
Parts of their bill were adopted and passed in LB1010, which requires reports on annual power usage, water usage and ownership.
“Having this passed in a package showed a lot of bipartisan work,” Spivey told a crowd of attendees at Nelson Mandela Elementary School.
The proposed regulations were shaped in part by Bold Nebraska, an advocacy group focused on eminent domain and clean energy. Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party and founder of Bold Nebraska, said before the bill passed there were “zero laws on the books” to address a boom in data centers.
“If one is coming into the community, we wanted to make sure that there were some basic transparency things in place,” Kleeb said.
Political discussions around data centers heated up in recent months following reporting by the Flatwater Free Press that showed Google is considering a data center in Nebraska that could require more than three times the amount of power the entire city of Lincoln uses at peak demand in the summer.
The Nebraska Legislature recently passed another bill, LB1261, that allows private developers to build and own power plants to serve a large industrial customer, including data centers. That bill was proposed by the governor’s office and celebrated by Gov. Jim Pillen.
“Our state is once again taking a bold and strategic step – one that will create an environment that attracts business and multibillion dollar investment, while legally preserving Nebraska’s unique and consumer-friendly public power model,” Pillen said at the time.
At Thursday’s town hall, McKinney called LB1261 “the bogeyman bill.”
“It’s a bill that the governor pushed through the legislature to allow for data centers to create their own power,” McKinney said. “It’s a bill that I stood on the floor and said this is going to harm our communities.”
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Hundreds of people are without power in southeast Nebraska after a severe storm passed through Thursday morning.
The Lincoln Electric System outage map showed 115 customers without power across the city at 11:36 a.m.
Norris Public Power District’s outage map also shows 45 customers affected by the storm. As of 11:36 a.m., there were nine active outages.
According to the Nebraska Public Power District outage map, 657 customers were affected by the storm. Most of the affected customers were near Plattsmouth in southeast Nebraska. As of 11:37 a.m., 27 customers remain without power.
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Mandatory evacuations have been ordered near Crawford, including Fort Robinson State Park, as the South Fork Fire continues to spread in western Nebraska.
According to the City of Crawford, evacuations are currently underway for an area north of Crawford that includes the area south of Dodd Road, west of Dodd Road, and FF Street.
Fort Robinson has also been evacuated.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission said Fort Robinson State Park and Peterson Wildlife Management Area have been temporarily closed due to the fire.
The fire has burned approximately 9,000 acres and is currently 0% contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Nebraska Game and Parks said the park and the WMA will remain closed until further notice to support firefighting operations and protect public safety.
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