Eric Singleton Jr. is an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

wide receiver A wide receiver (WR), also referred to as a wideout, and historically known as a split end (SE) or flanker (FL), is an eligible receiver in gridiron football. A key skill position of the offense (American football), offense, WR gets its name ...

for the

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. He previously played for the

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Early life

Singleton Jr. attended Robert S. Alexander High School in

Douglasville, Georgia The city of Douglasville is the county seat of and largest city in Douglas County, Georgia, United States. , the city had a population of 34,650, up from 30,961 in 2010 and 20,065 in 2000. Douglasville is located approximately west of Atlant ...

. During his high school career, he had 101 receptions, 1,567 receiving yards and 16

touchdowns A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football. Scoring a touchdown grants the team that scored it 6 points. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchd ...

. A three star prospect, he originally committed to play college football at

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before flipping to

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College career

As a true freshman at Georgia Tech in 2023, Singleton Jr. was named a freshman All-American after starting 10 of 12 games and recording 48 receptions for 714 yards and six touchdowns. He returned to Georgia Tech for his sophomore season in 2024. On December 9, 2024, Singleton announced that he would enter the transfer portal. On December 23, 2024, Singleton announced that he plans to attend and play football at

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Personal life

Singleton's cousin Darvin Adams was also a wide receiver at Auburn and was the leading receiver on Auburn's 2010 National Championship team.

References

External links

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football bioGeorgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's track and field bioAuburn Tigers bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singleton, Eric Living people Players of American football from Douglas County, Georgia American football wide receivers Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's track and field athletes Year of birth missing (living people)