Despite the adversity, Singleton’s dedication and tenacity kept him on the court in a joyous 2025 campaign. He sees it as a great test of his will, which he passed with flying colors, and is banking on it with confidence going into 2026.
“In my mind, injuries, you’re sure you’re going to come back, but then when I sat down this offseason, it was like s—, like in Week 1, I still couldn’t, when we were warming up, I couldn’t put my knee on the ground because I still had pain in it,” Singleton said. “I was only 10 months out from surgery. It’s progressing so much. I mean even now, how much better I feel, I mean s—, I had cancer. You know what I mean? My body was fighting cancer and I played nine games before that. I think the last seven games were the best games I’ve played in my career and I felt better. My body was fighting cancer, it wasn’t big, it wasn’t two games that I was recovering. that you wouldn’t be like, “Hey, dude, if you’re in the NFL, here’s two things I’m going to give you to get better at.”
“So I’ve had an offseason now where I’m feeling really good and just building on that confidence. Obviously being around VJ and all the coaches and just being around those little things that we can get better at and just being ready to go this year.”
Singleton’s optimism matches the sunny outlook of most of Broncos Country, a fan base that has plenty of tangible evidence produced in the 2025 season to back up their hopeful disposition going into the new campaign. After overcoming two huge obstacles, Singleton knows he’s lucky to continue playing football and feeling as well as he does.
“To have all that back, it feels great,” he said. “There’s a lot of things that we could go into with how your body fights cancer that everything feels so much better and just works so much better that I didn’t even think about before but now I’m noticing. I’m like, ‘wow, this is so much better.’ Like my body is just recovering better, I’m sleeping better, everything’s better and all my scans and stuff have been really good. So, it’s just kind of a peace of mind with all of that. It’s all great.”
If all goes according to plan, Singleton could end up experiencing the greatest sporting joy in February.