Fully cleared to practice after cancer diagnosis, Broncos’ Alex Singleton says return will be ‘special’

Alex Singleton sees your DMs He cannot respond to them all of program They come in hordes from men and their wives and girlfriends across the world people who have been stung with the same shock as he got after a visit to a urologist three weeks ago It has been a whirlwind Singleton admitted Wednesday But he has not gotten swept away He sees them With those messages comes responsibility the -year-old Singleton knows On his first day back practicing in Denver weeks after surgery to remove a testicular tumor a reporter solicited him Wednesday Do you consider yourself an inspiration The Broncos linebacker smiled choosing his words meticulously well aware of the impact they could bring It s kinda not the greatest thing to talk about Singleton explained midway through a long response People don t like talking about that area of their bodies especially men So being able to stand here and do that do I think it s inspirational I don t know But do I think I have a platform that I can share what I m going through to make sure everybody else understands that it s OK and to go to the clinician and that early detection is good for you A scarce weeks after finding out he had testicular cancer a whirlwind of testing and waiting and more testing Singleton resumed practicing Wednesday He tugged back on a uniform with plenty of weight on his shoulder pads Back as the green-dot signal-caller of this league-altering Broncos defense Now too a new face of national awareness for testicular cancer after making an appearance on ABC s Good Morning America on Tuesday Between the white lines though one can let everything go as Singleton reported Wednesday And the linebacker was solely happy to be back in uniform a -year-old man who still describes himself as like a little kid in this encounter The ACL was enough to appreciate it I don t know if I needed this Singleton explained chuckling Wednesday referring to his comeback from a torn ACL in But you definitely appreciate all the little things And so yeah I love this battle Practice was the best Head coach Sean Payton declared the Broncos knew before last week s bye that Singleton would be cleared for practice during Commanders week And Singleton now has a real shot to make an appearance against Washington on Sunday Night Football less than three weeks after announcing a cancer evaluation saying Wednesday he was tracking toward playing The scans and all of that stuff were pivotal and when those came back positive man the relief just for Alex never mind the football member Payton disclosed Related Articles Broncos Sean Payton hints at expected J K Dobbins return this season Broncos agree to -year extension with DT Malcolm Roach Broncos agree to four-year million extension with center Luke Wattenberg sources confirm Broncos ILB Alex Singleton cleared to practice sources say After putting out feelers could Broncos look for more RB help in J K Dobbins absence Indeed despite his love for the meeting there was a brief stretch where football didn t matter a lick as Singleton indicated He d talked to doctors about life possibilities in general Chemotherapy Fertility If he could have more children he has one daughter Tallyn He still doesn t like saying the word cancer often Singleton joked Wednesday He s still processing the last insufficient weeks He s still undergoing testing to continue to make sure the malady hasn t spread In the meantime he will return to football as an advocate after his life has changed forever It s gonna be special Singleton announced of playing again The ACL is you come back from those Everyone comes back from those now But yeah not a lot of cancer research on coming back and playing football Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis