Florida State walked into fall camp with arguably the deepest, most unsettled backfield in the ACC. Kromah is entering year 2 in Tallahassee, veteran Sam Singleton Jr. is still in the mix, and Texas transfer Quintrevion Wisner arrived with 2 years of lead-back production already on his resume. On paper, that's a three-way battle. On the practice field, according to Nakos, it hasn't looked that close.
"He's legit" is the kind of quote that carries weight specifically because of who Wisner is. He led Texas in rushing in back-to-back seasons, piling up 1,064 yards and 5 touchdowns in 2024 before a smaller but still solid 597-yard, 3-touchdown season in 2025, and he came to FSU widely expected to at least share the workload. For a source to tell Nakos that Kromah, not the proven Big 12 transfer, has been running the room says a lot about how camp has gone.
The running back battle is only one piece of a bigger fall camp puzzle in Tallahassee. Ashton Daniels, who bounced from Stanford to Auburn before landing at FSU, was installed as the starting quarterback for what's shaping up as a pivotal 2026 season for Mike Norvell. Nakos's broader camp report groups Daniels settling in under center alongside the RB shakeout and a handful of transfers already looking like instant contributors — the kind of dispatch beat writers use to set the tone before the roster is actually tested in games.
None of this is settled by fall camp buzz alone. Norvell and running backs coach Kam Martin still have to divide carries once the season starts, and a healthy, engaged Wisner or Singleton could easily cut into whatever lead Kromah has built up in practice. But camp reports like this one matter because they shape expectations heading into the opener — and right now, all signs point to Kromah as the guy FSU is building its run game around.
Given Norvell's seat temperature entering the year and the amount of turnover on this roster, how the Seminoles sort out their backfield pecking order is going to be one of the more closely watched subplots of camp. If Kromah holds this lead into September, it validates a breakout that's been brewing since his freshman season. If Wisner or Singleton push back, it's a three-man rotation with real questions about who closes games.