2024 QB Luke Kromenhoek commitment portends to FSU success?

2024 quarterback Luke Kromenhoek committed to Mike Norvell and FSU football Saturday afternoon.

Normally, I wouldn’t spend a great amount of time writing about a player that can’t enroll for another year and a half at the earliest.

Kromenhoek doesn’t have a composite ranking yet and only has offers from Coastal Carolina and UCF. Some casual fans may see that and question the commitment, but Mike Norvell knows what it takes to play quarterback.

He has had lesser touted quarterbacks put up huge numbers in his offenses in the past and already signed two blue-chip quarterbacks since arriving in Tallahassee in December 2017.

2023 QB commit Chris Parson was a three-star recruit when FSU offered, and his ranking has jumped considerably, as he’s now a blue-chip recruit.

I anticipate the same will happen with Kromenhoek as more offers come, and they will come. Norvell is an excellent evaluator of talent and often is among the first to offer players with no major offers.

This commitment came out of the blue a bit, although Kromenhoek has been on campus several times since receiving the offer and as recently as earlier this month.

Here’s why I think it portends to FSU football success in the future.

The Future

Read this carefully. I’m not calling Luke Kromenhoek the future of FSU football. I wouldn’t put that on a young man that can’t sign a letter of intent anytime soon.

However, the process through which Mike Norvell is recruiting the quarterback position is a recipe for success. After all, the failure of Jimbo Fisher to sign top-tier quarterbacks in his latter years with FSU football helped expedite the downfall of the Noles.

At the same time, Dabo Swinney signed two of the best college quarterbacks of the past decade in Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawerence. They are two of the biggest reasons Clemson leapfrogged FSU so quickly, even though FSU arguably still had the more talented teams in 2015 and 2016.

Clemson doesn’t beat FSU without Watson playing out of his mind in those two games, and it still took some referee’s help in 2016 to pull that win out for the Tigers. The way Mike Norvell is attacking quarterback recruiting means FSU shouldn’t have the same issues they’ve had from 2017-to 2021.

I’ve said it before, despite not having much talent overall, FSU would have won at least 6-7 games if Jordan Travis didn’t miss the equivalent of 3-4 games due to injury in 2021. If you could guarantee Jordan Travis was healthy the entire 2022 season? How many wins would you project?

Now, these quarterbacks Mike Norvell signed and could sign must develop. Nothing is guaranteed, but I think we can look at the progression of Jordan Travis and feel comfortable that development should take place.

Luke Kromenhoek Thoughts

Luke Kromenhoek has offers from UCF and Coastal Carolina and lists at 6’4 and 185 pounds. He hails from the Peach State(which has produced elite high school quarterbacks in recent years).

It’s also where FSU football has gone back to establish roots which helped them become a dynasty in the days of Bobby Bowden.

The first thing that sticks out to me is his size. Kromenhoek has a big frame and moves well, as evidenced by this clip from the high school playoffs this past fall:

The other thing that sticks out is his arm. This footage is nearly a year old, and Kromenhoek just flicks the ball with an easy motion.

There are some things to clean up mechanically(and he probably is already working on these things), but you can tell he understands the need to throw a receiver open. The wind was blowing hard that day, and he still had no issues getting the ball downfield, which speaks to his arm strength.

There’s a lot to like about him, and Mike Norvell must feel confident he’s one of the better quarterbacks in the 2024 recruiting cycle since he accepted his commitment so early. AJ Duffy seems to be acclimating well at FSU as a freshman.

Chris Parson looks to have a big senior year after a great junior year, and then we have Luke Kromenhoek. That looks like what could be three above-average quarterbacks (at the very least) potentially signing with FSU football in back-to-back-to-back years. That likely portends to success for FSU football soon if all things hold true.