As Florida State wrapped up its final spring practice earlier this week, Mike Norvell and the staff exited the camp with some confidence in several positions.
Florida State retained some vital pieces on offense and defense as players across the nation entered into the transfer portal after the 2025 season. A few contributors left, but overall, FSU had to be happy with who stayed.
That consistency helps with leadership, proven production, and the development of younger players. There’s still a lot of work to do in the summer months and in fall camp, but Florida State and Mike Norvell found some solutions in spring camp. Here are the three biggest discoveries in spring camp:
Ousmane Kromah, Tre Wisner, and Sam Singleton-”A three-headed monster, with all three bringing different qualities, experience, and production in the running game.”
Kromah seemed to have the most consistent spring of the three and took the next step into becoming a difference-maker. The days of rotating multiple backs are over, and these three will get the bulk of the carries, which should provide a potent running game in 2026. All three run hard and fall forward for positive yards.
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Duce Robinson, Micahi Danzy, Desirrio Riles, Devin Carter, and Jayvan Boggs
That’s five guys who can make big plays, stretch the field, make contested catches, and make plays underneath. I think we’ll see the passing game be much more dynamic at all three levels with Mike Norvell calling the plays on offense. There are a few others who may get added to that mix as well.
Linebackers should be a strength of the FSU defense in 2026
Blake Nichelson, Chris Jones, Omar Graham Jr., Caleb LaVallee, Karon Maycock, and Mikai Gbayor. Florida State linebackers struggled to cover in space, filled the wrong gaps, missed tackles, took bad angles, and were overall soft. They seemed to have taken a big step in the right direction in the spring, and some of these new additions have a different mentality and athletic profile than some players in recent years.
If Florida State can find quality quarterback play and the offense line is solid, I expect the offense to be more efficient than last year. They have an underrated arsenal of weapons at the skills positions.
Opposing offenses picked on the Florida State linebacker unit last year, and I think they'll be a much improved unit in Tony White's second year calling the shots. If the defense can develop a pass rush? That would change the game for that side of the ball.
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