As the college football preseason slowly creeps to the start of the 2026 season, another national award watch list came out on Tuesday.Florida State running backs Ousmane Kromah and Quintrevion Wisner have been named to the 2026 Doak Walker Award watch list. Florida State is one of only seven schools (and one of two in the ACC) to have multiple players named to this watch list. So far, the preseason accolades for the Seminoles have gone to just four players, with the majority of attention given to receiver Duce Robinson. Ousmane KromahLast season as a freshman, Kromah rushed for 408 yards, but no touchdowns. He did have one receiving touchdown on 147 receiving yards. Last season, Kromah’s season-high in rushing yards was 63 yards against Virginia. Over the spring and summer, Kromah (6-foot-1, 216 pounds) has lost some weight and has had a great fall camp. He is expected to have a breakout year this season and will be counted on to be the lead back on the field. Kromah was a consensus four-star recruit coming out of high school, a top 100 prospect and No. 4 running back nationally by On3. He landed on the ESPN300 at No. 139. Kromah was the 6A Player of the Year in the highly-talented, super-competitive Georgia high school football. As a senior, Kromah rushed for 1,356 yards and 15 touchdowns, and added 741 receiving yards and eight more scores. Florida State coach Mike Norvell snatched Kromah away from Kirby Smart and Georgia, Auburn and Tennessee. Quintrevion WisnerWill the 2024 version of Wisner please stand up? That season, Wisner led the Texas Longhorns with 1,064 yards and found the end zone five times. He posted four games of over 100 yards, including 186 yards in a victory over in-state rival Texas A&M. In the playoffs, however, Wisner was the Invisible Man. Wisner rushed for less than 50 yards in each of two playoff games against Arizona State and Ohio State, and averaged less than three yards per carry in those games. Last season, Wisner cut his yardage total in half, rushing for only 597 yards, and scoring just three touchdowns. He missed four games last season, including the Cheez-It Bowl against Michigan. He rushed for 155 yards in another win over Texas A&M before sitting out the bowl game. Kromah and Wisner will run behind a retooled, but experienced offensive line, one that boasts 107 combined starts. The Seminoles backfield, including quarterback Ashton Daniels, will be talented for sure.As the play caller this season, Norvell will have to be creative, turning the pages in the playbook to those few X’s and O’s diagrams that the defense will not expect. The kind that you have not shown all year and master only during a particular game week, play calls that put Kromah and Wisner in position to make big plays for big yardage. Do that, and the Seminoles could have a respectable season. Do it not, and Florida State’s offense becomes one-dimensional, a state of being that does not bode well for gridiron success, nor coaches on the hot seat.

Source: Yahoo Sports