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Heisman / Players / Ousmane Kromah /Florida State

Ousmane Kromah

RB · Florida State · Fr · #32

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

408 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 72 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Florida State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Florida State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Florida State

Returning around him

  • 13% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • 1 Florida State player drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -21 net (22 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Florida State · Last season: 5-7 (AP #25) · Talent rank #19 · 2026 recruiting class #19

RB · FLORIDA STATE · ACC

Ousmane Kromah

  • 1
  • #32
  • 6-1 | 214 lb
  • Leesburg, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

41

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 79th percentile.

Heisman Heat

Awaiting

Not on the live Heisman board this week.

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#76 national
CFB
College
Florida State
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class1
Jersey32
Measurements6-1 | 214 lb
HometownLeesburg, GA
Primary teamFlorida State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 76 recruit
Composite rating 0.9622 HighSchool
Signed with Florida State 2025
Origin Lee County Leesburg, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2025 4-star | 0.9622 No. 76 recruit | HighSchool | Florida State

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens

Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.

Current nowcast--Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast--Where the full season sim points
Win probability--Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability--Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability--Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Florida State

Composite

0.9622

#76 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Ousmane Kromah

Fan sentiment · Season 2025 conversation window

Belief Meter

67

Quietly Bullish

Sample 18 mentions
Confidence LOW

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 18 mentions · belief +33 · "The Florida State Seminoles look to the future as Duce Robinson sets the standar"Own fans
  • Own fans · n=18

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Ousmane Kromah

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
408Rush yards
72Carries
0Rush TDs
Per game
34Rush yards
6Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
442Rush yards
78Carries
0Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 408): needs 342/game over remaining 1.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 408): needs 592/game over remaining 1.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 408): needs 1,092/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 15/game over remaining 1.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 20/game over remaining 1.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Ousmane Kromah's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Florida State, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place -- -- win | -- finalist
Role load 9.7% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 76 recruit

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 555 408 rush | 147 rec | #205/735 (72nd pct)
Rush TD 0 72 carries | #447/739 (40th pct)
Yards/carry 5.7 Per-rush efficiency | #152/735 (79th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
72 68th
YDS
408 72nd
YPC
5.7 79th
TD
0 40th

Receiving

REC
9 57th
YDS
147 83rd
YPR
16.3 97th
TD
1 89th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 31-17vs Alabama7314.4014
Wk 2W 77-3vs East Texas A&M5377.4020
Wk 4W 66-10vs Kent State44310.8016
Wk 5L 38-46@ Virginia12635.3023Season-high 63 yds
Wk 6L 22-28vs Miami6233.807
Wk 7L 31-34vs Pittsburgh7557.9022
Wk 8L 13-20@ Stanford4174.3011
Wk 10W 42-7vs Wake Forest4194.809
Wk 11L 10-24@ Clemson3227.3014
Wk 12W 34-14vs Virginia Tech11595.4018
Wk 13L 11-21@ NC State4123.006
Wk 14L 21-40@ Florida5275.4013
Total724085.8023
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2025Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Florida State724085.70--
Career1 loaded season724085.70--
SeasonTeam
2025Florida State914716.31--
Career1 loaded season914716.31--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 9 147 rec yds | #236/552 (57th pct)
Usage 9.7% 14.6% rush share | #326/738 (56th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.10 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #209/362 (43rd pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 408 #205/735 72nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 0 #447/739 40th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 5.7 #152/735 79th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 9 #236/552 57th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 147 #94/548 83rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.10 #209/362 43rd pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 68 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 9.7% #326/738 56th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 72 #235/739 68th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 23 #358/733 51st pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 43 #59/540 89th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 16.3 #20/548 97th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 1 #60/552 89th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 14.6% #362/738 51st pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 13.0% #270/738 64th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 12.0% #295/738 60th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 8.0% #425/738 43rd pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 6.4% #373/738 50th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 4.3% #493/738 33rd pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 3.2% #287/738 61st pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 1 #78/256 70th pct Turnoversvs FBS RB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home7g38.16.40.0
Road5g28.25.10.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins5g37.86.60.0
Losses7g31.35.30.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-76g42.06.60.0
Weeks 8+6g26.05.00.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

41Mid-pack
8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush tds (3rd).

Yards / carry#68 / 349 · 79th pct
5.7rush
Rec yards#86 / 338 · 75th pct
147rece
Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct
1fumb
Rush yards#205 / 349 · 41st pct
408rush
Receptions#214 / 338 · 35th pct
9rece
Carries#235 / 349 · 32nd pct
72rush
Long run#287 / 349 · 17th pct
23rush
Rush TDs#326 / 349 · 3rd pct
0rush

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · RB · 2025

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

wepa_rushing0.1Low (p25–p50) (n=178)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
Ousmane KromahFlorida StateKamari MoultonIowa· 62% simRashod DubinionApp State· 61% simJeremiah CobbAuburn· 61% sim
Yards / carry
79
Kromah
62
Moulton
53
Dubinion
71
Cobb
Rec yards
75
Kromah
53
Moulton
77
Dubinion
47
Cobb
Fumbles lost
49
Kromah
14
Dubinion
Rush yards
41
Kromah
84
Moulton
84
Dubinion
88
Cobb
Receptions
35
Kromah
63
Moulton
86
Dubinion
45
Cobb
Carries
32
Kromah
86
Moulton
87
Dubinion
88
Cobb
Long run
17
Kromah
33
Moulton
39
Dubinion
51
Cobb
Rush TDs
3
Kromah
62
Moulton
50
Dubinion
62
Cobb

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

RB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jeremiyah Love’s 2023 season.

Jeremiyah Love

66%match

Notre Dame · 2023

NFL Rd 1 · Pk 3
#2

Ari Broussard

Rice · 2021

61%
#3

Chase Belcher

Kennesaw State · 2025

64%
#4

Lamar Radcliffe

San José State · 2025

63%
#5

Dawaiian McNeely

Wyoming · 2022

59%

Matches Jeremiyah on

Total rush EPA (college ability)
EPA / carry (adj)
Rush TD rate

Differs from Jeremiyah on

Yards / reception (higher)
Height (higher)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Calvin Turner’s path through Hawai'i.

Calvin Turner

99%match

Hawai'i · 2020

All-Mountain West
#2

Asim Rose

Kentucky · 2020

96%
#3

Bryson Washington

Baylor · 2025

All-Big 12
91%
#4

Chase Belcher

Kennesaw State · 2025

90%
#5

Percy Agyei-Obese

James Madison · 2022

All-Sun Belt
88%

Matches Calvin on

Yards per carry

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Omar Fattah's freshman season at Air Force (2021).

Omar Fattah

61%match

Air Force · 2021

#2

Jeremiyah Love

Notre Dame · 2023

Doak WalkerConsensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 3
65%
#3

Caden Knighten

Baylor · 2025

65%
#4

Christian Clark

Texas · 2025

64%
#5

Peyton Lewis

Tennessee · 2024

61%

Matches Omar on

EPA / carry (adj)
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Yards / carry

Differs from Omar on

Class year (lower)
Height (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

Pass share

40.3%

339 pass / 502 run

Plays / game

70.1

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

8.5%

282 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Mike Norvell
Florida State

Played his entire career under Mike Norvell.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownLeesburg, GA
Height6'1"
Weight214 lb
Class1
PositionRB
Jersey32

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
This player hasn’t appeared on a Heisman ballot tracked by the model.

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Florida State ACC RB 1 No. 32 | 6-1 | 214 lb | Leesburg, GA