In the 2019 season, the University of Idaho football team recruited the 2018 Idaho 5A Player of the Year, running back Nick Romano.
Romano became a HERO Sports All-America honorable mention as a kick returner and was awarded the 2019 First Team All-Big Sky as a kick returner.
Romano played in all 12 games for the Vandals where he started in five. He had over 100 yards rushing twice, 200 all-purpose yards twice and became the fourth Vandal in school history to record 286 all-purpose yards in a single game. Romano also scored five touchdowns including a kick return touchdown while averaging 5.