 Salter with Liberty in 2024 | |
| Liberty Flames–No. 7 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Junior |
| Major | Coaching |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 4, 2003 [1] |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| Bowl games | |
| High school | Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, Texas) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Kaidon Salter (born April 4, 2003) [1] is an American football quarterback for the Liberty Flames.
Salter's hometown is Cedar Hill, Texas where he attended Cedar Hill High School. In Salter's high school career he completed 383 of his 659 passes for 5,564 yards and 52 touchdowns to 16 interceptions. Salter also rushed for 1,621 yards and 26 touchdowns, while also hauling in one reception for a touchdown. [2] Salter would decide to commit to play college football at the University of Tennessee over others schools such as Auburn and Baylor. [3] [4]
After Salter was arrested on charges of simple possession and driving without a license, he was dismissed from the Tennessee football program. [5] [6]
Salter transferred to Liberty to continue out his career. [7] [8] Salter made his collegiate debut in week nine of the 2021 season, where he completed his first pass for a touchdown, as he helped Liberty beat UMass. [9] Salter finished the 2021 season going one for two on his passes for 39 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 53 yards. [10] In week two of the 2022 season, Salter made his first career start, where he completed 13 of his 25 passes for 202 yards, while also rushing for 79 yards and a touchdown, as he helped the Flames beat UAB 21–14. [11] [12] In the 2022 Boca Raton Bowl, Salter would go 12 for 20 passing, for 84 yards, and a touchdown, while also picking up 63 yards on the ground, but Liberty would fall to Toledo 21–19. [13] Salter finished the 2022 season completing 87 of his 149 passing attempts for 1,088 yards, for eight touchdowns, to five interceptions. Salter also added 285 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. [14]
In week one of the 2023 season, Salter completed 11 of his 20 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 82 yards, as he helped the Flames start off the year with a win beating Bowling Green 34–24. [15] [16] In week two of the 2023 season, Salter completed 15 of his 25 passing attempts for 276 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing nine times for 43 yards, and two touchdowns, as he helped Liberty beat New Mexico State. [17] [18] In week three, Salter had a career performance completing 16 of his 26 pass attempts for 344 yards and five touchdowns, while also rushing for 66 yards and a touchdown, as he helped Liberty dominate Buffalo 55–27. For his performance on the week he was named the Conference USA offensive player of the week. [19] [20] In week four, Salter completed 11 of his 21 passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns to go along with one interception. He also ran for 77 yards and two touchdowns in a dominant 38–6 win over FIU. [21] In week six against Sam Houston, Salter scored two touchdowns, one through the air and one on the ground in a win. [22] The next week, Salter threw for 177 yards and two touchdowns in a 31–13 win over Jacksonville State. [23] In week eight, Salter threw for 140 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 160 yards in a shootout win 42–35 over Middle Tennessee. [24] In week nine, Salter threw for 169 yards and three touchdowns to go along with 117 rushing yards and a touchdown on the ground in a 42–29 win over the CUSA preseason favorites, Western Kentucky. [25] The next week against Louisiana Tech, Salter threw for 297 yards and four touchdowns in another win. [26] The next week, Salter scored five touchdowns against Old Dominion in a dominant 38–10 win. [27] The following week against UMass, Salter threw for 225 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 118 yards and 2 more touchdowns in a 49–25 win. [28] In Liberty's final regular season game, Salter completed 4 of 11 passes for 22 yards and ran for 76 yards on the ground in a 42–28 win over UTEP to complete Liberty's first undefeated regular season. [29] In the CUSA Championship game in a rematch against New Mexico State, Salter threw for 319 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 165 yards and a touchdown in the 49–35 win which gave Liberty their first CUSA Championship in Liberty's first season in the conference. Salter was awarded the Conference USA Championship Game MVP award for his performance. [30] After Liberty earned the G5 New Year's Six bid, Salter threw for 126 yards, 1 touchdown and an interception in a loss against No. 8 Oregon in the 2024 Fiesta Bowl. [31] He announced on January 2, 2024, that he was entering the transfer portal. [32] Three days later, on January 5, 2024, Salter decided to exit the transfer portal and remain with Liberty. [33]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Liberty Flames | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 39 | 19.5 | 1 | 0 | 378.8 | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 4 | 2–2 | 87 | 149 | 58.4 | 1,088 | 7.3 | 8 | 5 | 130.7 | 69 | 285 | 4.1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 13–1 | 177 | 290 | 61.0 | 2,876 | 9.9 | 32 | 6 | 176.6 | 163 | 1,089 | 6.7 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 5–1 | 97 | 159 | 61.0 | 1,280 | 8.1 | 10 | 2 | 146.9 | 61 | 270 | 4.4 | 2 | |
| Career | 30 | 24 | 20–4 | 362 | 600 | 60.3 | 5,283 | 8.8 | 51 | 13 | 158.0 | 298 | 1,697 | 5.7 | 16 | |
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