Kaidon Salter

HISTORY — From College Profile

 

2023 (So.):

• HERO Sports G5 National Player of the Year

• HERO Sports G5 All-America First Team QB

• Phil Steele Postseason All-American (Honorable Mention)

• Phil Steele Postseason All-CUSA First Team

• Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Finalist

• Two-time Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week

• Maxwell Award semifinalist (National Player of the Year Award)

• Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2023 member

• Manning Award watch list selection

• CUSA Michael L. Slive Male Athlete of the Year

• CUSA Regular Season MVP

• CUSA First-Team All-Conference

• CUSA Football Championship MVP

• Four-time CUSA Offensive Player of the Week in 2023

• Led the Flames to Liberty’s first-ever perfect regular season record in school history

• Helped Liberty become the first FBS team in the Commonwealth of Virginia to post a perfect 13-0 heading into bowl season

• Seven games passing for 225 or more yards

• Posted a pair of 300-yard passing games against Buffalo and New Mexico State

• 11 games passing for two more touchdowns

• Four 100-yard rushing games

• Four games rushing for multiple touchdowns

• Most rushing yards in school history by a quarterback in a season (1,089)

• Led all quarterbacks in CUSA with 32 passing touchdowns

• Set a school record for passing touchdowns in a season (32)

• Ranks second in CUSA with 12 rushing touchdowns

• Ranks No. 1 in CUSA in passing efficiency

• Final National Rankings:

• No. 3 in rushing TDs by a quarterback (12)

• No. 3 in passing efficiency (176.6)

• No. 3 in passing yards per completion (16.25)

• No. 3 in points responsible for (264)

• No. 5 in passing TDs (32)

• No. 5 in points responsible for per game (18.9)

• No. 8 in rushing yards per carry (6.68)

• No. 22 in total offense (283.2 per game)

• No. 29 in rushing TDs (12)

• No. 36 in rushing yards (1,089)

• No. 38 in passing yards (2,876)

 

2022 (R-Fr.):

• Saw playing time in eight games, starting four contests

• Missed four games due to an injury

• Finished the season completing 87-of-149 pass attempts with five interceptions

• Threw for 1,088 yards and eight touchdowns

• Ranked third on Liberty’s roster with 69 carries for 285 rushing yards

• Also recorded two rushing touchdowns

• Led the Flames to a win during his first career start against UAB

• Finished the UAB game completing 13-of-25 passing attempts for 202 yards

• Also had 14 carries for 79 yards and a rushing touchdown against UAB

• Completed 19-of-34 attempts for 258 yards and two touchdowns at Wake Forest

• Also carried the ball 15 times for 72 yards and a touchdown at Wake Forest

• Started for the Flames during the Boca Raton Bowl against Toledo

• Finished the game completing 12-of-20 passing attempts for 84 yards and a touchdown

• Also ran the ball 10 times for 63 yards

 

2021 (Fr.):

• Redshirted after seeing playing time in two games

• Completed a 39-yard touchdown pass against UMass

• Also rushed three times for 47 yards against UMass

• Helped the Flames record their third-straight bowl game win with two carries for six yards during Liberty’s win over Eastern Michigan in the LendingTree Bowl

 

Previous School:

• Transferred to Liberty from Tennessee

• Took part in Tennessee’s 2021 spring workouts before transferring to Liberty

 

High School:

• Graduated from Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, Texas in December 2020

• Four-star recruit by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com

• Top 50 national prospect

• Ranked as the No. 6 quarterback nationally by 247Sports.com

• Ranked as the No. 5 prospect out of Texas by 247Sports.com

• Had offers from Tennessee, Liberty, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Michigan State, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Syracuse

• Finished his prep career with 5,564 passing yards and 52 touchdowns

• Also rushed for 1,621 yards and 26 touchdowns

• Finished his senior year at Cedar Hill completing 185-of-306 passing attempts for 2,571 yards and 31 touchdowns

• Also carried the ball 174 times for 1,075 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior

• Led Cedar Hill to the state title game as a senior

• 2020 Dallas Morning News Offensive Player of the Year

• 2020 Sports Illustrated Texas High School Football Quarterback of the Year

 

Personal:

 

• Son of Mistee and Kenneth Salter

• Coaching major

• Birthday is April 4

2022

passing
ATT	YPA	PCT	YDS	INT	TD	COMPLETIONS
149.0	7.3	0.584	1086.0	5.0	8.0	87.0

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
4.1	2.0	285.0	69.0	43.0

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
0.0	4.0	4.0

2021

passing
ATT	YPA	PCT	YDS	INT	TD	COMPLETIONS
2.0	19.5	0.5	39.0	0.0	1.0	1.0

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
10.6	0.0	53.0	5.0	38.0