Recent Kaidon Salter Notes
Kaidon Salter
HISTORY — From College Profile
2023 (So.):
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HERO Sports G5 National Player of the Year
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HERO Sports G5 All-America First Team QB
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Phil Steele Postseason All-American (Honorable Mention)
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Phil Steele Postseason All-CUSA First Team
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Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Finalist
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Two-time Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week
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Maxwell Award semifinalist (National Player of the Year Award)
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Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2023 member
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Manning Award watch list selection
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CUSA Michael L. Slive Male Athlete of the Year
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CUSA Regular Season MVP
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CUSA First-Team All-Conference
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CUSA Football Championship MVP
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Four-time CUSA Offensive Player of the Week in 2023
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Led the Flames to Liberty’s first-ever perfect regular season record in school history
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Helped Liberty become the first FBS team in the Commonwealth of Virginia to post a perfect 13-0 heading into bowl season
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Seven games passing for 225 or more yards
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Posted a pair of 300-yard passing games against Buffalo and New Mexico State
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11 games passing for two more touchdowns
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Four 100-yard rushing games
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Four games rushing for multiple touchdowns
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Most rushing yards in school history by a quarterback in a season (1,089)
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Led all quarterbacks in CUSA with 32 passing touchdowns
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Set a school record for passing touchdowns in a season (32)
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Ranks second in CUSA with 12 rushing touchdowns
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Ranks No. 1 in CUSA in passing efficiency
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Final National Rankings:
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No. 3 in rushing TDs by a quarterback (12)
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No. 3 in passing efficiency (176.6)
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No. 3 in passing yards per completion (16.25)
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No. 3 in points responsible for (264)
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No. 5 in passing TDs (32)
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No. 5 in points responsible for per game (18.9)
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No. 8 in rushing yards per carry (6.68)
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No. 22 in total offense (283.2 per game)
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No. 29 in rushing TDs (12)
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No. 36 in rushing yards (1,089)
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No. 38 in passing yards (2,876)
2022 (R-Fr.):
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Saw playing time in eight games, starting four contests
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Missed four games due to an injury
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Finished the season completing 87-of-149 pass attempts with five interceptions
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Threw for 1,088 yards and eight touchdowns
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Ranked third on Liberty’s roster with 69 carries for 285 rushing yards
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Also recorded two rushing touchdowns
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Led the Flames to a win during his first career start against UAB
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Finished the UAB game completing 13-of-25 passing attempts for 202 yards
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Also had 14 carries for 79 yards and a rushing touchdown against UAB
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Completed 19-of-34 attempts for 258 yards and two touchdowns at Wake Forest
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Also carried the ball 15 times for 72 yards and a touchdown at Wake Forest
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Started for the Flames during the Boca Raton Bowl against Toledo
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Finished the game completing 12-of-20 passing attempts for 84 yards and a touchdown
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Also ran the ball 10 times for 63 yards
2021 (Fr.):
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Redshirted after seeing playing time in two games
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Completed a 39-yard touchdown pass against UMass
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Also rushed three times for 47 yards against UMass
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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:
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Transferred to Liberty from Tennessee
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Took part in Tennessee’s 2021 spring workouts before transferring to Liberty
High School:
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Graduated from Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, Texas in December 2020
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Four-star recruit by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com
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Top 50 national prospect
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Ranked as the No. 6 quarterback nationally by 247Sports.com
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Ranked as the No. 5 prospect out of Texas by 247Sports.com
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Had offers from Tennessee, Liberty, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Michigan State, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Syracuse
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Finished his prep career with 5,564 passing yards and 52 touchdowns
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Also rushed for 1,621 yards and 26 touchdowns
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Finished his senior year at Cedar Hill completing 185-of-306 passing attempts for 2,571 yards and 31 touchdowns
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Also carried the ball 174 times for 1,075 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior
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Led Cedar Hill to the state title game as a senior
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2020 Dallas Morning News Offensive Player of the Year
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2020 Sports Illustrated Texas High School Football Quarterback of the Year
Personal:
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Son of Mistee and Kenneth Salter
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Coaching major
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Birthday is April 4
2022
passing | ||||||
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ATT | YPA | PCT | YDS | INT | TD | COMPLETIONS |
149.0 | 7.3 | 0.584 | 1086.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 87.0 |
rushing | ||||
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YPC | TD | YDS | CAR | LONG |
4.1 | 2.0 | 285.0 | 69.0 | 43.0 |
fumbles | ||
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REC | LOST | FUM |
0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
2021
passing | ||||||
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ATT | YPA | PCT | YDS | INT | TD | COMPLETIONS |
2.0 | 19.5 | 0.5 | 39.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
rushing | ||||
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YPC | TD | YDS | CAR | LONG |
10.6 | 0.0 | 53.0 | 5.0 | 38.0 |
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Weight: | 190 |
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