Salter Named Semifinalist for Prestigious Maxwell Award

Liberty's Kaidon Salter is one of 17 players under consideration for national Player of the Year honors as the Flames' starting quarterback has been named a semifinalist for the 2023 Maxwell Award.

The award, now in its 87^th year, is presented to the Outstanding Player in College Football. This year's strong field of Maxwell Award semifinalists includes representatives from six conferences, with the SEC boasting six candidates each and the Big Ten and Big 12 notching three spots each. Salter is the only representative on the list from Conference USA.

Caleb Williams (USC), the 2022 Maxwell Award winner, leads this class of candidates which features 11 quarterbacks, three wide receivers, two running backs and one tight end.

Salter is one of two players in program history to be named a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award. Former Flames standout and current Tennessee Titans quarterback Malik Willis was named a semifinalist for the honor in 2021.

Salter has led the Flames to the best start in program history at 10-0 and has Liberty sitting atop the Conference USA standings with a perfect 7-0 record.

Liberty has been ranked No. 25 in the Associated Press top 25 poll each of the last two weeks, placing the Flames in the national polls for the third year in the last four seasons.

This past week, Salter accounted for all five of Liberty's touchdowns in a convincing 38-10 win over in-state foe Old Dominion.

The native of Cedar Hill, Texas, finished the Old Dominion game with three passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns. This was his third game in a row with three or more passing touchdowns and the third time this season with two rushing touchdowns.

The sophomore completed 13-of-22 passing attempts for 225 yards, his fifth game this season with 225 or more passing yards.

Following Week 11 of the college football season, Salter currently ranks No. 1 in passing yards per completion (17.20), No. 4 in points responsible for (210), points responsible for per game (21.0) and passing efficiency (181.4) and No. 5 in passing TDs (26).

Salter has thrown for 2,184 yards and rushed for another 705 yards. He ranks fifth in the country among quarterbacks with nine rushing yards.

For his efforts this past week against Old Dominion, Salter was named CUSA Offensive Player of the Week (fourth time in 2023) and to the Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 listing (third time).

2023 Maxwell Award Semifinalist
Jalen Milroe, Alabama, QB
Jordan Travis, Florida State, QB
Carson Beck, Georgia, QB
Brock Bowers, Georgia, TE
Kaidon Salter, Liberty, QB
Malik Nabers, LSU, WR
Jayden Daniels, LSU,QB
Blake Corum, Michigan, RB
J.J. McCarthy, Michigan, QB
Luther Burden III, Missouri, WR
Drake Maye, North Carolina, QB
Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State, WR
Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma, QB
Ollie Gordon Jr., Oklahoma State, RB
Bo Nix, Oregon, QB
Caleb Williams, USC, QB
Michael Penix Jr., Washington, QB

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Salter Named Semifinalist for Prestigious Maxwell Award

Players Mentioned

Kaidon Salter

Caleb Williams