Former Tennessee QB Kaidon Salter finds new home, will play for former SEC coach

Kaidon Salter was supposed to be entering his first college season on Rocky Top as a member of Jeremy Pruitt’s program.

Following Pruitt’s firing, Salter remained committed to the Vols after the hiring of Josh Heupel in Knoxville but multiple off-the-field issues resulted in the talented quarterback being dismissed from Tennessee’s program.

Now Salter has found a new home with a coach that has experience rehabbing players’ careers.

Salter, a Texas native that was rated as a four-star prospect in the 2021 recruiting cycle, has landed at Liberty and will play for Hugh Freeze this season according to Matt Zenitz of On 3 Sports.

The quarterback now follows in the footsteps of transfer quarterbacks set to play for Freeze, a list that includes current Liberty starting QB Malik Willis, and former Ole Miss starting signal-callers Bo Wallace and Chad Kelly.

Salter was an early enrollee at Tennessee but managed to get himself suspended for the first spring practice of the Heupel era. After coming off suspension, Salter was arrested near campus for simple possession just three weeks after being reinstated to the team.

It was at that point that Tennessee dismissed the quarterback.

Michael Wayne Bratton

A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com