The Colorado Buffaloes have signed ex-Liberty quarterback Kaidon Salter from the transfer portal to potentially step in and replace Shedeur Sanders next season.
Salter wants to compete with five-star high school recruit Julian “JuJu” Lewis for the starting job. Lewis is expected to join the 20th-ranked Buffaloes (9-3) in the spring semester.
Salter is a dual threat and is coming off a regular season for the Flames in which he ran for 579 yards and seven touchdowns while throwing for 1,886 yards and 15 touchdowns. His total yards per game (224.09 yards) were the fourth highest in Conference USA.
Salter led Liberty to an 8-3 mark this season. His former team will play Buffalo in the Bahamas Bowl on January 4.
Colorado offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur recently spoke about the need to bring in a player like Salter as Lewis develops. Shurmur called Lewis a “great decision maker.”
“He has a real sense of timing. He is a very accurate passer,” Shurmur added of Lewis, a star at Carrollton High School in Georgia. “He has a heroic character. He has all those things you look for. … If he does the things he did in high school and continues to improve at this level, he will have a bright future.”
There are big shoes to fill at quarterback once Sanders concludes his career after the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 28 against BYU. Sanders broke many school records, including single-season yards passing (3,926) and TDs (35). Johnny Unitas’ Golden Arm receiver has a TD throw in 48 consecutive games, dating back to his days at Jackson State.
Former Washington State quarterback John Mateer has announced he is headed to Oklahoma.
The move comes two weeks after Oklahoma announced it had hired ex-Washington State offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle for the same position with the Sooners.
Mateer posted a photo of Oklahoma’s Memorial Stadium with the words “Praise God!!” and “#BoomerSooner” on social media Wednesday night. He passed for 3,139 yards and 29 touchdowns with seven interceptions and ran for 826 yards and 15 scores for the Cougars this season. The Cougars went 8-4 and averaged 36.8 points.
Mateer is in line to replace Jackson Arnold, who transferred to Auburn.
In another move in the transfer portal, Tennessee picked up former Arizona offensive lineman Wendell Moe Jr.
