4-star QB transfer Kaidon Salter visiting Syracuse football and then Buffs, Deion Sanders

Kaidon Salter, a four-star, top-five quarterback in the transfer portal, is visiting Syracuse football this weekend and then Big 12 Conference school Colorado early next week, according to a media report.

The 6-foot-1, 200-pound Salter, who hails from Texas, is a redshirt junior at Conference USA member Liberty. Reports on December 2 stated that Salter planned to enter the portal. The current transfer portal window for college football players opened on December 9 and will run through December 28.

Matt Zenitz, a top national reporter with 247Sports and CBS Sports, reported via his X page on Thursday night that following his visit to the Orange this weekend, Salter "is set to visit Colorado early next week."

The Buffaloes are led by head coach Deion Sanders, the former NFL and MLB star. Liberty (8-3 overall), meanwhile, will play Buffalo (8-4) at the Bahamas Bowl on January 4.

Syracuse football is getting a visit from Liberty transfer quarterback Kaidon Salter.

In the 2024 season for the Flames, Salter completed 56.3 percent of his passes for 1,886 yards with 15 touchdowns against just six interceptions. He also rushed 114 times for 587 yards and seven scores on the ground.

As Zenitz noted, in his collegiate career, Salter has tallied 5,887 passing yards, 2,013 rushing yards and 77 total touchdowns.

When I wrote this piece, in its national transfer rankings, On3 placed Salter as four stars, No. 27 overall and No. 4 at quarterback.

As a member of the 2021 recruiting cycle, he was a standout at Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, Texas. In that class, 247Sports rated him as four stars, No. 48 nationwide, No. 7 at quarterback and No. 6 in Texas. While in high school, Salter did hold a scholarship offer from the 'Cuse.

Looking ahead to the 2025 campaign for head coach Fran Brown and his top-flight staff, the team's quarterback room is likely to include redshirt senior Michael Johnson Jr., who has received a hardship waiver from the NCAA to be eligible to play next year, along with underclassmen Jakhari Williams, Luke Carney and Rich Belin.

LSU redshirt freshman quarterback Rickie Collins, who is in the portal, visited Syracuse football earlier this week. On3 recently reported that Virginia sophomore quarterback Anthony Colandrea, who is also in the portal, could visit the Orange "sometime next week."