DALLAS – Liberty’s Kaidon Salter and WKU’s TJ Finley have been announced to the Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List, announced Monday by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
 
Salter is coming off a banner year that netted him CUSA MVP, CUSA Championship Game MVP and CUSA Michael L. Slive Male Student-Athlete of the Year recognition after completing 177-290 passes for 2,876 yards and 32 touchdowns while rushing the ball 163 times for 1,089 yards and 12 touchdowns. He ranked in the top-five nationally in rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (12), passing touchdowns (32), passing efficiency (176.6), yards per completion (16.25) and points responsible for per game (18.9).
 
Finley joins WKU after a dominant 2023 campaign with Texas State, completing 279-414 (67.4) passes for 3,439 yards, 24 touchdowns and just eight interceptions and adding five touchdowns on the ground. He ranked in the top-25 nationally in competition percentage (67.4), passing efficiency (152.4), passing touchdowns (24), passing yards (3,439) and pass yards per game (264.5). Finley was responsible for four touchdowns in a 42-31 win over Baylor in the season opener and recorded multiple touchdown passes in five-straight games in weeks 3-7.
 
The 2024 Player of the Year watch list will be narrowed to 10 semi-finalists in early November and three finalists will be announced on November 26. The 2024 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, which is voted on by the 133 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced on ESPN’s College Football Awards Show on December 12.
 
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