For Liberty, life after Kaidon Salter was always going to feel like walking into a room with the lights off. The former Flames star bolted for Colorado after a 10-win, conference-title season, leaving HC Jamey Chadwell scrambling to identify the next man up. But before he could even crown a leader, one of his young QBs stunned the program with a decision you almost never see.

Instead of fighting for reps, redshirt freshman Miles Kobe McEachin Jr . is shelving football for a season to finish his academic degree. In an X post on August 24, he dropped this major announcement about his career path, writing, “ After consideration, I have made the decision to forgo the season to finish my electrical engineering degree at Liberty. I will re-enter the Transfer Portal in December.

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