It wasn’t the debut that Kaidon Salter wanted, but the new Colorado quarterbacks hopes to use it as a springboard for the rest of the season.

On Friday night, Salter made his first appearance at CU in a 27-20 loss to Georgia Tech at Folsom Field.

A dual threat quarterback who transferred from Liberty, Salter completed 17-of-28 passes for 159 yards and a touchdown, while rushing for 43 yards and a touchdown.

In his first start at the Power Four conference level, Salter had some good and bad throughout the night.

“There’s always room to improve on throughout the game,” he said. “Really my first P4, big-time game out here in Folsom Field, but I feel like I went out there and I tried to do the best that I could do. I went out there and I executed the plays that coach wanted me to execute,

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