CUSA announces 2024 preseason awards

A trio of standouts, including a pair of Liberty Flames, headline the 2024 preseason Conference USA Football award winners, as chosen by the league's 10 head coaches. Liberty QB Kaidon Salter was selected as the league's preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while teammate and LB CJ Bazile Jr., was tabbed as the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. WKU K Lucas Carneiro earned Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year honors. 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.