Listed at 6-foot, 190 pounds, Matthews plays his high school football for Hough High School in Cornelius, North Carolina. The 247Sports Composite tabbed him as a four-star prospect, ranking him as the No. 57 overall recruit in the cycle, the No. 6 corner and the No. 5 player in the state of North Carolina.

The top athlete from the class, Lamar Brown, named Texas a finalist, but ultimately committed to the LSU Tigers. Head coach Steve Sarkisian is fresh off a consecutive College Football Playoff berth and took his team to the SEC Championship Game in year one in the conference.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/lsu as No. 1 EDGE in Texas Commits to Big 12 Program Over LSU Football and Texas Longhorns. Temple (Tex.) four-star edge rusher Jamarion Carlton has committed to Dave Aranda and the Baylor Bears, he revealed via social media on Thursday.