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.

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 highest-ranked cornerback in North Carolina named his college Friday night. His finalists were South Carolina, Texas, Miami and Florida State.